New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Louis Locascio | January 8, 2021
COURT WATCH: On Nov. 24, 2020, the Appellate Division, in a consolidated case, held that a prosecutor cannot condition defendants' admission into a pretrial intervention program on defendants' serving jail time.
By Jane Wester | January 7, 2021
The move comes less than a month after attorneys at the Queens Defenders announced they would unionize; negotiations at the Queens nonprofit are ongoing after management declined to voluntarily recognize the union.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Stephen A. Miller and Leigh Ann Benson | January 6, 2021
Earlier this year, only two states still permitted nonunanimous jury convictions—Louisiana and Oregon. The U.S. Supreme Court's Ramos v. Louisiana decision in April 2020 held that unanimity is required under the Sixth Amendment.
By Paul Shechtman | January 6, 2021
"Something has to give. What is happening now is an embarrassment to our courts."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. | January 5, 2021
In their Appellate Practice column, Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. discuss notable dissents from important cases, writing that although a dissent has no precedential effect, if creatively used it can lessen the impact of an adverse authority and enhance a party's chances of success.
By Greg Land | December 29, 2020
Rolling forward as hearings and oral arguments gave way to a Zoom-powered legal universe, the Georgia Supreme Court helped lower courts plot their path and still managed to deal with a plethora of issues in a pandemic-hobbled world.
By Jonathan Ringel | December 29, 2020
This is Phipps' third stint filling a temporary vacancy at the Court of Appeals.
By R. Robin McDonald | December 29, 2020
Atlanta appellate lawyer Laurie Webb Daniel of Holland & Knight said an appeal of a total of $43 million in financial penalties will go forward even though client Philip Esformes' 20-year prison sentence was commuted last week by President Donald Trump.
By Jim Saunders | December 29, 2020
Former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown argues that a juror was improperly replaced in her tax fraud trial after he said the "Holy Spirit" told him Brown was not guilty.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Marie E. Lihotz and Marianne Espinosa | December 24, 2020
APPELLATE ANSWERS: It is what happens after oral argument—unseen by the litigants and lawyers—that determines how the case will be decided.
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