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New Jersey Law Journal

With Bench Near Full Strength, Eyes Turn to Reform Shakeout

New Jersey's Superior Court is as close to full strength as it has been in numerous years, though it's unclear at this point how the judiciary will portion out 20 new judgeships created to deal with the state's new criminal justice reforms.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Disgraced Ex-Waco Judge Has Been Punished Enough, US Judicial Committee Rules

Even though it previously ruled than an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against former U.S. District Judge Walter Smith was warranted, a Judicial Conference Committee has decided that no further punishment of the disgraced Waco jurist is neccesary because he retired from the bench. Smith was originally punished by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's Judicial Council in 2015 after they concluded he made unwanted sexual advances against a female court employee in 1998. The Fifth Circuit ordered Smith to undergo sensitivity training and suspended his new case assignments for a year.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Murderer of LaFayette Teenager Can Sue for Right to Seek Parole

Ruling she did not exceed the statute of limitations, a north Alabama woman whose death sentence was commuted can proceed with her lawsuit challenging an Alabama law enacted in 2003 aimed at retroactively preventing her parole.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'I Beg You to Recuse Me': Anna Nicole Smith Judge Finally Gets His Wish

The case that put him in the spotlight had become a trial for him, said Houston probate Judge Mike Wood.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Trio of Millionaires Tops Trump SCOTUS Shortlist

The financial disclosure reports filed in 2015 by Neil Gorsuch, William Pryor Jr., and Thomas Hardiman reflect that each judge holds investments valued at more than $1 million.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Bill Introduced to Re-redesign Judicial Watchdog Panel

Members of the Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday introduced a bill that would, for the second time in a year, dramatically reconfigure the state Judicial Qualifications Commission — expanding its membership and splitting it into two panels: one to investigate judicial ethical infractions and a second to adjudicate them.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-136

By | January 26, 2017
A judge, about to retire fully from the Unified Court System, may agree to be the guest of honor at a not-for-profit entity's fund-raising dinner that will take place after his/her retirement, provided the judge's participation is not announced or publicized until after his/her retirement is effective.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-124

By | January 26, 2017
A judge may mentor a high school student through a not-for-profit mentorship program, subject to generally applicable limitations on judicial speech and conduct.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Chief Justice Calls on Lawmakers to Tackle Probation Reform

Georgia Supreme Court Justice P. Harris Hines' speech to a joint session of the General Assembly said more work remains when looking at the state's criminal justice reforms.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Accused of Racial Bias, Feds Drop 'Safe Schools' Cases

U.S. District Judge Edward Chen couldn't get a straight answer Wednesday for why prosecutors suddenly abandoned charges in cases that defense lawyers had said were tainted by racial bias.
6 minute read

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