By Alex Anteau | May 2, 2024
Defendant-appellant counsel Matt Friedlander said waiving the Civil Practice Statute was "a legally inert proclamation … like Michael Scott standing up and saying 'I declare bankruptcy.' It's funny, but it doesn't mean anything."
By Colleen Murphy | May 2, 2024
"If you have a problem, it is always a sensible place to stop and ask Lee Solomon for his advice and for his insight, born of experience, born of judgment, and born of character," Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said. "I have done it many times and I have never come away disappointed."
By Mason Lawlor | May 2, 2024
"[T]he harm from the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the defense of accident was compounded by the trial court's express instruction that the jury must 'disregard' that accident was a key legal principle," Georgia Supreme Court Justice Nels Peterson said.
By Cheryl Miller | May 1, 2024
Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of California's Southern District said he was trying to warn the 13-year-old about the dangers of drug use. The Judicial Council said the judge exceeded his authority.
By Emily Saul | May 1, 2024
"In terms of a jurist, one could not ask for a more fair and balanced individual," one lawyer said of Justice Curtis Farber. "He is even-keeled, level-headed, unflustered by anything. He is no one's fool, and he is a strong rudder for our court system."
By Emily Saul | May 1, 2024
"In terms of a jurist, one could not ask for a more fair and balanced individual," one lawyer said of Justice Curtis Farber. "He is even-keeled, level-headed, unflustered by anything. He is no one's fool, and he is a strong rudder for our court system."
By Alex Anteau | May 1, 2024
"I don't know that we really should care about policy," said Presiding Judge Stephen Dillard. "It's only what the statute says, and you may be right on that, you may not be right on that, but that's what I'm not getting."
By Cedra Mayfield | May 1, 2024
Judicial misconduct proceedings for Middle Georgia Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Robert S. Reeves have been scheduled for June 17-20 at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth.
By Cedra Mayfield | May 1, 2024
"Mr. Davis must be resident of Georgia," argued respondent counsel Bryan Tyson of The Election Law Group in Atlanta. "If he's not a resident of Georgia, what other state is he a resident of?"
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joseph A. Zayas | May 1, 2024
Understanding how elections work is essential to any basic understanding of how democracies function. But New Yorkers, in my experience, know very little about how judges are chosen in our state, even though most people appreciate that the courts have a profound impact on their lives.
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