By Josefa Velasquez | July 7, 2017
The lawyer for Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio, who received a 60-day jail sentence and three years of probation on a driving while intoxicated charge has filed an appeal of the sentence.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 7, 2017
The parents of an American student who died on a study abroad program cannot sue the Brookhaven university, the Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 6, 2017
A magisterial district judge who was the former top public defender of Monroe County has been hit with ethics charges over his alleged viewing of pornographic videos and images at work in full view of his clerks.
By Josefa Velasquez | July 6, 2017
Acting Rochester City Court Judge Stephen Aronson on Thursday sentenced fellow Judge Leticia Astacio to 60 days in jail and three years' probation for violating terms of her condition discharge on a DWI sentence. Her attorney called the jail sentence "outrageous."
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 6, 2017
The question of whether a caterer can be sued over food poisoning suffered by wedding guests produced a 5-4 split and two strong dissents at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 6, 2017
Two dozen state Supreme Court justices approaching or past age 70 are seeking to continue their judicial careers for extra terms under the certification program.
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | July 5, 2017
The doctrine of sovereign immunity has produced a hangover for Clayton County and the city of College Park over how to split taxes on alcohol sales at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. This bar tab dispute is worth $2.5 million.
By Cheryl Miller | July 5, 2017
The San Francisco Superior Court will furlough staff, cut clerk's office hours and ask judges to donate one day of pay each month to help close a $5.3 million budget deficit.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 5, 2017
An acting state Supreme Court justice was allowed to remain in his position for 10 months after being admonished by the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct, despite administrative rules barring disciplined acting justices from doing so.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 5, 2017
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has appointed Melody Glover, supervising attorney for Queens Law Associates; Elenor C. Reid, who has spent 16 years as an appellate court attorney and a principal law clerk for the state Unified Court System; and Christopher Robles, a family, civil and appellate litigator in private practice, to serve in the city's Family Court.
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