A group representing claimants alleging childhood sexual abuse want New York courts to take steps to alleviate the backlog of lawsuits brought under the state’s Child Victims Act (CVA), including possibly setting up dedicated courts or dockets to handle only …
First responders believe they have accounted for all 13 people who might have been in a Syracuse two-family home that collapsed yesterday. Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds said 11 children and adults were injured and rushed to Upstate University Hospital, …
The owner of a New York roofing company has been sentenced for attempting to cover up an employee’s on-the-job death. Law enforcement investigators determined that Jeremiah Wiedemann, owner of Wiedemann Sons Roofing, had moved the victim to a different location …
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin is charging a well-known New Jersey insurance executive and long-time Democratic political influencer with leading a criminal enterprise in the state for the past dozen years. George E. Norcross III, executive chairman of …
The Travelers Companies is marking its record 18th year as title sponsor of its Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour event at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The 2024 Travelers Championship tournament is a PGA Tour Signature Event and the …
The city of Newburgh in New York’s Orange County is today reopening its City Hall while continuing to work on restoring municipal services following identification of a cyber incident last Monday. The network security incident led to a temporary disruption …
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that all commercial landowners — including owners of vacant commercial lots — have a duty to maintain the public sidewalks abutting their property in reasonably good condition and are liable to pedestrians injured …
The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator allegedly violated the organization’s First Amendment rights by coercing insurers and banks to terminate their business relationships with the NRA …
A federal judge in New Jersey, in a blistering opinion, has refused to disqualify himself from a case involving his insurer, Liberty Mutual, and accused the insurer of seeking his recusal and attacking his integrity because it did not like …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week charged Ilit Raz, CEO and founder of the failed artificial intelligence recruitment startup Joonko, with defrauding investors of at least $21 million. According to the SEC, Raz gave investors false and misleading …
