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Hiscock, Damon Morey Flirt With Merger
Buffalo-based Damon Morey is in preliminary merger talks with Syracuse-based Hiscock & Barclay, said Damon's managing partner Peter Marlette, adding, "We're dating, we're getting to know each other."Nonparty Depositions: From 'Potted Plant' Rule to Venus Fly Traps
Jennifer Rearden and Sharon Grysman of Gibson Dunn write for CLI: This fall, New York's highest court will review a Fourth Department decision reaffirming a controversial precedent that essentially neutralized real time assistance by counsel to nonparty deponents during the course of depositions.Net Losses Outweigh Gains at Firms
The number of attorneys employed full time by the largest private law offices in New York continues to decline, a trend that began with the 2008 financial crisis, according to data gathered for the New York Law Journal's annual survey. Hiring is up, however, among regional and out-of-state firms.Rifle Seller Faces Lawsuit in Ambush of Firefighters
A company acted negligently in selling the weapon used in a Christmas Eve shooting that left two New York volunteer firefighters dead, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.HBR, QDiscovery, D4, Advanced Discovery Among Shops Hiring, Promoting
Legal industry career moves, and the Association of Legal Administrators names its new board of directors.Winery Not Liable for Alcohol-Related Crash, Judge Rules
A Finger Lakes vineyard is not liable for a deadly crash in which a tasting-room employee, intoxicated on the winery's free beverages, struck and killed one motorcyclist and severely injured another just after leaving work, a judge ruled.Two of Rochester's Oldest Law Firms Combine
Woods Oviatt Gilman, a 70-attorney firm, has tied up with Fix Spindelman Brovitz & Goldman, a small corporate and commercial real estate firm. The two firms have worked together for years, referring cases to one another and acting as co-counsel, firm leaders said.Woods Oviatt Gilman v. United States
IRS Enforcement Threat Confers Federal Question Jurisdiction in Interpleader ActionSnapshot: Paul Farnsworth, Legal Administrator, Woods Oviatt Gilman
Paul Farnsworth is legal administrator for Woods Oviatt Gilman, a 56-attorney regional law firm in Rochester, N.Y., that represents individuals, handles complex business matters and offers specialized services to small- and medium-sized businesses. Find out about the technology that keeps him and his firm running.Elderly asset protection enhanced
The 2d U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the doctrine of "spousal refusal"an estate-planning technique that will allow elderly spouses to keep their homes and other assets longer, even when their impoverished spouse is in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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