Daily Record News Briefs: June 15, 2009

Daily Record (Rochester, NY), Jun 15, 2009

Eyes on the Future 2009 summit planned

Eyes on the Future 2009, a Greater Rochester Region Economic Summit, will be headlined by Richard Bendis, president and CEO of Innovation America.

The third annual conference will be held Friday, Oct. 16 at St. John Fisher College.

Greater Rochester Enterprise and the Small Business Council of Rochester, an affiliate of the Rochester Business Alliance, also will host the first Eyes Expo, an event focused on economic development and workforce alignment.

Bendis will lend his experience as a corporate executive, venture capitalist, investment banker and technology and healthcare consultant to the panel of Rochester-based leaders. Other panelists include Susan Holliday, publisher and president, Rochester Business?Journal; Anne M. Kress, president, Monroe Community College; Richard Kaplan, president and?CEO, Pictometry International, and Mark S. Peterson, president and CEO, GRE.

"After two years of successful summits, we looked for ways to enhance how everyone in our community can get involved and participate," said Thomas C. Ioele, summit chair and president and CEO of Employee Relations Associates. "In additional to a weekly radio show, we've created the Eyes Expo as a forum for people to network and share ideas that will create growth opportunities for out entire community."

Last year's summit featured a keynote address by Gov. David A. Paterson. The past two Eyes on the Future events had a combined attendance of more than 2,600.

Eyes on the Future, a weekly radio show, began last year. It airs every Saturday at 10 a.m. on WHAM-AM 1180. It features experts and leaders covering issues surrounding economic development.

"Eyes on the Future continues to demonstrate how economic development is an initiative that everyone can, and should, get involved in," Peterson said. "The Eyes Expo is a great opportunity for the Greater Rochester region's many organizations -- large and small -- to support the growth and sustainability of our area's economy."

Admission to Eyes on the?Future is free and open to the public. To register, call (585) 381-0810 Ext. 233 or visit www.eyesonthefuture.biz

NYSBA report on ADR in commercial cases

A new report issued by the New York State Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section sets forth precepts to help arbitrators handle discovery in domestic commercial cases.

The report will help arbitrators balance efficiency, responsiveness to party expectations, procedural due process, and fairness in orchestrating discovery and making discovery determinations, Simeon H. Baum of Resolve Mediation Services Inc., said in a statement. Baum is the first, and immediate past chairman of NYSBA's Dispute Resolution Section.

Authors Carroll Neesemann, Sherman Kahn and John Wilkinson drafted the report based on research and interviews with members of the arbitration bar and representatives of arbitration organizations.

The report offers several precepts. One is that a discovery regimen should be specific and appropriate to the given case. In addition, ground rules governing an arbitration should be clearly established, the arbitrator should maintain control of the proceedings and move the case forward to an orderly conclusion, and discovery disputes should be resolved promptly.

The NYSBA report also lists factors an arbitrator should consider in determining the appropriate scope of discovery, such as the nature of the dispute, the characteristics of the parties, the terms of their agreement, the relevance of requested discovery and the parties' reasonable need for it, and matters of privilege and confidentiality.

The full 13-page report is available on the Web site www.nysba.org/drreport.> Golisano joins Unshackle Upstate

Days after helping toss state Democrats out of power in Albany, Paychex founder and billionaire B. Thomas Golisano has thrown his support behind Unshackle Upstate, a local coalition dedicated to making New York state more business friendly.

"Mr. Golisano is an entrepreneur who has created many jobs in this state. He understands the issues facing employers, and how they are tied to the lack of reform in Albany," Andrew Rudnick, president and CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and a founder of Unshackle Upstate, said. "We look forward to working with him to amplify our voice and strengthen our political action efforts to advance our goals of reducing state spending and improving the conditions of upstate businesses."

The three-time New York gubernatorial candidate announced earlier this year that he is moving to Florida because of New York's high taxes.

Mortgages, deeds recorded

In May, 1,398 deeds and 2,604 mortgages were filed in the Monroe County Clerk's office.

Todd Bullard of Harris Beach to be panelist

H. Todd Bullard, a commercial litigation partner at Harris Beach, will be a featured panelist at the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers "State of the Automobile Industry Symposium" at the association's annual membership meeting on June 25 in Chicago.

NAMAD retained Harris Beach to protect the interests of minority dealers throughout the country in response to Chrysler's and General Motors' announcements to trim the number of dealerships. Bullard is leading Harris Beach's representation of NAMAD.