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The nation’s top federal prosecutors have become less diverse under President Donald Trump than under his three predecessors, leaving white men overwhelmingly in charge at a time of national demonstrations over racial inequality and the fairness of the criminal justice ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge pointedly asked why the state of Florida on Thursday could not further extend its voter registration period after a computer meltdown earlier in the week might have prevented thousands of potential voters from taking ...

Kevin J. Mulvehill, a partner with Phillips Lytle LLP and the firm’s Rochester office leader, says that there is no “universal truth” on whether lawyers and law firm staff are more productive working from the office or working from home. ...

A state appeals court has reinstated a charge of second-degree strangulation, which had been reduced by a judge because of how the prosecutor instructed the grand jury. Defendant Damion R. Ruvalcaba allegedly choked and assaulted his girlfriend in the presence ...

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A state appeals court has sent a case back to a lower court because the judge failed to issue a decision after a hearing required by the appeals court. The defendant, Robert G. Wilson was convicted in February 2016 of ...

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NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s accountant must turn over his tax records to a New York state prosecutor, an appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that likely sets up a second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court over ...

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices discussed restaurant menus, computer keyboards, songs and even the periodic table Wednesday in trying to resolve a copyright dispute between tech giants Google and Oracle. The justices were hearing arguments Wednesday in a dispute that ...

  A state appellate court has sent a case back to the lower court because the judge failed to hold a hearing on the defendant’s claim that his lawyer didn’t tell him it was his decision whether or not to ...

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An Oswego County-based court stenographer has pleaded to over-billing clients, resulting in the theft of more than $187,000. Laura Hayes, 47, of Phoenix, Oswego County, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree grand larceny before Oswego County Court Judge Donald E. Todd. ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s embrace of same-sex marriage. The justices ...

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge says the IRS can’t keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least 80,000 checks totaling more than $100 million to be sent to people behind bars across ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis couple facing felony charges for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters will be back in court next week, and their attorney expects a grand jury decision by then on whether they’ll face indictment. ...