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HairZoo, the styling salon business that operates 10 locations in the Rochester area, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close at three locations in the next 30 to 60 days. The company started in 1975 by Gary ...

A national sporting goods retailer based in Chili is being sued by high-end eyewear maker Oakley Inc. for allegedly selling counterfeit Oakley products. “Products bearing the Oakley marks were obtained from defendant and have been examined and confirmed counterfeit by ...

The defendants in a lawsuit over control of several beauty pageants say a federal complaint filed Monday is baseless. In a statement emailed Friday, defendants Stephanie Williams, Crown Garland and Cosmos International Pageants wrote that: “The allegations in the complaint ...

A Rochester woman who operates several beauty pageants is suing a Virginia company for trademark infringement and numerous other claims. Rochester-based Mrs. United States National Pageant Inc. filed the suit Monday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of ...

A group of migrant farmworkers has filed a class-action lawsuit against an Orleans County company claiming they were underpaid and forced to live in deplorable conditions. The named plaintiffs include: Armando Cardenas and Jose F. Cardenas, from St. Joseph County, ...

The Rochester Hispanic Business Association (RHBA), a Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce affiliate, has named Arline Santiago its 2018 Hispanic Business Person of the Year. Santiago is senior vice president, general counsel, and legal director at ESL Federal Credit Union. ...

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Federal prosecutors handling a fraud case involving Morgan Management employees and business associates got more time to share evidence with the defense, but not as much time as they requested. After a discussion in court on Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge ...

A former University of Rochester student who was kidnapped and tortured in 2015 has filed a federal lawsuit against the school claiming officials failed to take actions that might have prevented the crime. Nicholas Kollias and Ani Okeke Ewo were ...

Rochester Institute of Technology has settled a discrimination lawsuit filed by two African-American women in 2012. RIT made a monetary payment to the women, but details of the settlement were not disclosed, said attorney Prathima Reddy, who represented the plaintiffs. ...

Look closely into almost any major social justice issue facing the Rochester community during the past four decades and one name will pop up again and again — Bryan D. Hetherington. As he approaches retirement in the fall, the Empire ...

A third and final defendant in the 5LINX fraud case has pleaded guilty. On Monday, Jason Guck, 43, of Victor, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return before U.S. District Court Judge David G. ...

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Freedom Village USA, the Yates County facility for troubled youths, has lost an appeal of a state Labor Department claim that the organization owes more than $1.5 million in unpaid wages. The state Board of Industrial Appeals on June 6 ...

This article was featured in RBJ’s Path to Excellence magazine published June 22, 2018. Jacqueline Phipps Polito, a partner at Littler Mendelson PC, was inspired to become a lawyer by the attorney who helped her family after they were involved ...

Another defendant in the 5 LINX fraud case is considering a plea agreement offered by federal prosecutors. Jeb Tyler, a former 5 LINX vice president, is scheduled to be in U.S. District Court on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate David G. ...

John G. Roman Jr. has been named CIO of the Bonadio Group. Roman will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of IT services including management, operations, security and strategic planning. Roman Roman’s experience includes more than a decade at Nixon Peabody’s Rochester ...

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