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Texas Lawyer

Choosing Appointed Counsel in Comal County

With a $200,000 grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, Comal County is piloting a client-choice indigent-defense program that puts the defendant in charge of selecting his lawyer.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Children's Courthouse To Consolidate 17 Agencies

The new Children's Courthouse for Miami-Dade County aims to be a one-stop place for juvenile justice and family issues.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Subpoenas Fly, Special Panels Form As Bridgegate Investigations Widen

The investigation into the who and why of last fall's George Washington Bridge gridlock is in high gear with the issuance of new subpoenas, the hiring of counsel and the formation of special legislative committees.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Added as Christie's Counsel in Bridgegate

Randy Mastro, a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner and former New York City deputy mayor, has been hired to advise New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in connection with the ongoing fallout from last fall's closing of toll lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices Agree to Review Cell Phone Searches

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether warrantless searches by police of the contents of cell phones violate the Constitution.
4 minute read

Law.com

Justices Agree to Review Cell Phone Searches

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether warrantless searches by police of the contents of cell phones violate the Constitution.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyer Suspended After Lashing Out At Judge

A well-known defense attorney who insulted a Derby Superior Court judge has been slapped with a 120-day suspension of his law license. Patricia King, the state's chief disciplinary counsel, filed a complaint against Rob Serafinowicz in March 2012, days after he gave an interview to reporters outside the Derby courthouse during which he lashed out at Judge Burton Kaplan. Serafinowicz called the judge a "disgrace," and questioned his competency and impartiality.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

New Firm To Represent Child Pornography Victims

Attorney Robert Berke says that the sad truth is that there are enough victims of child pornography in Connecticut to support the establishment of a new law firm devoted to their representation, as well as a website to provide the victims with information about possible legal remedies.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge: Government Lawyers Committed 'Egregious Misconduct'

Lawyers in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington committed "egregious misconduct" in their handling of discovery in a lawsuit that challenges how the Federal Bureau of Prisons treats inmates classified as terrorists, U.S. District Senior Judge Royce Lamberth said this week.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Lawyer Recalls Her Unexpected Journey to Celebrity And Acclaim as Writer

In the second grade Kathy A. Bradley learned the meaning of three words: college, scholarship and author, and decided to make them her own. "I achieved the first two by the time I was 17, but it took me until I was 55 to do the last," said Bradley, assistant district attorney for the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit.
7 minute read

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