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Minimizing Distraction: Jurors in the Age of Technology

Many fall victim to "technology distraction." But how has the age of technology affected our jurors?
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Language Suggested for Commercial Division Jurisdiction

New York court administrators have formally devised language they say parties should use if they wish to designate the Commercial Division of state Supreme Court as having jurisdiction over legal disputes.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale Litigator Set to Take Office as Broward Judge

Gunster litigator Fabienne Fahnestock was appointed to the Broward Circuit bench.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

North Florida Judge Hit With 6-Month Suspension

The state Supreme Court ordered a six-month suspension and other penalties for a North Florida judge who has been the focus of potential impeachment proceedings launched by House Speaker Richard Corcoran.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Mayor's Budget Proposes 5 Percent Hike for FJD, 2 Percent for DA

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's proposed 2018 fiscal year budget includes a slight increase for the city's justice system.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Misconduct Complaints Are Up, Says State Panel

The state panel that investigates allegations of misconduct against judges and recommends punishments said it received the third-most complaints in its history in 2016.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Construct New Miami-Dade Civil Courthouse Now

With unmentionables dripping from courthouse ceilings and 102 pages of documented defects, litigator Jeffrey Gilbert says it's embarrassingly late to get a new civil courthouse in downtown Miami.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorneys Say Annual Judge Reassignments Throw a Wrench in Case Continuity

Some attorneys and judges, though, counter that the practice of reassigning one-third of the state's Superior Court judges prevents them from getting too chummy with the local bar, and brings fresh ideas to old cases.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Four Court Employees to Receive Botein Awards

By | March 01, 2017
Acting Presiding Justice Peter Tom of the First Department has announced the names of the four Unified Court System employees who have been selected to receive this year's Bernard Botein Award "for outstanding contributions to the administration of justice."
2 minute read

The Recorder

Santa Clara Court Cuts Hours Amid Budget Woes

Effective in May, the civil clerk's office in San Jose will close early on Fridays. A press release said it's not "fiscally feasible" to maintain current business hours.
3 minute read

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