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National Law Journal

Trump's Sister, 'High' on Hardiman for SCOTUS, Doesn't Always Agree With Him

Donald Trump's sister, federal appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, might be "high" on her colleague Thomas Hardiman as a potential U.S. Supreme Court justice. But Barry and Hardiman are hardly ideological soulmates. By no means an exhaustive search, here are some highlights from cases in which Hardiman and Barry found common ground—and from those disputes where they didn't see eye to eye.
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New York Law Journal

State Lawmakers to Review Wilson Nomination Friday

The state Senate's Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Feb. 6 to consider the nomination of Rowan Wilson, a Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner, for a seat on the state Court of Appeals.
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New York Law Journal

St. John's Law Recognizes Bellacosa

By | January 30, 2017
St. John's University School of Law presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to former state Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Bellacosa during its annual alumni association lunch on Friday.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Picking a Jury in NJ: A Guide to Garden State Voir Dire

A discussion of the current status of voir dire in New Jersey and some strategies for conducting jury selection.
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Legaltech News

Federal Judges Say Attorneys' Lack of E-discovery Acumen Still Plagues Federal Courts

An Exterro survey found federal judges consider attorneys' e-discovery knowledge inadequate to counsel clients, despite some improvements in e-discovery competency.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Posner's Barbs Emphasize Need for Commentary Restraints

We believe there should be ethical limits on comments about the judiciary from within in terms of their impact on the public's perception of the fairness and competence of its decision-making—and, in turn, on the public's confidence in the judiciary.
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National Law Journal

Trump Sets Prime-Time Supreme Court Announcement

Trying to suss out how closely President Donald Trump's potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees are to the late Justice Antonin Scalia is not, of course, an exact science. Three recent reports, however, attempt to do just that—weighing the "Scalia-ness" of the next high-court nominee. Trump said he will announce his pick Tuesday night.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Correction

By | January 30, 2017
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-130

By | January 30, 2017
Where a judge's spouse, as director of government relations, helps select a law firm to handle lobbying and works directly with the law firm's lobbyists, the judge is disqualified, subject to remittal, from matters involving that law firm. The obligation lasts for the duration of the attorney-client relationship between the spouse's employer and the law firm, but terminates when the relationship ends.
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Daily Report Online

New Justices Recuse From Fights Over State Power

The Georgia Supreme Court played a bit of musical chairs this past week as Nels Peterson and Britt Grant bowed out of matters linked to their prior work as lawyers for the state.
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