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New Jersey Law Journal

Voice of the Bar: The Many Pitfalls of Portability and 'Borderless' Practice

As one honored to be a member of the New Jersey bar and practice in the community in which I live, I am concerned that recent approval of the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) and admission to the practice of law by motion will have a negative impact on the public and the economic and societal benefits the small business legal community provides.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Conn. Judicial Branch Says It Won't Fill 200 Positions

The state Judicial Branch has announced a strict hiring freeze and attrition plan, a move expected to reduce the branch's workforce by another 200, part of court administrators' efforts to bring branch spending within the recently approved 2016-17 budget.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dempsey Named Fulton Superior Court Deputy Chief Judge

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Alford Dempsey Jr. has been named the court's deputy chief judge, assuming the post formerly held by Judge T. Jackson Bedford Jr., who is leaving office at the end of the year. Dempsey's new duties began June 1.
2 minute read

Law.com

Chief Justice Roberts Misses Solo Lawyers With 'Battered Briefcases'

In his 11th year as chief justice, John Roberts Jr. is sounding wistful about the days earlier in his career when lawyers who argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and law clerks who worked for the justices were less polished than they are now.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

State Med-Mal Verdicts Hit 15-Year Low

Medical malpractice jury verdicts across the state have hit their lowest point since the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts began reporting the figures in 2000.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

GAO Report Fuels Support for Cameras in Supreme Court

A recent government report on the long-running debate over allowing broadcast of U.S. Supreme Court proceedings is providing fresh fodder for advocates of greater access to the nation's highest court. The report by the Government Accountability Office does not take sides on the issue, but its fact-finding turned up widespread acceptance of camera access in state, federal and foreign courts.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Lawyers Grow Impatient in Climate-Change Scientist's Libel Fight

A year and a half after the D.C. Court of Appeals heard arguments in prominent climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit against his critics, the court has yet to issue a ruling. The lawyers, growing impatient, have asked the trial and appeals judges in the case to take action.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Inaccurate Criminal Records Raise Barriers for New Yorkers

Among the common sources of inaccuracies in criminal records, advocates say, are court clerks who fail to ask law enforcement agencies to seal criminal records after cases are conditionally discharged and dispositions that are missing from court records and criminal history record searches. These errors can cause clients to lose out on housing and job prospects, attorneys for low-income New Yorkers say.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Videoconference Denied, Panel Reverses Paraplegic's Conviction

A First Department panel said Justice Patricia Nunez, despite her "best intentions, failed to reasonably accommodate defendant's medical concerns. In these circumstances, defendant's waiver of the right to be present was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent."
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Appellate Panels to Host Sessions at New Venues

The Appellate Division's Second and Third Departments will meet Friday at locations different than their customary courthouses in Brooklyn and Albany, respectively.
3 minute read

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