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New York Law Journal

New Program on Women, Law to Debut at NYC Bar

A new series named in honor of the pioneering former state chief judge, Judith Kaye, will debut on Dec. 12 with a discussion featuring six of her former clerks or counsels.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Courts Stress Productivity in Weighing Bids for Extra Judicial Terms

State court officials have approved the applications of 39 of the 43 judges who sought to remain on the bench for at least two more years past the mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. Among those receiving extended terms is Eugene Pigott Jr., the 10-year veteran of the Court of Appeals who will be assigned to a state Supreme Court part in Buffalo.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Budget Proposal Calls for 200 Hires, Security Gear

State court officials are asking for $2.18 billion in a 2017-18 spending plan they said continues to ease the strict austerity measures imposed in the early 2010s.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Conduct Panel Is Now at Full Strength

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed Akosua Garcia Yeboah, a senior information technology project manager for the city of Albany, to fill the last vacancy on the state Commission on Judicial Conduct.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Directs Judicial Watchdog Agency to Reconsider Open-Courts Opinion

The Supreme Court of Georgia has ordered the state Judicial Qualifications Commission to reconsider its three-year-old advisory opinion that prohibits the state's judges from barring the public from their courtrooms except in rare circumstances. The court also found it has authority to review the watchdog agency's advisory opinions, even though it has never before done so.
9 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Advocates Beware: Justices Don't Want You Sneaking New Issues Into Your Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting fed up with lawyers who pile extra issues and arguments onto cases that were narrow when the justices first decided to grant review. Twice in the last month, justices scolded veteran advocates for deviating from or inflating the questions they had asked the court to answer in their cert petitions.
20 minute read

Legaltech News

How Analytics in Trial Prep Can Give Lawyers the Upper Hand

A few key techniques can make a world of difference in the cost and outcome of a matter.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Addition of Judges Easing Burdens in Family Court

For 20 years, the New York City Family Court begged for more judges, all the while shouldering steadily increasing burdens. Intense lobbying eventually helped persuade the Legislature to create additional judgeships, but at least some observers wonder whether the help will be enough to keep on any even keel a busy court buffeted by emotional issues.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision Denying Reinstatement to Disbarred Attorney Is Backed by Court of Appeals

The state's highest court ruled that the Second Department was best situated to pass judgment on Donald William Leo's attempt to get his license back and that "no abuse of discretion" occurred in the panel's 2014 decision rejecting his reinstatement application.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Now's the Time for Courts to Accept Digital Signatures

After one California lawyer was sanctioned for using electronic signatures, the need for more efficient technology use is here.
7 minute read

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