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New York Law Journal

CLE Symposium Held in Recognition of Kaye

Three legal groups are hosting an educational symposium in Manhattan this month in honor of the late Judith Kaye, the first woman named chief judge in the state of New York.
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New York Law Journal

State Justice Appointed as Brooklyn Surrogate

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Ingram has been named acting surrogate in Brooklyn while Surrogate Diana Johnson is on leave for health-related reasons, court officials said.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Flawed Indictment Gets Sex Offender's 30-Year Sentence Overturned

The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a conviction for a sex offender because of what Justice Robert Benham called a flawed indictment.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Puts Brakes on Cabbies' Suit Over Uber, Lyft

The Georgia Supreme Court delivered some good news Monday for Uber, Lyft and other ride sharing companies, tossing a lawsuit brought by cabbies seeking to block the competition.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

DA: Due Process Complaint, Apology Prompted Dismissal of Charges Against Ex-Judge

Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard says he dropped criminal charges against the former chief judge of coastal Georgia's Brunswick Circuit because voters last fall passed a constitutional amendment abolishing the state judicial watchdog agency that had promulgated the allegations on which those charges were based.
9 minute read

The American Lawyer

Garcia, Finalist for FBI Director, Wins Praise as Jurist, Trailblazer

Court of Appeals Judge Michael Garcia, a former federal prosecutor who spent years in private practice at large firms, was among several candidates interviewed over the weekend by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to replace James Comey, whom President Donald Trump fired on May 9.
17 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
9 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

David Stras: Trump Judicial Nominee and SCOTUS Reformer

David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Rejects Fulton County's Jury List

A man facing the death penalty has won a challenge to the way Fulton County picks juries. The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that Fulton County is violating the high court's Jury Composition Rule, agreeing with Otis Ricks Jr., who is accused of murdering a restaurant owner during an armed robbery.
7 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Carney Taps Litigator, Now Assistant Public Defender, for Supreme Court

Gov. John Carney on Monday nominated Gary F. Traynor, a Sussex County public defender and a former litigator with Prickett, Jones & Elliott, to become the next justice on the Delaware Supreme Court.
6 minute read

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