Rochester is using the courts — and the threat of possible jail time for contempt — to hold landlords accountable for residential rental property code violations.
Read More »Evidence suppression in gun case affirmed
A New York appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling to suppress evidence in a gun case because of an illegal police search.
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Read More »Supreme Court says its has not found abortion opinion leaker
The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s ...
Read More »Average long-term US mortgage rate lowest since September
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week to its lowest level since September, a potential boost to the housing market which has been in decline for nearly a year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average ...
Read More »Ex-Rochester police official, court worker file defamation lawsuit against attorney
A former deputy chief in the Rochester Police Department and his wife are suing a lawyer who claims they attended and helped organize a party with an allegedly racist theme.
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Read More »US divided over Roe’s repeal as abortion foes gird for march
Anti-abortion activists will have multiple reasons to celebrate — and some reasons for unease — when they gather Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life. The march, which includes a rally drawing abortion opponents from across the nation, ...
Read More »Justices seem to lean toward deaf student in education case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed sympathetic to the arguments of a deaf student who sued his public school system for providing an inadequate education, a legal challenge important for other disabled students and their families. The question for the ...
Read More »Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics
The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is launching investigations this month into select nursing homes, aimed ...
Read More »NYSBA to present pro bono awards
Three attorneys and five law firms, including honorees in Rochester and Buffalo, will be recognized during the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting.
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Read More »$300K Brink’s heist: Men distract worker, thief swipes cash
A man made off with $300,000 cash in a bizarre Brink’s truck robbery outside a Brooklyn bank last week, police say. According to police, the thief swiped an unattended money bag from the armored truck’s bumper while two other men ...
Read More »Lippes Mathias merges with Fay Sharpe
The Buffalo-based full-service law firm of Lippes Mathias has combined with Cleveland-based Fay Sharpe LLP.
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Read More »Trump Organization fined $1.6 million for tax fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company was fined $1.6 million Friday as punishment for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks — a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an ...
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