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Sports becoming high-tech business
Lazaro Torres, a die-hard Miami Heat fan, was scurrying to reach his seat before tip-off one night last month when he hit an all-too-common roadblock: Two dozen fans stirring impatiently in the security-check line. Not a problem. He slid into a special entrance line, laid two fingers on a print scanner and, with the Heat’s […]
Obama announces new high-tech manufacturing effort
PITTSBURGH — Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing, a sector of U.S. industry that presidential advisers say has lost ground to such competitors as Germany and Japan.
Monroe County’s new crime lab goes high tech and green
Bringing the crime scene to the forensic work station is just one of the features of the new Monroe County Crime Laboratory, set to open in April.
Axcess bridging the digital divide
Without broadband access to the Internet, George Ayers would find his job much more difficult. “We’re dependent on world markets for everything we do,” said Ayers, a Farmington-based family farmer. “In my case, I watch corn, soybean and wheat prices nearly every day.” In addition to checking up on the markets, he also uses modern […]
Rochester records pilot finds success
More than 100,000 patients have given consent for their medical records to be filed electronically in the Greater Rochester region. The Rochester Regional Health Information Organization, developed in 2006, started the electronic medical exchange among area hospitals as a small pilot in 2007. Today it partners with more than 1,700 authorized health care providers, including […]
Legal rebels recognized by ABA
Rochester’s own “legal technology evangelist,” Nicole Black, was featured Tuesday as a “Legal Rebel” at ABAJournal.com, the Web site of the American Bar Association’s flagship magazine. Black, who writes a weekly column for The Daily Record, and boasts a large presence online, is identified on the site as the “Boss of Blogs.” She is among […]
MCBA 2.0
The Monroe County Bar Association recently launched a second version of its “eDocket” as a means to communicate with members and non-members alike. To keep in touch with readers, and keep them informed of association happenings, the MCBA’s newsletter “The Docket” — formerly called “Views” — is published in a hard-copy format. But about two [&he[...]
Lawyer ads on parade
LegalTube.com, conceived and owned by two law partners, claims to be “the matchmaker site that helps you select the right attorney.” The new online advertising venue catering specifically to lawyers was launched earlier this month. Like the popular Web site YouTube.com, LegalTube.com features videos that can be accessed and viewed for free by anyone with […]
U of R: Grant boosts energy research
Imagine a source of commercial energy powerful enough to sustain entire cities without producing the carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Is there a source of energy fueled by materials plentiful enough to obviate the need for fuel cartels or petrol-states≠ Imagine one that does not produce significant amounts of radioactive waste or contribute […]
Local marketer unveils new site
Tipping Point Media recently launched an upgraded, interactive Web site, at tipping pointmedia.com, a change company founder and CEO Michelle Ashby said was greatly needed. Having used the same layout for the past three years, Ashby said the new site is now up-to-date when it comes to the new and expanded ways Tipping Point can […]
Rochester awarded DHS security funding
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded New York State more than $283 million in federal homeland security funding, including more than $2.3 million for the Rochester region, a 57.4 percent increase from last year. Other cities that received funding include: $145 million for New York City, $5,544,750 for Buffalo, $1,924,250 for Albany […]
Ethics evolving with technology
A recent ethics opinion from the Philadelphia Bar Association Professional Guidance Committee holds that a lawyer can’t use a third party to “friend” an adverse witness in an attempt to find possibly impeaching evidence on the witness’s Facebook page. It appears to be a novel use for an online social networking site whose popularity has […]
Case Digests
- 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.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Verdugo v. Fox Building Group
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Truax v. M.D. Meyer’s Properties
- Fourth Department – Discovery: Sylvester v. Sanders
Law News
- Espinosa named general counsel at Greenlight Networks
- 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
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
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