A little normalcy continues to return to the housing market, with the average home taking longer to sell while a larger percentage of listing prices are being reduced. There haven’t been drastic shifts, just trends that match the economy and ...
Read More »900 apply for NY’s first licenses to sell recreational pot
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than 900 would-be pot shop operators have applied for a chance to open New York state’s first legal dispensaries for recreational marijuana, regulators said Wednesday. The state has said it plans to issue about 150 ...
Read More »AG reports no basis for charges in deputy-involved fatality
The New York Attorney General’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) has issued a report into the death of Wesley Soper, who was struck by a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office patrol car in 2021.
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Read More »New trial ordered in arson case after juror bias toward police found
A state appeals court has granted a new trial in an arson case because of a problem with one of the jurors.
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Read More »HR Compliance Experts acquires Saratoga Springs firm
HR Compliance Experts LLC has acquired Saratoga Human Resource Solutions Inc., of Saratoga Springs.
Read More »Hold fire: Re-enactors fear being targeted by NY gun law
Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state’s new gun rules — an unplanned side effect of a law designed to protect the public’s safety. The law that went into ...
Read More »Second Circuit – Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Murray v. UBS Securities
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower – Retaliatory intent Murray v. UBS Securities 20-4202-cv(L) Judges Park, Menashi, and Perez Background: The plaintiff alleged that the defendant fired him in retaliation for reporting alleged fraud ...
Read More »Nonprofits help fund immigrants’ legal fights on deportation
As the number of immigrants seeking court permission to avoid deportation grows, foundations in Los Angeles have joined with local governments to direct millions of dollars to pay for lawyers to represent the immigrants, an effort they hope will be ...
Read More »Merzbach & Solomon P.C. joins Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
The two-attorney Rochester law firm of Merzbach & Solomon P.C. is joining Harter Secrest & Emery LLP.
Read More »Flaum buys Jefferson Road plaza for $9.425 million
After at least two decades as the landlord of the plaza at 1180 Jefferson Road, Flaum Management Co., Inc., has become the owner.
Read More »Libertarian group sues to block student debt cancellation
A libertarian group in California filed a legal challenge to President Joe Biden’s plan for student debt cancellation on Tuesday, calling it an illegal overreach that would increase state tax burdens for some Americans who get their debt forgiven. The ...
Read More »Attorneys for Musk, Twitter argue over information exchange
A Delaware judge is hearing arguments over the exchange of information by lawyers for Twitter and Elon Musk in a lawsuit in which the social media giant is seeking to force Musk to carry through with his $44 billion acquisition ...
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