Daily Record (Rochester, NY) articles from October 2008

Daily Record (Rochester, NY) archives from October 2008

Rehab tax credit expansion legislation vetoed by New York governor.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell While legislation that would have made more areas in New York eligible for historic rehabilitation tax breaks failed recently, preservationists are hopeful more state money will be freed up to preserve old...

Is the LSAT's importance waning?
October 1, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull A new admissions program at the University of Michigan Law School has the blogs buzzing and other school admissions officers scratching their heads -- but not at the University at Buffalo Law School, where a similar...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 1, 2008.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Law firm opens Rochester office The law firm of Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC this week formally announced the opening of an office in Rochester. The firm employs 190 lawyers in 12 offices in New...

Commentary: Paying the fee for the damage done: Student plaintiffs awarded attorney fees.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Scott Forsyth In my last column, I told you how an obscure school district outside Pine Bluff, Ark., banned students from wearing black armbands to protest a new dress code policy. The district did not think the landmark decision...

Commentary: Taking a long-term approach to retirement savings.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Azanda L. Donaldson It has been more than a year since the first signs of trouble appeared in the capital markets appeared. Through the past year, with almost uncanny regularity, announcements of companies in further financial...

U.S. District Court for Western New York Case Summaries: October 1, 2008.(Case overview)
October 1, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Western New York Job Discrimination Braxton v. Erie County District Attorney 06-CV-311 Judge Arcara Background: The plaintiff has been employed by the Erie County...

U.S. District Court for Northern New York Case Summaries: October 1, 2008.(Case overview)
October 1, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Northern New York Restraining Order Capital District Physicians' Health Plan v. Ryan 08-CV-979 Judge Kahn Background: The complaint in the case, alleging Ryan's...

Appellate Division, Third Department Case Summaries: October 1, 2008.(Case overview)
October 1, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Third Department Attorney Discipline In the Matter of Scott D-54-08 Background: The respondent attorney was admitted to practice by the Fourth Department in 2000 and...

Rochester-area communities challenged to reduce their energy use.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull The turnout has been a little disappointing so far, but organizers remain optimistic that the Low Carbon Diet Challenge will take off in Rochester and on the region's college campuses. Based on David Gershon's book...

Affordable housing suffering crunch.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell Rochester's Cornerstone Group Ltd. closed on its Olean-Kennedy housing addition in January, adding 32 units on the city's southwest side. Lawrence Jones, a development associate with the group, is grateful for...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 2, 2008.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Bonadio Group expands into Albany The Bonadio Group's recently completed merger with Albany-based DR Group, expands its markets Upstate New York to six, the firm announced Tuesday. Now in the...

Commentary: On fate versus free will.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Bob Brenna At the end of the movie Forrest Gump, the main character tries to resolve whether his mother's belief in divine intervention can be squared with Lt. Dan's earlier protestations to God that we're all just being tossed...

Commentary: Attorneys not obliged to tell carriers of client misconduct.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Jennifer L. Nuhfer Do attorneys have an obligation to notify their professional liability carriers of a client's misconduct when a claim of professional malpractice against a law firm, based on the firm's representation of that...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District Case Summaries: October 2, 2008.(Case overview)
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 'Habeas Corpus' Rubin v. Garvin 06-1614-pr Appealed from the Northern District of New York Background: In 1999, petitioner Rubin was convicted...

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Case Summaries: October 2, 2008.(Case overview)
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. Court of Federal Claims Section 8 Housing Pennsauken Senior Towers v. U.S. No. 07-174C Judge Lettow Background: The plaintiffs have contracts with the United States, acting through the...

U.S. District Court for Western New York Case Summaries: October 2, 2008.(Case overview)
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Western New York Civil Rights Williams v. County of Niagara 06-CV-291 Judge Arcara Background: Plaintiffs move for class certification in the action, which alleges...

Appellate Division, Second Department Case Summaries: October 2, 2008.(Case overview)
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Second Department Medical Malpractice Bazakos v. Lewis 07081 Appealed from Supreme Court, Nassau County Background: At issue in the appeal is whether an injury caused by a...

