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Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Co. is foreclosing on the home of a man convicted in the 5LINX federal fraud case. According to documents filed Thursday in state Supreme Court in Ontario County, Jason Guck, who was sentenced to seven ...

Attorneys Karlee Bolaños and William Lowe had reached a level of success that many lawyers would consider the pinnacle of a career, yet they have taken a major risk to fulfill a personal dream. Although both had achieved partner status ...

The mother of a woman who committed suicide while being held in the Monroe County Jail has filed a lawsuit against the county. On Sept. 4, 2018, Sitarah Daniels hanged herself with a blanket tied to the bars of her ...

Two new laws designed to secure personal information collected by businesses will take effect next year. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect Jan. 1. And New York’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act starts March ...

State officials have gone to court to collect fines imposed against an Ontario County company and force the defunct business to pay money awarded to a Wayne County woman who won a discrimination claim against the firm. The New York ...

A federal jury on Friday convicted Richard Leon Wilbern for the fatal robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union in Webster in 2003. Wilbern, 59, fatally shot Raymond Batzel during the crime and wounded another customer, Joseph Doud. The jury ...

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An Ontario County property owner has won a judgment that could approach $300,000 in a 12-year-old property tax case. State Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark wrote in a decision released last week that Ontario County officials failed to properly ...

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Democrat challenger Adam Bello unseated incumbent Republican Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo in Tuesday’s election. Bello, the current Monroe County Clerk, received 90,035 votes, according to unofficial results from the Monroe County Board of Elections, while Dinolfo got 84,569. Incumbent Republican Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley easily defeated Democrat challenger Shani Curry Mitchell. The unofficial vote count was 95,525 for Doorley and 76,241 for Mitchell. In the city of Rochester, voters passed a referendum to create a police accountability board by a wide margin —with 19,781 in favor and 6,583 opposed.

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The Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association will recognize leaders in creativity at the Inventor of the Year awards on Dec. 12 at Casa Larga Vineyards. Since 1976, RIPLA has recognized as Distinguished Inventor of the Year an individual or team ...

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  Incumbent Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley and challenger Shani Curry Mitchell agree that the winner of the race will be spending a lot of energy on new criminal justice reforms set to take effect in January. Starting next ...

As president of the Greater Rochester Association of Women Attorneys, or GRAWA, Carey Ann Denefrio wants to provide resources to help members deal with the stress of their work. A women’s health committee has been meeting to plan spin classes, ...

Harris Beach PLLC has recently won judgments totaling more than $39 million for clients in separate patent infringement cases. In August, Harris Beach attorneys won a $12 million judgment in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York ...

One of the best recruiting tools for Western New York law firms might be spending a few years at a big city firm. Rochester and Buffalo law firms rarely compete with the largest big city firms for top-tier students. But ...

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy because of numerous pending and anticipated lawsuits accusing clergy of sex abuse. According to documents filed Thursday, the Diocese has $50 million to $100 million in assets, but ...

The law firms of Adams Bell Adams PC and Leclair Korona Cole LLP have merged. The new firm will focus on civil and construction litigation as Adams Leclair LLP. Steven Cole is the managing partner for Adams Leclair. The combined ...

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