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New York Law Journal

Manhattan Judge Removed from Law Firm Sanctions Spat

The First Department granted an Article 78 petition seeking to remove Supreme Court Justice Laura Visitacion-Lewis from a sanctions proceeding involving the Citak & Citak law firm.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida High Court Mulls Judicial Video Conferencing for Baker Act Hearings

A case pending before the Florida Supreme Court could change the way courts handle Baker Act hearings.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Chief Justice Roberts Praises 'Overlooked' District Judges in Year-End Report

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Saturday spotlighted the "crucial role" played by federal district judges, asserting they "deserve tremendous respect" for performing the often thankless tasks of the job. In past years, Roberts has sometimes used the annual platform to advocate for higher pay for judges, or to defend the ethics of his fellow justices. But his 2016 report displayed no sharp edges or fodder for controversy.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Civil Rights Groups Hail Appeals Court Ruling in Case Challenging Exclusion of Dark-Skinned Juror

A Dec. 22 ruling by the state's highest court, the Court of Appeals, finding that "skin color" is separate from "race" in a case challenging the exclusion of a dark-skinned Indian-born woman from a jury was hailed by civil rights groups as an important ruling.
16 minute read

Daily Report Online

Process Servers Group Alarmed Over Proposed Rule Changes

The association that represents Georgia process servers is raising the alarm over proposed new rules that, it says, will essentially allow the sheriffs to eliminate them.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Sotomayor's Pro Bono Call, Posner's Digs and Banter on the Bench: Supreme Court 2016

Justice Antonin Scalia's death in February was one of the biggest stories this year about the U.S. Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor urged mandatory pro bono for all lawyers. Richard Posner railed on "stupid" decisions by Chief Justice Roberts. And the court's microphones picked up banter on the bench. Here's a look at some of our most-read stories about the high court.
16 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

One of Scalia's Final Law Clerks Looks Back and Ahead

Jonathan Urick vividly remembers the last time he and his fellow law clerks saw their boss, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. "We were laughing and joking. He was in very high spirits, making jokes," he recalled. Ten months later, Urick is a new associate at McGuireWoods in Richmond—one of seven former Supreme Court clerks working at the firm. He is the first of Scalia's final four law clerks to publicly speak about his time in Scalia chambers that ended abruptly after the justice's death on Feb. 13.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

2017 May Bring 6 Reforms to State's Commercial Division

Those reforms, which are out for comment, could affect items such as the sealing of records, trial testimony and hyperlinking within court documents.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects Suit Over Bronx Bail But Leaves Opening

Lawyers challenging outrageous delays and backlogs in Bronx Criminal Court can still pursue relief in federal court, but they will need new plaintiffs after Southern District Judge George Daniels accepted the state's arguments that the current plaintiffs, who no longer have pending charges against them, lack standing to sue.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bar Associations Assess Court of Appeals Hopefuls

Eleven bar associations have found all seven candidates for the most recent state Court of Appeals vacancy to be qualified for the job. Moreover, many of the groups gave higher ratings to all or some of the candidates.
16 minute read

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