Appellate Division, Third Department Case Summaries: October 2, 2008.(Case overview)
October 2, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Third Department Plea Agreement People v. Faulkner 101247 Appealed from County Court, Albany County Background: The defendant appeals from an order convicting him upon his...

250south in Rochester (almost) ready for ribbon cutting.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell Christopher Lopez used to drive past 250 South Ave. and think about what an awesome living space it could be. Tucked behind Geva Theatre, near the South Wedge and with easy I-490 access, Lopez thought the c. 1910...

Greece Central School District in New York prevails in 1990s contract dispute.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull The Greece Central School District recently won a court case related to a costly and troubled capital improvement project that dates back to the late 1990s. Weeks after the newly constructed portions of eight...

Xceed Financial expands to Pittsford.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Report Xceed Financial Credit Union is opening a new financial center in Pittsford, at 3330 Monroe Ave. Based in El Segundo, Calif., the credit union started as Scientific Data Systems Credit Union before becoming...

Commentary: Hidden issues in market rate renewal options.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Stephen H. Berardi A renewal option in a commercial lease often is granted freely to the tenant by the landlord, even though the option is one-sided -- it will be exercised only if it is beneficial to the tenant. Even when the...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case Summaries: October 3, 2008.(Case overview)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Medicare Estate of Landers v. Leavitt 06-4921-cv Appealed from the District of Connecticut Background: Medicare participants brought a class action...

U.S. District Court for Western New York Case Summaries: October 3, 2008.(Case overview)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Western New York Job Discrimination Malcolm v. Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District 08-CV-6300 Judge Larimer Background: In a Title VII action, the plaintiff, an...

U.S. District Court for Northern New York Case Summaries: October 3, 2008.(Case overview)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Northern New York Civil Rights Kelly v. Dawson's Towing Inc. 06-CV-351 Judge Scullin Background: In his second amended complaint, the plaintiff asserts the State of New...

Appellate Division, First Department Case Summaries: October 3, 2008.(Case overview)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, First Department Attorney Discipline Matter of Campos-Galvan 07177 Background: The respondent attorney was admitted by the First Department in 2001 and submitted his...

Appellate Division, Second Department Case Summaries: October 3, 2008.(Case overview)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Second Department Contract Reformation Lieberman v. The Greens at Half Hollow LLC 07095 Appealed from Supreme Court, Suffolk County Background: In an action for reformation...

PAETEC's plans pick up steam for its new global headquarters in downtown Rochester.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell PAETEC last week released the latest plans for its new global headquarters in downtown Rochester. The $100 million project will be built on the site of the former Midtown Plaza. PAETEC officials said the...

New law in New York aims to reduce offender concentrations.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull New York State is home to 16,177 sex offenders, or 886.4 offenders per million New Yorkers, according to the private Web site familywatchdog.us. And certain neighborhoods have more than their fair share of...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 6, 2008.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff State employee sentenced A former state Department of Education employee was sentenced to two to six years in prison for stealing historic documents and artifacts from the New York State Library and Archives and...

Commentary: Technology, social media and the penal code.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Nicole Black While working on the annual update for the West criminal law treatise that I co-author, Criminal Law in New York, I noted with interest the effect of the increasing use of social media and technology on New York's...

Commentary: How to get back to retirement basics.
October 6, 2008... Byline: Dominic Borrelli These are certainly crazy times in the investment world. I did not realize to what extent until dinner last week, when my brother-in-law actually asked my advice -- a first. He wanted to know where to invest his...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Case Summaries: October 6, 2008.(Case overview)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Due Process Judicial Error U.S. v. Al-Moayad 05-4186-cr Appealed from the Eastern District of New York Background: The defendants were convicted of conspiring to...

Appellate Division Third Department Case Summaries: October 6, 2008.(Case overview)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, Third Department Evidence Sufficiency People v. Richardson 100954 Appealed from Supreme Court, Albany County Background: The defendant was convicted of arson and insurance fraud following...

Appellate Division, First Department Case Summaries: October 6, 2008.(Case overview)
October 6, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, First Department Real Property Sufficiency Brown v. Nelson 07198 Appealed from Supreme Court, New York County Background: The defendant's brick garage wall encroached onto the plaintiff's...

