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National Law Journal

Judge Refuses to Unmask Companies That Anonymously Sued CFPB

A federal judge on Wednesday kept secret the names of five companies that sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last year, standing by an earlier decision to release basic details in the case but protect the targets of the agency's investigation from the "substantial harm" of public disclosure.
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New York Law Journal

Lippman to Receive ABA's John Marshall Award

Former New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has been named the 2016 recipient of an award presented annually by the ABA's Judicial Division for outstanding contributions to judicial independence, justice system reform or for raising public awareness of the justice system.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-30

Where the new Public Defender preliminarily and briefly represented a judge in a disciplinary proceeding one year ago as a private attorney, the judge may continue to preside over matters involving assistant public defenders, provided the judge can be fair and impartial. The judge need not disclose the prior, non-substantive representation when the assistant public defenders appear.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Wolf Bypassed Commission in Naming Mundy to High Court

Gov. Tom Wolf bypassed the recommendations of his advisory commission in selecting Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy to fill a vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, sources have told The Legal. In doing so, he chose not to nominate an African-American judge who was ranked by the commission as the most highly qualified candidate, passing up the opportunity to push for diversity on the court.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Castille Joins Board of Pa. Legal Aid Network

Former Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille has been appointed to the board of directors for the Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

The FTC Loses Another Bid to Block a Hospital Merger

A Chicago federal district judge on Tuesday shot down the Federal Trade Commission's efforts to block a merger of two hospitals in Chicago's north suburbs that could create a $7 billion health system. A federal judge in Pennsylvania last month denied the agency's attempt to enjoin a merger there. That case is on appeal in the Third Circuit.
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Appellate Courts: How Useful Is It to Have an Even Number of Judges?

Conventional wisdom dictates that it is less than optimal to design an appellate tribunal having an even, as opposed to an odd, number of judges. But recent experiences at the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and even the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, demonstrate, once again, that conventional ­wisdom is not always correct.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Many Pa. Jurisdictions Holding off on Juvenile Resentencings

Six months ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling mandating resentencing hearings for the roughly 500 inmates in Pennsylvania prisons who are serving mandatory life without parole sentences handed down while they were juveniles.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Gov. Wolf Names Mundy as Pa. Supreme Court Pick

Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday nominated Superior Court Judge Sallie Updyke Mundy to fill the vacancy on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court left by former Justice J. Michael Eakin's March resignation. If confirmed by the Republican-controlled state Senate, Mundy would serve on an interim basis through next year.
8 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Lawyer in Hot Water in Cleveland Federal Court

A New Jersey lawyer is facing a contempt citation from a judge in the Northern District of Ohio over advice he allegedly gave his brother not to appear in a court proceeding there.
8 minute read

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