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1993 World Trade Center bomber sues over prison faith rights
DENVER (AP) — A Muslim man serving a life sentence for his role in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center wants a judge to determine that federal prison officials violated his religious rights by failing to provide meals strictly conforming to his beliefs and access to an imam of the same denomination. The […]
US commemorates 9/11; thousands expected at ground zero
While the U.S. contends with the destruction caused by two ferocious hurricanes in three weeks, Americans also are marking the anniversary of one of the nation’s most scarring days. Thousands of 9/11 victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected to gather Monday at the World Trade Center to remember the deadliest terror attack on […]
World Trade Center reopens for business
NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the resurrected World Trade Center has opened for business — marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation. Some staffers of publishing giant Conde Nast began working at 1 World Trade Center on Monday. The 104-story, $3.9 billion skyscraper dominates the […]
Sept. 11 museum opens to relatives and survivors
NEW YORK (AP) — Tears in her eyes, firefighter widow Maureen Fanning emerged Thursday from the new Sept. 11 museum deep beneath ground zero, unable to bring herself to look at all of it. “I just think it would be a little too overwhelming today,” she said, unsure when she would return. “It’s a lot […]
Judge blocks Sept. 11 claims against airlines
NEW YORK — The owners of the World Trade Center cannot demand billions of dollars more in insurance money for the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal judge decided Thursday. Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled after listening to witnesses for the trade center owners and for the airlines linked to the planes that were hijacked in the […]
Giuliani: Don’t let memories of 9/11 fade
On Sunday, Rudy Giuliani was planning to be where he was exactly 10 years ago — at the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers. The scene in downtown Manhattan will be less chaotic than it was in 2001 ...
WTC command will be staffed at 9/11 memorial
NEW YORK CITY — A police command center to secure the area in and around the rebuilt World Trade Center site will be staffed with scores of officers by the time the Sept. 11 memorial opens on the 10th anniversary of the attack ...
1 WTC, aka Freedom Tower, reaches halfway mark
NEW YORK CITY — Steel construction has reached the halfway point for 1 World Trade Center, the building also known as the Freedom Tower. After years of stalled development, steel at the building ...
Judge: New 9/11 health pact ‘very good’ deal
NEW YORK CITY — A federal judge signed off on a legal settlement Thursday that could pay as much as $713 million to 9/11 responders exposed to World Trade Center dust, and immediately urged thousands of police ...
Bill to help sick responders advances
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A House panel has approved a $5.1 billion program to provide health care for more of the 9/11 first responders and others sickened by toxins emanating from the ruins of the World Trade Center.
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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