Western New Yorkers on the Move: October 7, 2008.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Tara E. Buck The Rochester law firm of ChamberlainD'Amanda recently added three associates: Robert G. McCarthy joined the firm's labor and employment group; Wynn L. Bowman joined the litigation group; and Natella N. Reinstein...

Case Digests.
October 7, 2008... u.s. district Court, Wdny Fourth Amendment U.S. v. Williams 07-CR-6124 Judge Larimer Background: The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment charging firearms offenses, to suppress statements made at the time of his arrest on April 13,...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 7, 2008.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Business Council officers named The Business Council of New York State's Board of Directors recently elected Kevin Burke, president and CEO of Consolidated Edison Inc. as chairman of the council's board for 2009....

N.Y. Gov. Paterson: Stop wasteful spending.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Colleen Farrell Forecasting a potential $2 billion budget shortfall, the New York State legislature will tackle the state's budget earlier than planned in light of its financial troubles. While it's too early to tell where they'll...

Mass. Appellate Division, Fourth Department applies presumption against suicide.
October 7, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull In a split decision issued Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department annulled a medical examiner's determination of suicide in the case of a former nun who died of a drug overdose on Easter Sunday. In...

U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Case Summaries: October 7, 2008.(Case overview)
October 7, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. District Court, Western District of N.Y. Fourth Amendment U.S. v. Williams 07-CR-6124 Judge Larimer Background: The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment charging firearms offenses, to suppress...

U.S. District Court, Northern District of N.Y. Case Summaries: October 7, 2008.(Case overview)
October 7, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. District Court, Northern District of N.Y. Competency U.S. v. Vejvoda 08-CR-240 Judge Scullin Background: In May, the government filed a motion for a hearing to determine the defendant's mental...

Appellate Division, First Department Case Summaries: October 7, 2008.(Case overview)
October 7, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, First Department Neglect Matter of Mykle Andrew P. 07182 Appealed from Family Court, New York County Background: The child's father appeals from the family court's finding of permanent...

Appellate Division, Second Department Case Summaries: October 7, 2008.(Case overview)
October 7, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Negligence Knizeski v. Settembres Limousine Inc. 07216 Appealed from Supreme Court, Richmond County Background: The plaintiffs, a father and daughter, were injured in a motor vehicle accident while riding in...

Appellate Division, 2nd Department Case Summaries: October 8, 2008.(Case overview)
October 8, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, Second Department Divorce Davidson v. Davidson 07206 Appealed from Supreme Court, Rockland County Background: In an action for divorce, the defendant, who lives in London, U.K., and who...

U.S. Bankrupcty Court, Western District of N.Y. rules no debtor exemption for recovery under the ADA.
October 8, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Is a debtor's award in a separate action under the Americans with Disabilities Act exempt from inclusion within the bankruptcy estate? No. Prior to her filing for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 7, the debtor...

Commentary: What should a plan fiduciary do now?
October 8, 2008... Byline: Marijoyce Ryan Turbulent markets, a shaky financial industry and the credit crisis all have investors worried about their portfolios. Hewitt Associates just released a study indicating higher than normal transfer activity -- in...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 8, 2008.
October 8, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Legal services awards announced Three Monroe County legal services attorneys received Denison Ray Awards from the New York State Bar Association's Department of Pro Bono Affairs. Jason D. Hoge, lead counsel of...

Judge challenges 'pro bono' at first Federalist Society event in Rochester.
October 8, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull The Federalist Society is sprouting a branch in Rochester. The nonprofit organization of conservatives and libertarians has member groups in nearly 65 cities and every accredited law school, according to its Web...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Case Summaries: October 8, 2008.(Case overview)
October 8, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Sixth Amendment U.S. v. Vasquez 05-2856-cr Appealed from the Eastern District of New York Background: The defendant was convicted of conspiracy to commit assaults...

Appellate Division, 1st Department Case Summaries: October 8, 2008.(Case overview)
October 8, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, First Department Murder Causation People v. Webb 07199 Appealed from Supreme Court, New York County Background: The defendant appeals from a conviction for second degree murder and...

