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Winner in Three-Way Cobb Judicial Race Tells How it Happened

Kimberly Childs describes how she feels after winning a three-way campaign for the opening created by the pending retirement of Judge Adele Grubbs from Cobb Superior Court.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-197(B)

A town or village justice may not assist the district attorney by contacting each prosecution witness, complainant and police officer concerning their upcoming court appearances.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eastern District Expedited Resolution of Sandy Claims

About a year after Hurricane Sandy bore down on the East Coast, a steady flow of insurance cases began pouring into the Eastern District. But only 73 of 1,400 cases remained as of May 23. Attorneys involved said one important reason for the quick resolution was the work done by Magistrate Judges Cheryl Pollak, Ramon Reyes Jr. and Gary Brown.
20 minute read

Law.com

Ken Starr Demoted as Baylor's President

Baylor University President Ken Starr, who is best known as the special prosecutor for investigating former President Bill Clinton's affair with an intern, was demoted from his job as president after the school's governing board found he didn't do enough to stop rape on campus.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices, For the Most Part, Don't Complain About Eight-Member Court

As loudly as advocates lament the plight of an eight-member U.S. Supreme Court, there is one interested group that has barely made a peep—the eight justices themselves. With the exception of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when they have addressed the subject, they suggest it has had fairly minor impact on their work. "Eight, as you know, is not a good number for a multimember court," Ginsburg said Thursday.
13 minute read

National Law Journal

For Justice Department Lawyers, 'Uncertainty' Follows Texas Judge's Sanctions

U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Texas was unambiguous in his criticism of U.S. Justice Department lawyers' conduct in litigation over the Obama administration's immigration plan. But the practical consequences of his scathing order last week are still being sorted out.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Phyllis Lister Brown, Public Face of the Dallas Civil Courthouse, Dies

Judge Phyllis Lister Brown kept her problems to herself. So it was a shock to many in the Dallas civil courthouse when they learned she died Wednesday morning. Brown, judge of Dallas County's 162nd District Court, was 54 years old.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Court Bars $11M in State Grants to Religious Schools

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the administration of Gov. Chris Christie violated the state constitution when it awarded more than $11 million in grants to an orthodox Jewish rabbinical school and a Presbyterian seminary.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Federal Judge Allows Plaintiff to Sue Officers After He Was Detained for Videoing a Police Station

An Austin federal judge has ruled that an amateur photographer can pursue a civil rights case against four police officers after they detained and handcuffed him for filming the Round Rock Police Department building.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Judge Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI

More than two months after entering a not guilty plea to charges of lying to federal authorities, suspended Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph O'Neill has pleaded guilty to the charges.
8 minute read

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