There’s a massive effort underway to capitalize on the current momentum to improve the street level experience and create a more vibrant downtown Rochester.
Read More »NY AG partners with law firms on abortion legal service hotline
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the launch of a legal hotline to provide legal guidance and resources regarding abortion.
Read More »Fourth Department – Sidewalk trip and fall: Morris v. Buffalo General Health System
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department Sidewalk trip and fall Trivial defect – Height differential Morris v. Buffalo General Health System CA 21-00876 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County Background: The plaintiff commenced an action to ...
Read More »Senators ask minor leaguers for information on MLB antitrust
The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball’s antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, ...
Read More »New trial ordered in gun case because of illegal search
A state appeals court has reversed a lower court, granting a motion to suppress evidence, and ordered a new trial in a weapon case because of an illegal search.
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Read More »Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights
The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as one side sought quickly to enact statewide bans and the other tried to block or at least delay such measures. The U.S. ...
Read More »Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game
The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school ...
Read More »Grigg of Woods Oviatt Gilman joins state mortgage bankers board
Natalie Grigg, partner at Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP, has joined the board of directors for the New York Mortgage Bankers Association.
Read More »Judge says NYC can’t let noncitizens vote in city elections
A judge on Monday blocked New York City from letting noncitizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure that Republicans had challenged as unconstitutional. In January, New York became the first major U.S. city to grant widespread municipal ...
Read More »Split court affirms gun conviction
In a split decision, a New York appeals court has affirmed a gun conviction.
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Read More »Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion ...
Read More »After Supreme Court gun decision, what’s next?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has issued its biggest gun rights ruling in more than a decade. Here are some questions and answers about what the Thursday decision does and does not do: WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE SUPREME COURT ...
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