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New York Law Journal

ABA President Rails Against Trump Tweets Attacking Judge Who Blocked Ban

American Bar Association President Linda Klein had strong words Monday for President Donald Trump.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Senate Panel OKs 2 Controversial Superior Court Picks

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday recommended tenure for two controversial Superior Court judges, both of whom were under fire because of the way they treated litigants during their initial seven-year terms.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wilson's Confirmation to State's Highest Court Sails Through

Rowan Wilson, a long-time partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, was confirmed Monday as the newest member of the Court of Appeals without opposition by both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Who Ruled for Brady Offers Congratulations

By | February 06, 2017
The federal judge in New York who ruled against the National Football League in "Deflategate" said the New England Patriots showed with their Super Bowl victory "never to quit."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mayor Appoints Judges to Family, Civil Court

Judge Catherine DiDomenico has been reappointed to the Family Court bench in New York City, while Judge Alison Hamanjian has been named an interim Civil Court Judge, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio's office.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Gorsuch Supports Two-Year Law School, but Scalia Dissents

Judge Neil Gorsuch and President Barack Obama agree at least on one thing: a third-year of law school should be optional. Gorsuch questioned the need for three years of law school in a September 2015 paper he presented at the United Kingdom-United States Legal Exchange in London. One of Gorsuch's legal heroes—the late Justice Antonin Scalia—vigorously objected to the notion of two-year law school.
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Antitrust Points of View of Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

Last March, we wrote a series of articles discussing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's antitrust legacy on the Supreme Court. We noted Scalia's admitted discomfort with the Sherman Act, specifically with holding corporate defendants, even monopolists, ­liable absent strong evidence of anti-competitive conduct. His likely successor appears to possibly hold similar views of the ­antitrust laws, ostensibly applying the Sherman Act to avoid replacing procompetitive, free-market behavior with judicially imposed, anti-competitive fiat, based on the record presented.
17 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Shadow' JQC Could Allow Bad Judges to Sidestep Discipline, Law Professor Says

A constitutional amendment that abolished the old state Judicial Qualifications Commission includes "an extraordinary example of poor drafting" that a Georgia State University law professor says has led to a temporary "shadow" commission that risks leaving Georgians vulnerable to unethical judges.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Behind the $500M Curtain: How Skadden Handed Wilkinson Her First Trial Loss

After three days of deliberating, the federal jury in Dallas was back, ready to answer a $6 billion question: Did Facebook Inc. steal virtual reality technology for the Oculus Rift from Skadden's client, videogame maker ZeniMax Media Inc.?
23 minute read

The Recorder

Viewpoint: Judge Henderson, Successful Both at Sea and on Land

The author claims to be a far better fisherman and poker player than Judge Thelton Henderson. But somehow, the judge always manages to catch more, bigger fish, and win at the poker table.
14 minute read

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