By Andrew Denney | August 9, 2018
The Bronx Defenders filed a suit against the court system on behalf of a group of defendants who were charged with low-level offenses who said the sluggish pace of their cases through the Bronx courts were violating their speedy-trial rights.
By Charles Toutant | August 9, 2018
A civil rights suit over a municipal judge's jailing of an indigent defendant for nonpayment of a $239 fine, a case that helped lead to the mounting calls for municipal court reform in New Jersey, has been resolved by a $180,000 settlement, according to records obtained by the Law Journal.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Lori Outzs Borgen, Jenny-Brooke Condon and Esere Onaodowan | August 9, 2018
OP-ED: New Jersey should now turn to reforming the laws that impose a cascade of court fines and permit the suspension of hundreds of thousands of driver's licenses each year simply because of residents' inability to pay justice-related debt.
By Andrew Denney | August 8, 2018
A Manhattan judge has ordered the New York City Police Department to release a trove of documents from the case of Ramarley Graham, who was shot and killed in 2012 by an officer who has since left the department.
By Charles Toutant | August 8, 2018
The plaintiff's fear of social stigma fails to outweigh the general interest in favor of open judicial proceedings, U.S. Magistrate Judge Tonianne Bongiovanni ruled. And a statement to the media by Doe's lawyer in connection with the case also weighs against granting permission to proceed anonymously, she added.
By Kate Brumback, Associated Press | August 6, 2018
People held in long-term, isolated confinement involuntarily "adapt in socially pathological ways," a report says, adding that those released directly from those harsh conditions are more likely to reoffend and have trouble maintaining relationships and keeping jobs.
By Andrew Denney | August 3, 2018
The students were kicked out for breaking a disciplinary code that one attorney described as “militaristic.”
By Zach Schlein | August 3, 2018
Greenberg Traurig's Adam M. Foslid filed an amicus brief on behalf of retired Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, who is lending his support to a fired high school coach who refused to stop praying on the football field.
By Vanessa Blum | Leigh Jones | August 3, 2018
While the movement for marriage equality captured the public's attention, New York litigator Todd Anten says the push for workplace equality is unfinished business.
By Dara Kam | August 3, 2018
But elections supervisors in Alachua, Leon and Hillsborough counties say it's too late to secure early voting sites before the Aug. 28 primaries, and they're not sure whether they can nail down on-campus sites before the November general election.
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