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One of the best recruiting tools for Western New York law firms might be spending a few years at a big city firm. Rochester and Buffalo law firms rarely compete with the largest big city firms for top-tier students. But ...

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Volunteer attorneys are needed to help with a new program to provide legal advice to pro se litigants in U.S. District Court in Rochester. The program is expected to start in mid-February, with a CLE session to prepare volunteers tentatively ...

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  New York is among a handful of states where income-eligible residents can take advantage of a new free legal advice website created by the American Bar Association. The new web program, ABAFreeLegalAnswers.org, gives users the ability to ask legal ...

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Matter of J.T., Onondaga County Family Court, Michael L. Hanuszczak, Judge, September 2, 2016, Docket B-XXXX-16 Appearances by counsel: Maggie Seikaly, Esq. for the Onondaga County Department of Children and Family Services, Karen J. Docter, Esq. of Fayetteville, New York ...

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  PROVIDENCE, RI — Nursing homes commonly include mandatory arbitration agreements in the paperwork they have new patients sign, but the practice is increasingly the target of court challenges across the country. Much of the criticism centers on how the ...

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The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished Oswego County Court Judge Walter W. Hafner Jr. for making “discourteous and inappropriate” comments. In a 2010 rape case Hafner made insensitive comments about the 14-year-old alleged victim during a ...

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We’ve all seen enough crime scene investigation television shows and cops-and-lawyer movies to be aware that phone and computer records can be subpoenaed. We also know that just because you deleted something, it doesn’t mean it’s gone. So it would ...

Penfield Town Court Judge James Mulley has seen suburban tenants facing eviction without legal representation, and recognized how markedly different the outcomes might have been if the playing field had been more even. “Most landlords have lawyers, most tenants do ...

The Wall Street Journal is reporting an early sign that year-end bonuses at law firms will be flat this year. The newspaper says it reviewed an internal memo from the New York firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in which ...

ALBANY — The chairman of the Assembly committee with authority over gambling predicts New York will legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports, noting many residents already play it online. Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, who chairs the Committee on Racing and ...

SYRACUSE — Authorities say a father and son stole more than $40,000 worth of chicken wings from a New York restaurant where they worked and sold them on the street or to other businesses. The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office says ...

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court ordered a new trial Tuesday for a former securities trader in Connecticut who was sentenced to two years in prison for allegedly defrauding the government bailout program. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of ...