ALBANY — A coalition of groups on Tuesday delivered more than 12,000 comments expressing health and environmental concerns about a drilling process used to reach natural gas that’s being considered in New York. It was a last-minute deluge of opinion ...

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WASHINGTON — Hedge funds will face closer scrutiny under rules being approved Wednesday that seek to protect investors from risky trades and prevent another financial crisis. The rules were mandated under the financial overhaul law passed last year.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is set to release a final rule streamlining and simplifying workplace safety standards while reducing employer burdens. The goal of the new rule ...

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A key ruling earlier this year invalidating several portions of New York’s legal advertising rules as unconstitutional will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the case.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A divided Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic flowing to their customers.

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ALBANY — Two doctors are playing golf on Long Island. One hits such a poor shot from the rough that it hits his partner, standing somewhere off to the side, in the head. Whose fault is that?

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An act signed into law earlier this month by Gov. David A. Paterson will change the ways in which universities, charities and other nonprofits manage their endowments. Sue Stewart, vice president and general counsel ...

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NEW YORK CITY — Prosecutors and police agencies across New York state have come up with a set of uniform rules to govern how witnesses identify suspects.

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