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US SEC rescinds policy on denials of wrongdoing in enforcement actions
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday ended its longstanding practice requiring that people and companies who settle allegations of wrongdoing refrain from publicly refuting the case against them, a practice that some conservative critics had said violated defendants' freedom of speech.
Trump administration ends civil, criminal cases against Adani after $10 billion investment promise
The Trump administration on Monday moved to dismiss criminal fraud charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while also settling alleged Iran sanctions violations involving one of his companies.
Rochester, Monroe County to pay $1.75M to officer blinded in stabbing
The City of Rochester announced its settlement with former Rochester Police Officer Denny Wright, a 29-year veteran with the department.
Trump dismisses lawsuit against IRS, court filing shows
U.S. President Donald Trump voluntarily dismissed his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, according to a Monday court filing.
Judge grants Luigi Mangione’s bid to suppress CEO killing evidence
A state court judge on Monday granted Luigi Mangione’s bid to prevent evidence found in his backpack during his arrest from being admitted at his murder trial over the early-morning assassination of a health insurance executive in Manhattan.
Luigi Mangione due in court for ruling on backpack evidence in CEO killing case
Luigi Mangione was due in a New York court on Monday for a judge’s ruling on whether evidence found in the alleged assassin’s backpack can be presented at his trial on charges that he murdered a health insurance executive in Manhattan.
US jury awards family of Boeing 737 MAX crash victim $49.5 million
A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX.
Canandaigua man sentenced to 15 years for axe attack
The Canandaigua man who pleaded guilty in March to a felony assault charge after Ontario County sheriff's investigators said he injured another person with an axe has been sentenced.
US judge considers Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement of authors’ lawsuit
(Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday pressed lawyers for more information on several points of artificial intelligence company Anthropic’s proposed $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused it of […]
Family of Black motorist killed in 2019 traffic stop reaches $4.8 million settlement with Louisiana officials
Louisiana officials reached a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, an unarmed Black motorist who died in May 2019 in an incident of police violence, according to the office of Louisiana's attorney general and state police.
US Justice Department drafts legal opinion backing demands for state voter rolls
(Reuters) - The Department of Justice has issued a formal legal justification for the federal government's demands that states share their unredacted voter rolls, even though half a dozen federal courts have already ruled that states have no obligation to provide those lists.
Miami residents sue over Florida’s donation of state land for Trump library
Miami residents and a nonprofit group sued on Wednesday over Florida's donation of land in Miami for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, alleging the transfer is an unconstitutional benefit to the U.S. president.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Real property claims — Summary judgment Penn v. Rochester Rev Holdings, LLC
- Second Circuit – Breach of lease agreement: Delsha 60 Ninth, LLC v. Free People of PA LLC
- Court of Appeals – Zoning: Smith et al. v. Town of Thompson Planning Board, et al.
- Fourth Department – Right to Appeal: People v. Nixon
- Court of Appeals – Vehicle and Traffic Law: Second Child, et al. v. Edge Auto Inc., et al.
- Second Circuit – Fair Labor Standards Act: Provencher, et al. v. Bimbo Food Bakeries Distribution, LLC, et al.
- Fourth Department – Extreme Risk Protection Act: NYS Police v. Galliher
- Fourth Department – Division of Human Rights: NYS Assembly v. NYS Div. of Human Rights, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act: People v. N.H.
- Second Circuit – Class action: In Re: Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation
- Fourth Department – Surrogate Court appointments: Mosey v. Office of Court Administration
Law News
- New trial ordered in child sex abuse case
- Rochester, Monroe County to pay $1.75M to officer blinded in stabbing
- Drug conviction reversed over faulty indictment
- Phillips Lytle names new Rochester office leader
- WNY nursing home fraud settlement could total $9M
- Elmira settles federal lawsuit over police encounter for $2.5M
- Lawsuit claims Chili man was cheated out of home equity
- Appeals court affirms custody issue, but reverses $18,000 sanction
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