By Cogan Schneier | April 7, 2017
The U.S. Judicial Conference is asking Congress to add four new positions and make another 14 temporary positions permanent to deal with case volumes in select districts.
By Ross Todd | April 7, 2017
Most federal judges see themselves as generalists. But when cases involve complicated technology, some insist on being schooled.
By Celia Ampel | April 7, 2017
The group includes three prosecutors, one judge, one general magistrate and one litigator.
By Charles Toutant | April 6, 2017
The bar raised concerns that a failure to reappoint judges once they are eligible for tenure compromises judicial independence.
By Jenna Greene | April 5, 2017
The metal detectors, bag searches and armed bailiffs that are standard in courthouses today—this is where it started. In a courtroom in San Rafael, California in 1970 where a horrifying hostage standoff left a judge dead and an assistant DA paralyzed. But Gary Thomas, who went on to become a judge, was never bitter. "I feel blessed," he said.
By Cogan Schneier | April 5, 2017
The Fourth Circuit issued a rare notice alerting the attorneys in the case that the judges are receiving unsolicited emails from the public.
By Amanda Bronstad | April 5, 2017
The decision, which found California judges were illegally stiffed on raises, clears a path for more current and former members of the state bench to collect $36 million in back pay.
By Michael Booth | April 5, 2017
Superior Court Judge Deborah Gross-Quatrone is facing ethics charges over allegations that include taping a conversation with another judge.
By Celia Ampel | April 5, 2017
Justice C. Alan Lawson was formally sworn in in the Florida Supreme Court chambers.
By Samantha Joseph | April 5, 2017
Broward Circuit Judge Carlos A. Rodriguez's ruling was "incorrect on all counts" in a spat over a deficiency judgment, according to a state appellate court.
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