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Obama Nominates Public Defender Training Director to Serve on D.C. Superior Court

President Barack Obama nominated Jason Tulley, training director of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, to the D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday.
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New York Law Journal

Muslim Attorneys Navigate Challenges of Ramadan

Working as a criminal defense solo practitioner can be challenging work. But Mahmoud Rabah has had the additional challenge this month of handling a full caseload while fasting for more than 15 hours a day and catching a few hours of broken sleep as he honors the traditions of Ramadan.
21 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Rule Tightens Filing Of Confidential Documents

Beginning Friday, Commercial Division litigants no longer will have the option of using a work-around for filing confidential documents in which papers are submitted to judges' chambers but not filed with county clerks.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

White House Vets Latham Partner for D.C. Federal Court

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National Law Journal

Senate Confirms Three to D.C. Superior Court

A legal aid lawyer, solo practitioner and magistrate judge are the latest nominees confirmed to the District of Columbia's trial court.
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National Law Journal

Garland Announces DC Circuit Will Release Unpublished Rulings for Free

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's website will make unpublished judgments available to the public for free.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Retool Mandatory Sentences

In remarks to the New York Criminal Bar Association, Eastern District Judge Raymond Dearie said: Let's stop tinkering with this system of ours and collectively demand in the name of decency meaningful change, intelligent change. We need to get out and get under so to speak and rethink our practices, re-test the theories of the ancient past and, above all, jettison the madness of mass incarceration and the almost singular reliance on law enforcement as the principal means to address social ills that are beyond the reach of even the most dedicated law enforcement officials who serve us with justifiable pride and commitment.
22 minute read

Daily Business Review

Bomb Threat Closes Miami-Dade Courthouse

For the second time in two weeks, the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse was evacuated due to a bomb threat.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Measure Targeting Misconduct by DAs Fails for Third Time

State lawmakers concluded their 2016 regular session without bringing the bill to create a Commission on Prosecutor Misconduct up for a vote, but sponsors said support for the idea is growing and one influential legislator is predicting its eventual passage.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Open Trials Come to Mexico After Yearslong Justice Reforms

It would have seemed routine in many places: A defendant accused of illegally possessing a gun sat across a gleaming courtroom from the judge who accepted his guilty plea and would pronounce his sentence. For Mexico, though, it was a remarkable change from a century-old judicial system of paper-shuffling court cases in which defendants rarely actually testified before the judge ruling on their fate from within a cramped, bureaucrat's office. As of Saturday, the open, oral trial will be the norm nationwide as part of a sweeping judicial reform.
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