By Andrew Denney | December 13, 2017
A Staten Island court clerk who secretly taped conversations around the courthouse alleges that the borough's district attorney and his wife, an administrative judge, worked together to steer criminal cases away from courts that she deemed as too defense-friendly.
The American Lawyer | Commentary
By Vivia Chen | December 12, 2017
So far, the judge for the Ninth Circuit has shown no inclination of leaving in response to allegations brought by six women.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 11, 2017
VOTERGA has asked Georgia's governor not to appoint attorney and part-time magistrate judge Clint Bearden to the superior court bench, citing his role in the arrest and prosecution of citizen journalist Nydia Tisdale.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | December 11, 2017
A Catholic group opposed to birth control can't intervene in the state's lawsuit challenging the administration's authority to exempt organizations from providing contraceptive services to women.
By Marcia Coyle | December 11, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether the nation's workplace anti-bias law bars sexual orientation discrimination. The justices may soon have another opportunity to take up the closely watched question. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments Sept. 26.
By Marcia Coyle | December 11, 2017
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to decide whether the nation's workplace anti-bias law bars sexual orientation discrimination. The justices may soon have another opportunity to take up the closely watched question. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments Sept. 26.
By ALM Staff | December 11, 2017
The Florida Justice Institute helps secure a settlement in a lawsuit claiming institutionalized discrimination against disabled prisoners held by the state Department of Corrections.
By Katheryn Tucker | December 8, 2017
Three soldiers whose convictions the Georgia Supreme Court reversed in November move another step closer to freedom—a bond hearing.
By Josefa Velasquez | December 8, 2017
A spokeswoman for ICE said Friday that the agents pursue arrests of undocumented immigrants in courthouses because the facilities provide a “far safer” environment for everyone involved, responding to calls by legal advocacy groups for state courts to impose limits on the practice.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Angela D. Giampolo | December 8, 2017
It's been over three years since Kevin Harrigan, Philip Williams and Kathryn Knott bashed a gay couple, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, in Center City Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 2014. At the time, there was outrage that such an attack could occur in Philadelphia, a place where LGBTQ people are supposed to feel safe in a city considered the most LGBTQ-friendly in the country by the Human Rights Campaign.
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