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Connecticut Law Tribune

John Cerreta Talks Clerking for Alito, Commercial Litigation Changes

The Day Pitney partner said the experience clerking for a U.S. Supreme Court justice showed him which arguments work and which fail.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Watchdog Agency Urges Former Chairman to Become Its New Director

The new chairman of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission says he is urging a respected former chairman of the agency to become its new director.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Justices Might Need a Drink After Arguments on Airport Bar Taxes

Very dry oral arguments at the Georgia Supreme Court Monday served up more questions than answers in a convoluted dispute over who gets to keep airport bar tab taxes.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Conduct Panel Admonishes Town Justice for Facebook Posts

A town court justice from northern New York has been admonished for comments she made on her Facebook account about a criminal matter pending in another court.
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

How a New Supreme Court Justice Could Hit the Ground Running—or Not

By tradition, Donald Trump's nominee wouldn't vote on cases argued before their tenure began—but that's not an ironclad rule, court experts say.
14 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Abbott Appoints Former Assistant Attorney General to Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Jason Boatright, a lawyer who once served as chief of the opinion division during Abbott's tenure as Texas Attorney General, to fill a vacant seat on Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Letter to the Editor: Congratulations and Thanks to Murphy and Retiring Fulton Judges

By | January 11, 2017
State bar president writes to extend congratulations to longtime U.S. District Court Judge Harold L. Murphy on the announcement that he will retire from full-time judicial service at the end of March.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Holdover Judicial Watchdog Member Named Chairman by Deal

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Athens attorney Edward Tolley as the new chairman–and the governor's sole appointee–to the Judicial Qualifications Commission, the state's judicial watchdog.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

A 21st Century First Department

Justice Tom, in a speech to the New York County Lawyers' Association, said: The cases that came through the Appellate Division in the past century were a reflection of the history of this great city. Today, we decide many of the same kinds of cases, although the circumstances have changed. People still get hurt, even if it's car accidents rather than trolleys. There is always crime, although today we have to address electronic crime, sophisticated financial crimes, Fourth Amendment issues involving social media, and many concerns that were unimaginable only a few decades ago. In sum, almost every kind of litigation that can be imagined for New York law will cross the desks of our staff and will land on our bench.
13 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Perry Mason' Moments Mark New Justices' First Time to Hear Arguments

The appeal focuses on whether a nurse should have been allowed to testify after she was left off the witness list in a medical-malpractice trial.
7 minute read

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