By Michael Booth | May 25, 2018
In a per curiam, unanimous ruling released May 24, the court said the language of the statute that criminalizes the unauthorized release or encouraging the release of confidential child abuse information is ambiguous in that it is unclear as to whether the statute applies to anyone or only to employees of the Division of Child Protection and Permanency.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | May 25, 2018
This is how law and social science are meant to intersect. The case reminds us that, as our knowledge of human behavior evolves, our approach to legal issues will evolve as well.
By Katheryn Tucker | May 25, 2018
It was a heated contest. But on Tuesday, Ken Hodges, 52, a former district attorney in Albany who worked as a prosecutor for 15 years and a civil trial lawyer for the last 12 years, defeated trial lawyer and former state bar president Ken Shigley, 67, with nearly 70 percent of the vote.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 25, 2018
A three-judge appeals court panel unanimously upheld Kane's conviction on perjury and related charges.
By Ben Hancock | May 24, 2018
The decision is a mixed bag for social media companies, and leaves open the question of whether criminal defendants can access private or deleted posts from witnesses under the Stored Communications Act.
By John Council | May 24, 2018
A former legal secretary claiming she was fired from her job after posting Facebook messages critical of President Donald Trump has sued the all-Republican Court of Criminal Appeals and Judge Kevin Yeary.
By John Council | May 24, 2018
By a party-line, 11-10 vote, the committee referred Andrew Oldham, who serves as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's general counsel, for confirmation by the full Senate.
By Katheryn Tucker | May 23, 2018
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, sailed through her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.
By R. Robin McDonald | May 23, 2018
Georgia law dictated McIver's life sentence, foreclosing any discretion by Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert McBurney, except on the question of whether McIver could be eligible for parole.
By Greg Land | May 23, 2018
The Court of Appeals ruling said the postconviction revelation that jurors had looked up information on the location of the defendant's house and that of his alleged victim created a "presumption of prejudice" the state could not overcome.
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