Magdalena Cruz grew up knowing she owed her very life to a horrid crime. Now she says she has solved the mystery of her father's identity herself.
Read More »Athletes sue Ivy League over its no-scholarship policy
A pair of basketball players from Brown allege in a federal lawsuit that the Ivy League’s policy of not offering athletic scholarships amounts to a price-fixing agreement that denies athletes proper financial aid and payment for their services. The lawsuit ...
Read More »Hochul to lawmakers: Give judges the tools to set bail for violent offenders
Gov. Kathy Hochul will ask the state legislature to rewrite bail reform language and require judges to set a bond for repeat offenders and perpetrators of gun offenses.
Read More »Insurance ‘inflection point’ affects coverage, premiums and more
The commercial insurance industry is at “an inflection point,” according to McKinsey’s Global Insurance Report 2023. From supply chain and labor issues to economic and social inflation, a myriad of challenges impacts coverage, premiums, deductibles, and other areas critically important ...
Read More »Hickey Freeman resolves issues with union, NLRB complaint withdrawn
The Rochester Regional Joint Board of Workers United has withdrawn a charge of unfair labor practices at Hickey Freeman.
Read More »US judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
A Missouri law banning local police form enforcing federal gun laws is unconstitutional and void, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the 2021 law is preempted by the federal government under the U.S. Constitution’s supremacy ...
Read More »1 dead, 9 hurt in stampede at GloRilla concert in Rochester
Unfounded fears of gunfire at a rap concert in Rochester sent a crowd rushing to the exits in a stampede that killed one person and badly injured two others, authorities said.
Read More »Unions, AI, workplace changes trending in local litigation
Among eight trends identified in the BTI Litigation Outlook 2023 is one the report calls “new types of litigation.”
Read More »Street near Miami named for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson came home to South Florida on Monday to celebrate the renaming of a street in her honor in the community where she grew up. “I hope that this street naming will also serve ...
Read More »Feds: Woman funded lavish lifestyle with stolen COVID funds
A Florida woman — who authorities say chartered a private jet to fly her cross-country with some of the more than $1 million in federal coronavirus relief funds that she fraudulently obtained by using stolen identities — pleaded guilty Monday, ...
Read More »Judicial watchdog received record high complaints in 2022, report says
The New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct received more complaints last year than in any previous year, according to the agency’s annual report for 2022.
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Read More »Mark Whitford is committed to maintaining culture of success at Barclay Damon
Mark Whitford’s goal as the new managing director of the Rochester office of Barclay Damon LLP is to maintain the success of his predecessor.
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