By Christine G. Barlow, CPCU | April 12, 2021
As mass shootings happen more and more frequently, the chances that insurance will be sought as a solution grow. Advisory Board Member Joseph Harrington, CPCU takes a look at the issues that are involved.
By Raychel Lean | April 9, 2021
The JQC's investigative panel stressed that judicial assistants are "not personal assistants funded by the taxpayers to take on chores for their judges," but rather, "important court resources whose work is vital to the efficient and orderly operation of the judicial system."
By Cheryl Miller | April 2, 2021
Judge Patrick E. Connolly told commissioners he should not have shown irritation or impatience with the attorneys, but he also noted that the court had not yet set operating rules to deal with pandemic.
By Ryan Tarinelli | March 30, 2021
The disciplinary commission issued a press release saying Judge Lisa R. Rana in Suffolk County "offered advice and edited campaign related materials for a candidate running for town office."
By Ellen Bardash | March 25, 2021
The explanations included in the report for why judges were disciplined generally fell into three categories: failure to disclose ex parte communication or other conflicts of interest or otherwise not meeting standards associated with their legal work; inappropriate and offensive actions toward court staff, attorneys or parties involved in a case; and involvement in criminal activity.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Gabe Roth | March 19, 2021
The third branch says it's the most transparent when it comes to its work, but it's the least transparent when it comes to the perks.
By Michael A. Mora | March 16, 2021
The investigative panel of the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission alleged that the actions the judge took constituted inappropriate conduct in violation of several canons of the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct and a chapter of the Florida Statutes.
By Charles Toutant | March 9, 2021
Charges of signing her judicial assistant's falsified time sheets have been dropped in the case, in which the Judicial Qualifications Commission says the judge lied to investigators after they told her only her son's attorney could see him in jail and participate in his interrogation.
By Marcia Coyle | February 25, 2021
Asking the full appeals court to take up the case, former West Virginia Justice Allen Loughry's lawyer, Elbert Lin of Hunton Andrews Kurth, said his client's petition "presents a single question of exceptional and growing importance."
By Samantha Joseph | Charles Toutant | February 25, 2021
The Court of Appeals for The First District of Texas overturned a decision that had found the accuser had missed the deadline to bring suit for the alleged sexual abuse.
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