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Commentary: Make sure you’re worthy of a client’s trust
Handling trust accounts requires a specific skill set on the part of attorneys. Lawyers must maintain the safety of the accounts via careful accounting and oversight of banking safety. The […]
Commentary: Coaches Corner: Get logical about logistics
No business, including a business of law, should begin without a plan. A plan is critical to give the business direction and keep it on track in terms of goals […]
Commentary: Information is the starting point for planning
A new year is underway, and you’ve finally decided to do it. You’ve finally decided to create a business plan. You’ve assembled a planning group, and you’ve set a date […]
Commentary: Coaches Corner: The key to client satisfaction
Empowering staff is a strategic way to make clients happy. The client who comes away with an answer, even if not from the mouth of the attorney, is generally far […]
Commentary: This year, resolve to plan for your business
It might be a new business. It might be an old business with a new twist. It might even be the same old business with the same old twist (plans […]
Commentary: Shine by getting smaller, but don’t forget the big picture
Big is not necessarily better. In fact, doing something special on a small scale is likely to bring big results. Wal-Mart is a good example. Of course, when you think […]
Commentary: Cash still rules the payment roost
Systems of payment have changed a lot over the years, and the trend is likely to continue. From cash/checks to credit cards, cellphone payments, Bitcoin payments, etc., the world of […]
Commentary: Technology alone not enough to thrive in ‘new normal’
In the current law firm world, everyone, lawyers and staff, is affected by the ongoing transformation in client expectations and legal service delivery. As the legal profession continues to contend […]
Commentary: What’s your recourse if the client refuses to pay?
A recent opinion by the New Jersey State Bar’s Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics raises a major alarm bell for any lawyer who has trouble collecting money from a current […]
Commentary: Be cognizant of broad changes that abound in law practice
When lawyers enter legal practice, they understand that certain aspects of what they will be doing will change during their careers. There will be new laws and regulations to become […]
Commentary: Can a lawyer represent both sides?
The question arises whether lawyers can effectively and ethically represent opposite types of clients — for example, insurance carriers and insurance coverage plaintiffs. The ABA’s Rule of Professional Conduct 1.7 […]
Commentary: A three-dimensional view of small-firm success
The legal profession has reached a point where upheaval is the “new normal.” Certainly large law firms are changing in response to recession, technology and client demands; those firms that […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Collateral estoppel: Busch v. County of Erie, et al.
- Court of Appeals – Best evidence rule: People v. Coggins
- Fourth Department – Unlawful inventory search: People v. Boatwright
- Second Circuit – Fossil-fuel powered appliances: Assoc. of Contracting Plumbers v. CNY; Mulhem Gas Co., v. Mosley
- Fourth Department – Dismissal of the indictment: People v. Anderson
- Fourth Department – Municipal liability: Battey v. Village of Youngstown
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Cindy W. v. Waterloo Central School Dist.
- Court of Appeals – Hateful Conduct Law: Volokh, et al. v. James
- Second Circuit – Free Exercise: Miller v. McDonald
- Court of Appeals – Recording police activity: Reyes v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Tax liens and levies: Besicorp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Law News
- Genesee Valley Club to pay $1.05M to settle federal case
- Major Rochester-area auto dealer accused of fraud in federal loan program
- Rochester attorney Donald O. Chesworth Jr. has died
- Split NY appeals court affirms conviction in kidnapping of daughter
- Greece man accused of stealing from class-action settlement funds
- NY AG investigating Schuyler County death involving DOCCS officer
- Rochester man files suit over ‘warning notice’ from ICE
- Lawsuit dismissed in Rochester police chase car crash
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