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New York Law Journal

2 Judges to Split Duties Currently Held by Fisher

When Judge Fern Fisher retires in June, two judges will each assume one of the dual administrative roles she has held in New York courts, court officials announced Thursday.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Error Prompts Panel To Request New Rape Trial

A judge's error led an appeals court to order a new trial for a defendant convicted of rape, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Facebook Photo of Judge Holding Beverage Is Not Proof of DWI Release Violation, Judge Says

A photograph posted on Facebook showing a judge holding an beverage at a Thanksgiving gathering in which family members were drinking is insufficient to prove that she violated post-release terms of an earlier drunken-driving conviction, a court ruled.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Four Receive Botein Awards

By | March 28, 2017
The Annual Bernard Botein Medals for "outstanding contributions to the administration of the courts" in the First Department were presented Monday at the New York City Bar Association.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Get Your New Appeals Court Websites Here — for Less than $7,000

Florida's five mid-level appellate courts are bringing their websites into the new millennium, starting with a pilot program in the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
5 minute read

The Recorder

California's Chief Justice Assails Trump Administration

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, doubling down on her recent criticism of the Trump administration, on Monday told state lawmakers in an annual address that "the rule of law is being threatened." Cantil-Sakauye, who did not name President Donald Trump, used her State of the Judiciary remarks to raise concern about "eroding trust in our institutions" and civil rights "unrest." The rule of law, she said, "means that as a people, we are governed by laws, not by a monarch."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

State Courts Outline Plans to Improve Interpreting Services

A new report says despite improvements in the past 10 years, the task of providing effective interpreting services remains a "daunting" one: last year, the courts used more than 300 court-employed and 700 per diem interpreters in more than 90,000 cases to interpret for 115 different languages.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Three Hispanic Judges to Sit on NY High Court

For the first time, three judges of Latino descent will sit on the Court of Appeals Tuesday when First Department Justice Rolando Acosta will sit in for Judge Eugene Fahey, joining Judges Jenny Rivera and Michael Garcia.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court Officer Who Claimed Anguish Has Award Upheld

A $388,026 judgment won by a state court officer for mental anguish she said she suffered by being escorted out of a state courthouse and to her home to surrender her three permitted handguns was upheld by an appeals court Thursday.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Gorsuch's Hearing Will Be Memorable. As So Many Others Were.

What memories will Neil Gorsuch's confirmation hearing make? Time will tell. Here are highlights—and lowlights—from the 10 most recent Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
24 minute read

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