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November 20, 2008 |

One City Court Judge Censured, Another Admonished

5 minute read
September 15, 2008 |

Civil right to counsel urged

Through litigation and legislation, a growing number of private and public interest lawyers across the country are pushing to secure those with low incomes the right to counsel in civil matters, including foreclosures, evictions and child custody cases. Legal aid groups are under-funded and overworked, they argue, and pro bono services aren't enough to fill the gap for the millions who go unrepresented.
7 minute read
January 24, 2012 |

Panel Upholds Denial of Venue Change in IBM Environmental Suits

The company had argued that it would be virtually impossible to either find eight jurors in Broome County who never worked for IBM or who were not related to one of the 943 plaintiffs in the upcoming trial over the alleged pollution of air and soil near a former factory.
6 minute read
April 25, 2008 |

The illness lawyers don't talk about

In a landmark 1991 study by Johns Hopkins University, in which lawyers ranked first in incidence rate for clinical depression among 105 professions surveyed.
5 minute read
January 19, 2012 |

Doctor, Hospital Face Punitives If 'Reckless Indifference' Proven

A hospital that allegedly failed to note that a patient had been overdosed until months after his death, and a doctor accused of abandoning the patient, are potentially on the hook for punitive damages in a medical malpractice action, an appeals court has held.
3 minute read
September 11, 2013 |

Gas Exploration Company Drops Bid to Extend Leases

Chesapeake Energy, which had argued that it had the right to extend 200 gas-drilling leases beyond the five-year expiration date because the state's fracking moratorium prevented it from drilling, has dropped its two-year legal battle .
2 minute read
August 30, 2013 |

Judges to Weigh Localities' Right to Ban Fracking

Without comment, the Court of Appeals on Thursday said it will hear appeals in two cases in which unanimous Third Department panels ruled that state laws that govern mining and other energy extraction do not preempt localities from establishing zoning ordinances banning hydrofracking.
4 minute read
May 14, 2004 |

Pro Bono

A team of local lawyers has filed a class action suit on behalf "thousands of children" im Mississippi placed into abusive foster care situations, and the city and state bars have recognized the good works of a number of other practitioners.
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