WDNY – Employment Discrimination: Postell v. Rochester City School District
U.S. District Court, WDNY Employment Discrimination Adverse Employment Action – Policy Maker Postell v. Rochester City School District 11-cv-6550L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff is an...
View ArticleWDNY – Motion to Reconsider: Security Plans, Inc. v. Cuna Mutual Insurance...
U.S. District Court, WDNY Motion to Reconsider Claim Dismissed by Request – Abandoned Legal Issue Security Plans, Inc. v. Cuna Mutual Insurance Society 08-CV-6313L Judge Larimer Background: In this...
View ArticleWDNY – Social Security Disability: Westfall v. Colvin
U.S. District Court, WDNY Social Security Disability Credibility – Inconsistent Opinion from Treating Physician Westfall v. Colvin 13-cv-6504L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff appealed from the...
View ArticleWDNY – Social Security Disability: Perkins v. Commissioner of Social Security
U.S. District Court, WDNY Social Security Disability Disabled – Work Capacity Perkins v. Commissioner of Social Security 14-cv-6400L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiff sought review of the...
View ArticleVilardo ready to serve on WNY bench
The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Buffalo attorney Lawrence J. Vilardo as a federal judge in U.S. District Court in Buffalo. Vilardo’s nomination was confirmed by a vote of 88-0. He could be sworn in...
View ArticleWDNY – Indicative Motion: Medgraph, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc.
U.S. District Court, WDNY Indicative Motion Basis for Relief – Underlying Predicate Motion Medgraph, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc. 09-CV-6610L Judge Larimer Background: Following summary judgment for the...
View ArticleWDNY – First Amendment: Washington v. Donahue
U.S. District Court, WDNY First Amendment Retaliation – Prisoner Write-ups Washington v. Donahue 11-cv-6176L Judge Larimer Background: The pro se plaintiff commenced an action against employees and...
View ArticleHarris Beach wins patent infringement case in Delaware
Harris Beach lawyers won a jury verdict and $37.5 million award in a patent infringement case in U.S. District Court in Delaware. In a two-week trial that ended Monday, Harris Beach lawyers represented...
View ArticleFormer Fannie Mae CEO fighting to avoid civil trial
NEW YORK — A former Fannie Mae top executive didn’t mislead investors about the mortgage giant’s exposure to subprime mortgages just before the housing bubble burst and should not face a civil trial in...
View ArticleU.S. citizen serving as foreign diplomat can face trial
NEW YORK — A U.S. citizen serving as a foreign diplomat from the Dominican Republic is not immune from criminal prosecution in a United Nations bribery scandal, a judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District...
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