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Conservation officer ‘Officer of the Year’
Scott Marshall, an Erie County Department of Environmental Conservation officer, has been named Officer of the Year by the New York State Rifle and Pistol Association. “DEC’S environmental conservation officers […]
Law named Justinian Medal recipient
Michael R. Law, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, has been selected as the recipient of St. John Fisher College’s 2014 Justinian Medal. The annual Justinian Order Medal reception will […]
Justice foundation seeking holiday donations
The Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice will launch a crowdfunding campaign on Nov. 24 in hopes of raising $250,000. The money will be used to further the foundation’s mission of […]
Health network expanding help for hearing impaired
An agreement with the Finger Lakes Health network of hospitals and healthcare facilities has been reached with the state to strengthen its policies concerning communication with patients and their family […]
Fisher honored by Appraisal Institute chapter
The Upstate New York Chapter of the Appraisal Institute awarded Donald A. Fisher, of Syracuse, the first annual G. Richard Kelley Memorial Award. Kelley’s widow, Mary Grace Maguire-Kelley, presented the […]
Attorney honored for volunteer work
Jennifer A. Shah, an attorney with the Buffalo office of Phillips Lytle LLP, will receive the Volunteer Lawyers Project’s 2014 Litigation Award. Shah will be honored at the seventh annual […]
Speakers to lead dialogue on race
Descendants of Henrietta Lacks will discuss the family’s decades-long conflict in a special program Nov. 17 on Monroe Community College’s Brighton Campus. Lacks was a young black woman in 1951 […]
NYSBA calls for more vets courts
The New York State Bar Association is asking state leaders to expand the availability of veterans‘ treatment courts throughout New York. “As we celebrate Veterans Day, we should recognize the […]
VNS names new president, CEO
The University of Rochester Medicine’s home care agency, Visiting Nurse Service of Rochester and Finger Lakes Visiting Nurse Service, has appointed Jane Shukitis of Gates as president and CEO. She […]
Kodak helps vets connect with past
Kodak Alaris is working with the Democrat & Chronicle to help reunite Korean War veterans and their families with more than 150 recently discovered historical photographs. The 8-by-10-inch glossy, black […]
Slain officer remembered
Rochester Police Officer Daryl Pierson and his partner, Officer Mike Dipaola, were honored Friday at the 10th annual Human Service Worker luncheon. Pierson was killed in the line of duty […]
Tips for comparing health care plans
A brochure offering tips to New Yorkers buying health insurance coverage for 2015 is available online through the office of the attorney general. The pamphlet, “Shopping for Health Insurance Coverage,” […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Probation conditions violations: People v. Relyea
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Remington
- Court of Appeals – Substitution of counsel: People v. Kelley
- Fourth Department – Due process: People v. Pulley
- Court of Appeals – Equitable estoppel: Incorporated Village of Freeport v. Freeport Plaza West LLC
- Court of Appeals – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Guerra
- Second Circuit – Death results clause: United States v. Parks
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Post
- Court of Appeals – Mandated judicial retirement: Miller, et al. v. State of New York, et al.
- Fourth Department – Judicial misconduct: Pitts-Davis v. The Onondaga County DA
- Second Circuit – Property demolition: Levin, Vodka Properties LLC v. City of Buffalo
Law News
- Cybersecurity requires strategy, culture and vigilance, local experts advise
- Gun conviction reversed over illegal search
- NY appeals court grants new trial for defendant who attacked RPD officer
- NY appeals court reinstates attempted murder charge
- Harris Beach Murtha adds Boston firm Peabody & Arnold
- Attorney and law firm sanctioned for AI mistakes in court filing
- New rule requires NY judges to visit detention sites
- Split NY Court of Appeals affirms assault conviction
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