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By Avalon Zoppo | March 15, 2024
The policy requires random case assignment among all judges in a district whenever a litigant seeks a national injunction in a single-judge division.
By Avalon Zoppo | March 1, 2024
Ten percent ownership of a subsidiary is a recusal threshhold. Senate panel moves five district court nominees.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 9, 2024
Three federal judges have standing orders that offer additional argument time for younger, women and minority attorneys to encourage greater participation from those groups.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 26, 2024
Attorneys should be required to disclose relationships with judges, draft law review article states.
By Avalon Zoppo | January 12, 2024
"It's election year and that's always tough, but I think the Democrats are committed to filling every possible vacancy," said University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 26, 2023
Nicole Berner has been nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
By Avalon Zoppo | December 8, 2023
"It was a time when it was still pretty lonely out there for women," recalled Seventh Circuit Judge Diane Wood.
By Avalon Zoppo | November 10, 2023
"Being able to read people should be… in [a lawyer's] wheelhouse already," Judge Marsha Pechman said in questioning the need for jury consultants.
By Avalon Zoppo | October 27, 2023
U.S. Judiciary's rules panel considers amending the ban on airing criminal proceedings for Trump's trials, and Feinstein's successor is seated on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
By Avalon Zoppo | October 13, 2023
Law professors voice concern with ethics panel's investigation of jurist's criticism.
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