New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joseph W. Bellacosa | June 5, 2024
This is primarily a "Tale of Two Cases," heard on back-to-back days at the New York Court of Appeals in 1990. My focus highlights different standards the media use to cover, and often skew, the public understanding of a well-informed public concerning the civic importance and core values of cases and the judicial process.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | June 5, 2024
"You're a political activist, aren't you, Judge?" Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, asked district judge nominee Meredith Vacca.
By Brian Lee | June 5, 2024
Manhattan judge Laura Ward Ward approached a progressive group's criticism with introspection, acknowledging that she runs "a tight court," but goes out of her way to ask jurors if they felt a defendant received a fair trial.
By Charles Toutant | June 5, 2024
"The suggestion that any of our judges, all of whom are saturated in motion briefs, would request more briefing as a delay tactic is unfounded and disappointing," Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb said.
By Charles Toutant | June 5, 2024
"I think the numbers only tell part of the story. It's important to have an appreciation for what else is going on with respect to that particular judge's docket," litigator Kerri Chewning said.
By Alex Anteau | June 5, 2024
The unanimous opinion, authored by Judge Trenton Brown, echoed Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard's trepidation toward the plaintiff-appellant's position at oral argument.
By Avalon Zoppo | June 5, 2024
"I have conversations with students and potential clerks about clerking and why they haven't thought about clerking … and one thing that I learned is that for many of them, it's no surprise, they have a very heavy loan burden," said judicial nominee Embry Kidd.
By Cedra Mayfield | June 5, 2024
The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting judicial candidate nominations and applications to fill vacancies for superior court judgeships in the Houston, Piedmont and Tifton judicial circuits and a state court judgeship in Rockdale County.
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | June 4, 2024
Members of the public will now have an opportunity to comment on a proposal that would require amicus briefs in appellate cases to disclose certain information, including whether a party or its counsel "has a majority ownership interest in or majority control of a legal entity submitting the brief."
By Brian Lee | June 4, 2024
The Center for Community Alternatives, said Ward, who is making a bid to remain on the bench past the mandatory retirement age of 70, has failed to publish a legal decision in 13 years.
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