Case Digests.
October 9, 2008... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Intramilitary Immunity Dibble v. Fenimore 06-3307-cv Appealed from the Northern District of New York Background: The secretary of the U.S. Air Force is a defendant in an action and appel from a...

Commentary: GRAWA salutes the Rochester Black Bar Association.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Heidi Schult Gregory The Rochester Black Bar Association held its Sixth Annual Awards and Scholarship Dinner Oct. 3 at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center. The evening's theme was Project Education -- E[sup.3]: Enriching and...

Commentary: Responding to a generation at risk: Attorneys doing pro bono work.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Linda Kostin A 4-year-old boy is beaten for wetting his bed. An 8-year-old girl suffers when skin grows over sutures that her mother didn't bother to have removed. Many of us read such horror stories, feel bad for a moment and...

Commentary: The future of the Supreme Court.
October 9, 2008... Byline: T. Andrew Brown Coverage of the upcoming presidential election dominates our news outlets, yet we have heard relatively little about the U.S. Supreme Court as it begins a new term. Five sitting justices are older than 70; the...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 9, 2008.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports GRAR endorses candidates The Greater Rochester Association of Realtors this week issued its recommendations for Election Day. Its Issues Mobilization Fund -- Greater Rochester, a political action...

Reverse mortgage limit raised.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell A change in how reverse mortgages are handled could help more homeowners having trouble paying their bills. The Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a single national loan limit of $417,000 for...

Appellate Division, 4th Department: Sublease should address compliance concerns.
October 9, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull A commercial sublease with a right of first refusal for adjacent space does not necessarily provide that the adjacent space will be code compliant, according to a recent decision by the Appellate Division, Fourth...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Case Summaries: October 9, 2008.(Case overview)
October 9, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Intramilitary Immunity Dibble v. Fenimore 06-3307-cv Appealed from the Northern District of New York Background: The secretary of the U.S. Air Force is...

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries: October 9, 2008.(Case overview)
October 9, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Retaliation Public Benefits Hilfiger v. Alger 05-CV-6040 Judge Larimer Background: In a lawsuit against Steuben County Executive Mark Alger and...

Appellate Division, 4th Department Case Summaries: October 9, 2008.(Case overview)
October 9, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Fourth Department Administrative Determinations Permits In the Matter of 8-Ball Laundry Lounge Inc. v. Tobe 1026 Article 78; Supreme Court, Erie County Background:...

Bankruptcy filings rising, Rochester area 'fortunate'.
October 10, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull Belts and wallets will be worn tighter this winter, as the saying goes. People will be cooking more at home, and eating out less; spending more on gas and less on luxuries. Driving a Tahoe and going out to eat seven...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 10, 2008.
October 10, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports NYSBA panel on climate change formed The New York State Bar Association this week announced the creation of a Task Force on Global Warming to address the impact of climate change on our natural...

Commentary: The rules for private foundation dissolution.
October 10, 2008... Byline: Anthony G. Sandonato Many people who set up private foundations hope they will continue for generations. Yet a variety of factors conspire against that, ranging from the death of the original founder to a desire for greater privacy...

Case Digests.
October 10, 2008... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Criminal Restitution U.S. v. Ojeikere 07-1970-cr Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: The defendant was convicted of wire fraud. The charges stemmed from his role in an...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Case Summaries: October 10, 2008.(Case overview)
October 10, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Criminal Restitution U.S. v. Ojeikere 07-1970-cr Appealed from the Southern District of New York Background: The defendant was convicted of wire fraud....

U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries: October 10, 2008.(Case overview)
October 10, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Social Security Public Benefits Wolf v. Astrue 07-CV-582 Judge Telesca Background: The plaintiff seeks judicial review of the denial of his...

U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Case Summaries: October 10, 2008.(Case overview)
October 10, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Social Security Lackey v. Astrue 06-CV-747 Judge Kahn Background: The plaintiff applied for SSI benefits, the claim was denied administratively...

