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When I suggested we do the interview at the Varsity, a divey, iconic pizza joint just down the hill from the Carrier Dome, Floyd Little’s eyes lit up. “Can’t think of a better place,’’ said the football legend, flashing that ...

I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. – Martin Luther King, Jr. On any given ...

For most business law practitioners, we have had little-to-no need to revisit the concepts of force majeure, frustration of purpose, impossibility, and impracticality since completing our final examination in contracts. This orthodoxy was challenged in March, when large sectors of ...

There’s a YouTube video going around in which comedian Julie Nolke, sitting in her house in January 2020, looks up to see a future version of herself from April 2020 sitting across the table. “Future Julie” proceeds to tell “January ...

The April jobs report provided the first tangible sign of the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Rochester economy. After a trickle of layoffs in March, job losses swelled to a torrent in April — with non-farm employment ...

One of the biggest uncertainties in this turbulent time is what the future of business after COVID-19 will look like. In today’s landscape, local business closures, plummeting stocks and furloughed employees are easy to see. Look a little deeper, though; ...

Last year the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a package of rules, forms and interpretations designed to enhance the experience of the retail investor. Collectively, these developments are intended to provide greater clarity with respect to the distinct roles ...

Back in the early 1990s, we suggested Rochester’s new downtown ballpark be named after a local sports legend, with Major Don Holleder and Luke Easter as ideal candidates. We did so, knowing full-well our idea had a snowball’s chance in ...

Digital advertising has emerged as the leading medium in the US, capturing 59% of all advertising dollars spent in 2020. One of the reasons for this is the ability to measure. Rather than rely on survey data for viewership or ...

It was the kind of news that made Bills Mafia members want to shout and cannon-ball onto a table. Even if it meant doing so from the solitude of their homes rather than off RV roofs at crowded tailgate parties ...

“I learned years ago that if I wanted something from my boss I had to catch him in the right mood. But now with everything on Zoom, it’s hard to tell.  I could put more questions and issues into email, ...

At first thought, it might seem we like we need to reimagine every aspect of our workplaces as we plan and prepare to phase back into business as the pandemic restrictions are loosened. But really, though there will be many ...

You and a friend are having a picnic by the side of a river. Suddenly you hear a shout from the direction of the water – a child is drowning. Without thinking, you both dive in, grab the child, and ...

There were times during the most famous covert operation in the history of sports when Herm Schneider felt like jockey Ron Turcotte thundering around the track aboard Secretariat. It’s not easy reining in a great thoroughbred — something Schneider learned ...

Since we have been confined to our homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people have relied upon video conferencing to continue working, receive medical advice, attend school and maintain contact with family and friends. In this new stay-at-home ...