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RIT sued for copyright infringement
Rochester Institute of Technology is being sued in federal court for allegedly publishing a book of copyrighted material without permission. RIT Press, the scholarly publishing arm of the school, in […]
Rochester Institute of Technology chooses new president
Rochester Institute of Technology has chosen David Munson Jr. to be its next president. Munson is a former dean of the University of Michigan College of Engineering. He will take […]
RIT gets $149,000 to continue anti-terror campaign
Rochester Institute of Technology will receive federal funding to continue a social media campaign to counter terrorist propaganda. Members of the state’s congressional delegation say RIT will receive $149,000 from […]
State energy chairman to speak at RIT
Richard L. Kauffman, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s chairman of energy and finance and chairman of NYSERDA, is scheduled to give the keynote presentation at the Center for Environmental Initiatives’ annual Community […]
Rochester company wins business competition
Strong Arm Technologies Inc., made up of students from the Rochester Institute of Technology, beat out more than 120 teams from more than 25 colleges and universities across the state […]
Pollution Prevention Institute adds programs
Joseph Martens, Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, and Anahita Williamson, New York State Pollution Prevention Institute’s (NYSP2I) director, announced that two new programs have been added to the NYSP2I at […]
RIT students compete in cyber defense contest
As participants in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio last weekend, a group of Rochester Institute of Technology students found out what it’s like to be a […]
Pigott talks on wrongful convictions
Mistakes do happen, but the majority of police and prosecutors do good work, according to Judge Eugene F. Pigott Jr., an associate judge on the state Court of Appeals. He […]
Legal experts discuss wrongful convictions
The only person who benefits when someone is wrongfully convicted of a crime is the real perpetrator. Now that the Innocence Project has helped exonerate wrongfully convicted people, Peter Neufeld, […]
RIT gets $3 million gift to endow business prof
The Rochester Institute of Technology has received a $3 million gift to establish an endowed chair in its business school. The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports that the Eugene Fram […]
Going green is good business
The necessity of having a trained sustainability or green initiative officer in business today can’t be overlooked. Dr. Thomas Smith, interim academic director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at RIT, explained that sustainability jobs are growing for good reason.
RIT business dean to retire
Rochester Institute of Technology’s Saunders College of Business will be seeing a new face in the dean’s office next year; current Saunders head Ashok Rao will be stepping down at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Family Court: Sprague v. Younes
- Second Circuit – False Claims Act: United States of America v. Amazon.com Inc.
- Fourth Department – Notice of claim: Jarrod W.S. v. Jordan-Elbridge CSD, et al.
- Western District Case Notes
- Second Circuit – Distribution of a controlled substance: United States v. Parasmo
- Fourth Department – Default: April I.O. v. Taylor, et al.
- Fourth Department – Murder: People v. McCullough
- Fourth Department – Termination of trust: HSBC Bank USA, N.A. Trustee v. Campbell
- Fourth Department – Expert testimony: People v. Douse
- Second Circuit – Unlawful seizure: K.W. v. City of New York
- Second Circuit – Second Amendment: Christian v. James
Law News
- Bronx prosecutor misses filing deadline by 12 seconds
- Second-degree murder count reversed, leaving first-degree conviction
- Court of Appeals ends foster care program
- Experts highlight tax and regulatory changes
- NY appeals court reinstates robbery indictment
- Court of Appeals affirms convictions despite tainted transcript
- Phillips Lytle names new Rochester office leader
- Court annuls New York State’s wetland regulations for failure to comply with SEQRA
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