Appellate Division, 4th Department Case Summaries: October 10, 2008.(Case overview)
October 10, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff and Wire Reports Appellate Division, Fourth Department Negligence Muller v. Spencerport Central School District 1173 Appealed from Supreme Court, Monroe County Background: Plaintiffs commenced the action as the...

Western New Yorkers on the Move: October 14, 2008.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Tara E. Buck The Rochester law firm of Ward Norris Heller & Reidy LLP recently hired two associates, Margaret D. Dougherty, who practices in the area of civil litigation matters, including medical malpractice, toxic torts and...

Case Digests.
October 14, 2008... U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Fourth Amendment Strip?Search Hartline v. Gallo 06-5309-cv Appealed from the Eastern District of New York Background: The plaintiff appeals from the district court's grant of summary judgment...

Commentary: Making the best of a bad situation, part one.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Kevin D. Whiting Mortgage foreclosures adversely affect homeowners in many serious ways, not the least of which is the negative effect it has on a credit rating. A foreclosure stays on a credit report for at least seven to 10...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 14, 2008.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Paterson: New vision needed for education New York State Gov. David A. Paterson called on all New Yorkers Friday to do their part in stemming tens of thousands of high school students from dropping out across...

Attorney in Monroe County helps growing ranks of grandparents as parents.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Elizabeth Stull Just keep showing up, paralegal Deborah King told the anxious grandmother. There's a light at the end of the tunnel. It was a long tunnel for the woman who started going to Monroe County Family Court hearings in...

Area leaders in Rochester eyeing the future.
October 14, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell While more than 1,000 area business leaders came to St. John Fisher College on Friday morning to discuss how to position Rochester for the future, all eyes fell on one man. When Gov. David A. Paterson stepped up...

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit Case Summaries: October 14, 2008.(Case overview)
October 14, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Fourth Amendment Strip Search Hartline v. Gallo 06-5309-cv Appealed from the Eastern District of New York Background: The plaintiff appeals from the district...

U.S. District Court, Northern District of N.Y. Case Summaries: Case Summaries: October 14, 2008.(Case overview)
October 14, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Civil Rights Involuntary Commitment Hogan v. A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital 07-CV-555 Judge Peebles Background: Before the court in an action under 42...

Appellate Division, 3rd Department Case Summaries: October 14, 2008.(Case overview)
October 14, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, 3rd Department Attorney Discipline In Re Tang D-55-08 Background: The attorney respondent was admitted to the bar in 1985 and was referred to the Appellate Division for disciplinary...

Appellate Division, 4th Department Case Summaries: October 14, 2008.(Case overview)
October 14, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, 4th Department Accomplice Liability Jury Instructions People v. Young KA 07-00224 Appeal from Erie County Court Background: The defendant was charged with burglary but the...

Appellate Division, 4th Department Case Summaries: October 15, 2008.(Case overview)
October 15, 2008... Byline: Daily Record Staff Appellate Division, Fourth Department Civil Service In the Matter of Smeraldo v. Rater 1025 Article 78 proceeding; Supreme Court, Chautauqua County Background: The petitioner was terminated from...

N.Y. Supreme Court, Monroe County rules registration v. licensure not as clear as plaintiff thought.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Michael Giuliano Mancuso v. Allergy Associates of Rochester, 2006-04762, Supreme Court, Monroe County, decision from Judge Evelyn Frazee May an employer be held liable for making unintentionally misleading statements about an...

Commentary: The proper plan is not to panic.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Dana Consler Don't panic! Yes, I know the stock market is down 38 percent this year, but panicking and selling all of your stocks is the wrong thing to do -- it's not unlike trying to catch a falling piano. You're going to get...

The Daily Record News Briefs: October 15, 2008.
October 15, 2008... Byline: The Daily Record Staff UK, NY insurance agreement announced The United Kingdom Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the New York State Insurance Department (NYSID) this week signed an agreement allowing for closer cooperation...

Women Negotiating Leadership Conversations and Luncheon in Rochester: Glass ceiling persists.
October 15, 2008... Byline: Colleen M. Farrell In a year in which one woman ran for president of the Unites States and another could become vice president, it would seem there aren't any glass ceilings left to break. Not so, says Nora Bredes, director of the...