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New York Law Journal

Judge Rebuked for Making Inappropriate Remarks From the Bench

Oswego County Judge Walter Hafner Jr. has been admonished for making critical remarks in court about slow-moving prosecutions and about a teenage statutory rape victim.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Who's on the Panel Investigating Georgia's Judicial Watchdog Agency

Amid a struggle over the agency's future, seven lawmakers have been appointed to look into operations of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ex-JQC Director Says He Won't Testify Before House Committee

Mark Dehler, who resigned his post in August, said in a letter that lawmakers are overstepping their authority with investigation of the state's judicial watchdog.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-232

By | September 06, 2016
The committee cannot comment on legal questions, such as whether a judge may, on his/her own initiative and before the parties' first appearance, request and review grand jury minutes and/or discovery materials produced to the defense. Should the judge determine such conduct is legally permitted, however, the judge must be careful to avoid any impermissible ex parte communications.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Skeptical Federal Judge Questions State's Defense of Card Games

A federal judge appeared skeptical of the state's defense of how gambling regulators handled controversial "designated player" card games at the heart of a legal challenge by the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Court to Weigh Severity of Sanction for Judge's Anger

The severity of punishment for a judge accused of displaying "explosive anger" will be among the issues before the Court of Appeals on Tuesday when it resumes its 2016 session.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A Look Back at Justice David Borden's Career

Some of the most important decisions regarding a child's right to be heard and to be represented by an attorney, or to be heard through a guardian ad litem, in cases involving the child's custody, care or support, bear Justice Borden's byline.
24 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Judges to Receive Misdemeanor Bench Guide

Georgia judges will soon have an easily accessible guide to use when dealing misdemeanor defendants and probationers.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit Puts Insurers on the Hook to Repay Billions

A Miami collections agency chasing down Medicare reimbursement doesn't need a court judgment to pursue double damages, the court held in a win for for Broad and Cassel partner Beverly Pohl.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Court Split Lets Ballot Question Wording Stand

A deadlocked Pennsylvania Supreme Court has allowed the proposed wording of a ballot question that could raise the mandatory judicial retirement age to stand in its current form.
6 minute read

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