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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-203

A full-time judge who presides in a treatment court may serve on a legislator's advisory committee on drug abuse, subject to certain limitations.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Formerly Suicidal Man Allowed to Own Guns, Judge Rules

Jonathan Yox can't be prohibited from owning a gun simply because he was commited to a mental institution as a teenager, Judge John E. Jones III ruled Monday.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Indictment Alleges Murder-For-Hire Plot Against Ohio Federal Judge

A man charged last year with conspiring to travel to Yemen to provide financial support for terrorism against U.S. military personnel told an inmate that he was willing to pay $15,000 to have U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary killed, according to the indictment.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Circuit to Look Again at Judge Walter Smith's Punishment for Sexual Harassment

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is set to take another look at sexual harassment allegations against U.S. District Judge Walter Smith of Waco after his chief accuser complained that the jurist's one-year suspension of new case assignments was far too lenient a punishment. The second look was ordered last Friday by the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Finalists Named to Replace Retiring Broward County Judge

Here are the six JNC-nominated candidates to replace Broward County Court Judge Alan Marks.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Mikva's Trail of Stellar Public Servants

OPINION: The storied lawmaker, White House counsel and judge inspired many to choose civic careers.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

CAPITOL REPORT

A report on recent legislative action in Trenton of interest to NJSBA members.
10 minute read

Law.com

Chrysler Takes Aim at Georgia Trial Lawyer in $40M Appeal

The company's legal team at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher says award was won with inapproprate appeals to the jury's distrust of corporations.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Appellate Courts Prepare to Transition Interim Appointees

Pennsylvania's appellate courts have grown accustomed to operating shorthanded. The Superior and Commonwealth courts have been working with five open seats, combined, for the past several months, and the state Supreme Court hasn't had a full complement of seven justices in nearly two years. Reinforcements are on the way.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Volatile Political Climate Makes Judicial Retirement Vote Unpredictable

In a year in which Pennsylvanians—still reeling from a wave of judicial and political corruption—will be casting their votes in controversial and hotly contested presidential, U.S. Senate and state attorney general races, the outcome of a November vote on whether to raise the judicial retirement age is anything but a foregone conclusion, political observers said.
12 minute read

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