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The law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King is merging with New York City-based Putney, Twombly, Hall & Hirson, a 155-year-old boutique law firm. “Putney has an excellent reputation and its 15 lawyers will advance the strategic growth of our ...

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As members of the Oath Keepers paramilitary group shouldered their way through the mob and up the steps to the U.S. Capitol, their plans for Jan. 6 were clear, authorities say. “Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Attorneys in the trial of a Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death questioned potential jurors Wednesday about their attitudes toward both law enforcement and the Black Lives Matter movement, with one man who was chosen for ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa jury on Wednesday acquitted a journalist who was pepper-sprayed and arrested by police while covering a protest in a case that critics have derided as an attack on press freedom and an abuse of ...

The city of Rochester has filed a tax foreclosure lawsuit against three entities tied to the Anthony J. Costello & Son Development company, alleging a debt of more than $737,000 because taxes haven’t been paid on CityGate in eight years. The ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Jury selection in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death began Tuesday with the first potential juror excused after she revealed during questioning that she thought the way the officer acted was ...

NEW YORK — It’s sleepy by Donald Trump’s standards, but the former president’s century-old estate in New York’s Westchester County could end up being one of his bigger legal nightmares. Seven Springs, a 213-acre swath of nature surrounding a Georgian-style ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — An Iowa journalist covering a protest for racial justice was blinded when a police officer shot pepper spray in her face and jailed for hours despite telling him repeatedly that she was just doing her job, ...

DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers who negotiated a $641 million settlement for victims of Flint’s lead-contaminated water are asking a judge to set aside up to 32% for fees and expenses for years of work on the case. If granted, the ...

An Erie County night club that features nude dancing has lost an appeal of a federal court decision that denied the business a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan. Without the loan, Pharaohs Gentlemen’s Club Inc., located at 999 Aero ...

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While the COVID-19 pandemic put employment litigation matters on hold last year, local attorneys expect it to not only resume, but pick up substantially as employment issues related to the pandemic come to the forefront in the short-term. Jeffrey Calabrese, ...

ROCHESTER (AP) — Attorneys for the five children of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died after being restrained by police during a mental health episode, announced a federal lawsuit Monday against the city of Rochester, alleging wrongful death and ...