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Bus tour sheds light on city’s problems, potential
Rochester Mayor Lovely A. Warren campaigned on the need to bring attention to all of the city’s people and the neighborhoods they live in. On her second official day as […]
Longtime Richmond town justice retires
Sooner or later, someone Richmond Town Justice Edward P. Loux has known would be bound to appear before him in his courtroom in this Ontario County town of a few […]
Nonprofits see win over red tape in updated law
Many believe a long-awaited update of a law regulating nonprofit organizations will ease unnecessary and costly regulation that has crippled the effectiveness of some groups, but the weeks and months […]
Listen to this: Podcast award may go to …
In the spirit of the Oscars and the Emmys, Brighton Town Justice Karen Morris just has to make the trip. Justice Morris, who is a professor at Monroe Community College, […]
Praise for state economic abuse law
Supporters of a bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the legislation will protect victims of domestic violence against identity theft, grand larceny and coercion by their abusers. The law, […]
Warren chooses corporation counsel
T. Andrew Brown lives in the city. He loves the city. So when he was asked to serve as corporation counsel and lead the city’s law department, Brown accepted because […]
COMIDA OK’s revised mall plan
Work could begin within 30 days now that a revised payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal has been approved for a $30.3 million redevelopment project at Marketplace Mall. The project is expected to bring […]
COMIDA considers deal for mall project
No tax-incentive approval from the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency, no plan to redevelop 1 million square feet of space at The Marketplace Mall, at least not right away. […]
LDC oversight could come up for debate again this week
The fight over legislative oversight of limited development corporations, or LDCs, that came to a boil among county legislators last week could be renewed this week. The Monroe County Legislature’s […]
Monroe County pawnshop law OK’d, but concerns remain
Several people in the antiques business remain opposed to the idea of government regulating their dealings and the costs associated with it, but a new county law could end up […]
County: Let legal services plan play out
Monroe County is poised to go-ahead with a plan to possibly change how indigent legal services are provided, despite pleas to slow down and study the issue further. Of course, […]
Legislators OK budget, not sheriff’s pay hike
Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn won’t be getting a $37,300 pay raise next year, but child-care advocates hoping to see $1.3 million restored for child-care subsidies also walked away unhappy after Monroe […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Appellate counsel: United States v. Samuels
- Fourth Department – Pre-answer motion to dismiss: Villalba v. City of Auburn, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Office of Children and Family Services: Lawyers for Children, et al. v. NYS Office of Children and Family Services, et a.
- Fourth Department – Assault: People v. Talley
- Court of Appeals – Family Court Act: Abdoch v. Abdoch
- Second Circuit – Medicaid: Bellin v. McDonald
- Fourth Department – Family Court: Sprague v. Younes
- Second Circuit – False Claims Act: United States of America v. Amazon.com Inc.
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Jarrod W.S. v. Jordan-Elbridge CSD, et al.
- Western District Case Notes
- Second Circuit – Distribution of a controlled substance: United States v. Parasmo
Law News
- Convictions reversed over illegal NY State Police search
- NY judge rejects motion to collect on Iowa court judgment
- Bronx prosecutor misses filing deadline by 12 seconds
- Second-degree murder count reversed, leaving first-degree conviction
- Court of Appeals ends foster care program
- Experts highlight tax and regulatory changes
- NY appeals court reinstates robbery indictment
- Court of Appeals affirms convictions despite tainted transcript
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