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Daily Report Online

Awning and Scaffold Removed From Charles Carnes Building

After repairs to ensure marble tiles won't come loose and fall on passersby, the skeletal steel scaffold and awning that the Charles L. Carnes Justice Center Building at the corner of Pryor and Mitchell streets has sported for the last six years has been removed.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Resigns From Bar Following Disciplinary Probe

A Darien-based attorney who was the subject of a disciplinary investigation because of an overdraft in his IOLTA account has resigned from the bar and waived the privilege of reapplying.
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New York Law Journal

Albany Judge, Facing Misconduct Charges, Resigns

A 13-year veteran Albany City Court judge has agreed to resign rather than face state punishment for alleged misconduct that included showing bias against prosecutors. Thomas Keefe will step down as of Sept. 30, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Monday.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Reduce Shackling of Juveniles

By | August 15, 2016
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New York Law Journal

42 State Justices Seek Terms Beyond Mandatory Retirement

Forty-two state Supreme Court justices approaching or past age 70 are seeking to continue their judicial careers for extra terms under the certification program.
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New York Law Journal

Q&A With Justice Marcy Kahn

In the early 2000s, Chief Judge Judith Kaye asked Justices Marcy Kahn and Edward Davidowitz to create a group that would promote understanding and reduce jurisdictional conflict between the justice systems of New York's indigenous tribal nations and the federal and state courts. The proposal was received positively by the nine state-recognized tribal nations and, in 2003, the New York Federal-State-Tribal Courts and Indian Nations Justice Forum was born.
18 minute read

Daily Business Review

Jacksonville Circuit Judge Denies Racism, Sexism Allegations

Three weeks after a state investigative panel accused him of making racist and sexist remarks, a Jacksonville circuit judge is flatly denying the accusations of inappropriate conduct.
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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Supreme Court Revises Judicial Conduct Rules

The New Jersey Supreme Court has issued a revised Code of Judicial Conduct that it says is designed to set clearer ethical standards for judges to follow.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legal Services Funding to Be Focus of Public Hearing

Court administrators plan to hold one public hearing next month into the benefits of significant state funding for civil legal services in New York.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Waiting for Justice

While the debate over accountability and liability will and should continue in the state's charges against the provider of physical and mental health care at the Nassau County Correctional Center, a more fundamental issue is the rate at which Nassau's criminal defendants are held in custody following arrest.
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