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U of R lecture to focus on law, psychiatry
Washington, D.C., attorney Richard Taranto will speak on “Law at the Edge of Psychiatry” on Wednesday at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Taranto, a partner in the firm Farr & Taranto, is a U.S. Supreme Court and Appellate Court attorney ...
University releases report on student death
The University of Rochester could not have foreseen or prevented the death of Jeffrey Bordeaux Jr., a student killed in January during a fight at an on-campus fraternity party. That is according to a 36-page report released Wednesday by President Joel Seligman.
Simon receives $3M gift
The University of Rochester will receive $3 million to support entrepreneurship education and scholarships at the Simon Graduate School of Business. The gift is from Mark S. Ain ‘67 (MBA), co-founder and chairman of Massachusetts-based Kronos Inc. ...
Trustee funding new university program
Barry Florescue is contributing $5 million to the University of Rochester to support its newly created undergraduate business major. The major will be named the Barry Florescue Undergraduate Business Degree Program ...
UR moving foward on College Town
The University of Rochester has selected Fairmount Properties of Cleveland as a development partner to move forward on the next phase of planning its College Town project along Mt. Hope Avenue.
Stabbing suspect to claim self defense
An indictment is expected to be handed up in Monroe County Court on Jan. 28 against Daren Venable, 20, of Brooklyn, who is accused of fatally stabbing a fellow University of Rochester student Saturday.
U of R investigates student death
The University of Rochester is conducting an internal review of a weekend fight that left one student dead and one charged with second-degree murder. University President Joel Seligman on Wednesday requested that General Counsel Sue Stewart ...
Simon offers new finance degree
The University of Rochester’s Simon Graduate School of Business this week announced a new 13-month, part-time master’s degree in finance program that will be based in New York City.
NY Fed prez: Rochester has weathered recession better than most
The head of New York’s banking gave a hopeful message in a speech Tuesday, saying Rochester and Upstate New York have weathered the recession storm better than most places in the country. William C. Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ...
Amazon to underwrite local book awards
Amazon.com has awarded the University of Rochester/Three Percent website a $25,000 grant in support of the 2011 Best Translated Book Awards.
Open Letter announces fall reading series
The fall portion of the 2010-2011 “Reading the World Conversation Series” has been announced. All events are free and open to the public in the Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester.
First NY women in politics featured in new website
A new website, dedicated to the first New York women in politics, is being launched Thursday by the University of Rochester. The date coincides with Women’s Equality Day which, this year, marks the 90th anniversary ...
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Thanthima
- Second Circuit – Sentencing: United States v. Dralle
- Fourth Department – Ineffective assistance of counsel: People v. Serrano
- Second Circuit – Habeas Corpus: Brown v. James
- Fourth Department – Comptroller authority: Scanlon v. Miller-Williams
- Fourth Department – Confidential witness: People v. Sanchez
- Second Circuit – Interest-on-escrow accounts: Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A.; Hymes v. Bank of America, N.A.
- Fourth Department – Relation back doctrine: Poindexter v. The State of New York
- Fourth Department – Double jeopardy: People v. Royal
- Fourth Department – Real property claims — Summary judgment Penn v. Rochester Rev Holdings, LLC
- Second Circuit – Breach of lease agreement: Delsha 60 Ninth, LLC v. Free People of PA LLC
Law News
- Driver who caused fatal MVA sued by victim’s mother
- NY Court of Appeals resolves Appellate Division inconsistency
- Oneida County attorney disbarred after Trump pardon
- New trial ordered in child sex abuse case
- Rochester, Monroe County to pay $1.75M to officer blinded in stabbing
- Drug conviction reversed over faulty indictment
- Phillips Lytle names new Rochester office leader
- WNY nursing home fraud settlement could total $9M
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