Ontario County has agreed to introduce new measures to provide legal representation for indigent defendants in a settlement with the New York Civil Liberties Union, according to a press release from NYCLU.

The NYCLU, along with Schulte Roth & Zabel, had filed suit in 2007 against Ontario and four other upstate counties on behalf of 20 defendants who allegedly did not receive adequate legal defense. In addition to Ontario, the suit targeted Onondaga, Schuyler, Suffolk and Washington counties.