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Federal and state civil procedure rules, which govern how parties conduct themselves in litigation, have long required litigants to preserve electronic communications and documents or risk sanctions. Not surprisingly, the list of electronic communications that must be preserved once litigation ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, was created with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 111-203) (Dodd-Frank), which was heralded as a method of protecting consumers who had been victimized by ...

One year ago this month, The Daily Record and Rochester Business Journal introduced Reader Rankings to western New York’s business and legal professionals. More than 165 winners in over 55 categories were recognized by readers who cast their ballots for ...

After the Valentine’s Day shooting tragedy in Parkland, Florida, there was concern that we would see the same cycle we usually see after a mass shooting: officials offering thoughts and prayers, outrage from citizens, proposals for gun reform, then no ...

Well, it finally happened! The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell from an all-time high of 26,616.71 on Jan. 26 to 23,360.29, on an intra-day basis, on Feb. 9 — a correction of over 12 percent and well in excess of ...

The Daily Record has selected 13 members of the legal community for its inaugural class of Corporate Counsel Awards honorees. The Corporate Counsel Awards are presented by The Daily Record, in partnership with Rochester Business Journal. The awards honor the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case that has far-reaching implications for workers in America: whether public-sector employees have a right to refuse to pay union fees. The case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and ...

When I was a kid, my father liked to fix breakfast for the family on the weekends. He took orders and played short-order cook, making omelets, fried eggs, toast, pancakes, bacon and the like. One morning while preparing to cook ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

A lender will evaluate a number of factors when considering a potential commercial real estate, or CRE, loan. In reviewing the CRE lending process, it should be noted that commercial real estate is a financial asset and commercial enterprise, and ...

  The market for commercial real estate in the Greater Rochester area is anticipated to hold steady in 2018, with many lenders looking at office space for high-tech startups as a reliable investment. Many startups, located in the Downtown Innovation ...

As an employer and human resource professional, I see the difficulties of running a business from many perspectives. Challenges seem never-ending and come from every direction, including employees’ personal lives. Drug abuse, especially opioid addiction, is a rapidly growing challenge ...

Monroe County this year joined a growing list of municipal and county governments across the country filing lawsuits alleging drug manufacturers, distributors and doctors conspired to create a false perception of the safety and effectiveness of opioid painkillers in order ...

Nearly 100 people die each day in the United States as a result of opioid overdoses, and the social toll of those deaths and the millions of individuals suffering from opioid addiction is incalculable, but the economic impact — though ...

Robert L. Grey Jr. isn’t merely musing when he says: “Wouldn’t it be great if the legal profession led the way in creating an inclusive environment for everyone to succeed?” Rather, Grey is voicing the goal he plans to achieve ...