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The Recorder

Malcolm Lucas, Former State Chief Justice, Dies at 89

The conservative judge steered the court through the post-Rose Bird era.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Scott Quietly Shifts Appellate Courts Rightward

With Gov. Rick Scott getting his first chance to name a Florida Supreme Court justice, an analysis shows Florida's district courts are now dominated by Republican appointees.
20 minute read

Daily Report Online

Alabama Justice Faces Possible Ouster Over Gay Marriage

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore should be removed from office again, this time for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, lawyers for a disciplinary commission argued on Wednesday.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

How the High Court Came to Recognize the Jewish Holidays: When Ginsburg Called Rehnquist a Mensch

When the U.S. Supreme Court opens its fall term on October 3, the public won't see a typical First Monday in October.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Rule Defendant Cannot Be Forced to Use Insanity Defense

The New Jersey Supreme Court rules unanimously that a trial judge should respect the defendant's decision even if unwise.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

In Clean Power Clash, Obama's DC Circuit Legacy on Display

Judges that President Barack Obama nominated and fought to confirm could determine the fate of his administration's signature climate change initiative.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court: Murder Mistrial No Bar to Directed Verdict for Defense

A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court upheld a Fulton County judge's granting a murder defendant's motion for directed verdict—which had been filed during trial—after a hung jury spurred a mistrial.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Alito Recalls Garth as 'Epitome of Dedication'

Leonard Garth, for 43 years a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, is remembered as the "epitome of dedication" by his former law clerk and colleague, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

The New Rule 26(f)(3): Not Quite the Same as the Old

A panel of e-discovery experts and judges says Rule 26(f) amendments haven't quite changed their initial conferences, only made duties more clear.
10 minute read

The Recorder

O'Melveny Litigator Tapped for NDCAL Magistrate Post

Susan van Keulen has been selected to fill the magistrate judge position vacated earlier this year by Paul Grewal.
5 minute read

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