By The Law Journal Editorial Board | May 14, 2024
Consider the impact of appellate case processing if there are vacancies on the Appellate Division, due to delays, Senatorial Courtesy or infighting in the appointment process, and there cannot be temporary assignments, as there can be at present.
By The New Jersey Law Journal Editorial Board | May 10, 2024
Assuming that he serves until June 30, 2030 - despite his eligibility for retirement - he will serve one day more than 23 years.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ellen Bardash | May 9, 2024
According to the federal judiciary, Jordan gave notice of his plan to retire on May 7, and he plans to leave the bench on Jan. 15, days before a presidential inauguration. With one other current vacancy on the court, the currently majority-Republican Third Circuit could flip.
By Colleen Murphy | May 8, 2024
"There is a proposal to create a court of appeals that mirrors the federal court system," Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari said. "In the current system, you take the best of the Superior Court judges, leaving that court depleted. If we go to a system where the governor makes appointments, you can broaden the number of lawyers going to the bench."
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 The Law Journal Editorial Board | April 12, 2024
Slandered with the tar brush of association with causes he opposes, his nomination regrettably appears to be doomed.
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Joshua M. Robbins and Ross Garrett | April 11, 2024
"Courts have typically declined to force the government to use the MLAT process for defendants' benefit," write Joshua M. Robbins and Ross Garrett of Buchalter.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 10, 2024
It's not like it's a Disney one-pass ticket [where] you get on any ride you want," said U.S. District Judge R. David Proctor. "There are unique things about practicing in our court."
By Colleen Murphy | April 8, 2024
"Years of high vacancy rates, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting impact on staffing levels, have significantly challenged the judiciary's ability to conduct management conferences, hearings and trials," Judge Glenn A. Grant, acting administrative director of the court, said. "A growing and unmanageable backlog of court cases was the predictable result."
By Avalon Zoppo | April 5, 2024
While it's likely too early to see major swings in the law, the president's appointees' individual opinions on criminal law and qualified immunity show the impact the judges' diverse professional backgrounds have on their jurisprudence.
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