Hearings set on proposed Lift Line changes
Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is proposing improvements to its paratransit service, Lift Line. RGRTA is inviting customers to learn more about the proposed improvements online at www.rgrta.com and during four public information sessions in July, beginning 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired, 422 S. Clinton Ave. […]
Chief Judge Lippman: On the record
The thing Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman finds most surprising about the testimony he has heard in a series of hearings on civil legal services is the depth of the need. He also said the fact that those in need are not the poorest of New Yorkers and that are lot of working people cannot get […]
Hearings set on proposed rules for gas drillers
ALBANY — New York environmental regulators have formally issued proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region of southern New York and scheduled four public hearings.
Lippman returns to Fourth Department
New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has scheduled a series of hearings on civil legal services. The hearings are to evaluate to continuing unmet civil legal services needs in all parts of the state to access the level of resources ...
King defends past IRA support, terror hearings
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Peter King, who will hold hearings this week on Islamic radicalism, is defending his support in the 1980s and 1990s of the Irish Republican Army's political wing. The New York Republican says the IRA and al-Qaida are very different ...
Hearings set on access to civil legal services
New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has scheduled four hearings across the state to address a growing crisis in unmet civil legal service needs.
Lawyers pack Boise for crucial hearing
Dozens of coastal attorneys have descended on remote, land-locked Boise for a hearing in federal court to decide what to do with several hundred lawsuits arising from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Leahy: Kagan hearings to start in June
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy moved quickly Wednesday to advance Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan down a so-far smooth road to confirmation, setting hearings for June 28.
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Review of another judge’s actions: Opinion 22-153
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Charitable contributions: Opinion 22-150
- Second Circuit – Class action settlement: Moses v. The New York Times Company
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Law News
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
- Could legislation limiting non-compete agreements kick off a new era of workplace disputes?
- Fourth Department affirms decision in NY property dispute
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA