Recent Articles from Staff and Wire Reports
Ice rink hosting salute to veterans
The city of Rochester will honor veterans by hosting the annual Skate and Salute event at Genesee Valley Park Ice Rink on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. There will be with […]
Rochester training and career fair
The city of Rochester and the University of Rochester will host the Rochester Employment Training and Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the Staybridge Suites Hotel, […]
Thousands attend SUNY Polytechnic Institute activities
More than 3,000 people attended Community Day events this weekend at three SUNY Polytechnic Institute locations across the state. Participants learned about powerful scientific concepts underpinning advances in technology. Community […]
Tops has new ‘price lock’ guarantee
Tops Friendly Markets is rolling out a new list of hundreds of regularly purchased items included in “Tops’ Price Lock Guarantee” running through Jan. 3. Some popular brand name items […]
Hinckley Allen expands practices
Rhode Island-based law firm Hinckley Allen, which has an office in Albany, is bolstering its intellectual property and litigation practices with the addition of Scott & Bush, a boutique intellectual […]
HR Connection: Why you need to be a social executive
Many executives’ eyes glaze over as soon as another article appears featuring the words Twitter, blog, wiki, “viral” or other social media terms. However, executives should pay attention to what […]
Commissions release judicial qualification ratings
Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commissions for the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth judicial districts have issued ratings for candidates running for elected judicial offices within those districts. Fifth Judicial District (Herkimer, […]
July bar exam results announced
The New York State Board of Law Examiners announced today that grading has been completed for the July bar examination. The board examined 11,195 candidates during the two days of […]
Ring accused of plan to steal
Eight present and former members of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 267 have been charged with conspiring to steal funds belonging to their union-sponsored health care plan. The charges carry a […]
Company admits violating Clean Air Act
Tier NY LLC, a Niagara Falls corporation, has pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hugh B. Scott to negligent endangerment under the Clean Air Act. The charge is punishable by […]
LaTray celebrates new office
LaTray Realty Group & Is Levy Realtors has relocated to a larger office space in the Winton Design Center in Henrietta. The business, owned by Cheryl LaTray for the past […]
Make a difference day set
Volunteers will gather at Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday to participate in national Make a Difference Day. Members of such groups as Rochester AmericCorps, Citizen […]
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




