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Daily Report Online

Senior Judge's Treatment of Media in Hearing May Run Afoul of Ethics Ruling

The former chairman of Georgia's judicial watchdog agency says that a visiting judge's treatment of the media at a hearing over whether to dismiss a controversial indictment against a north Georgia publisher and his lawyer may run afoul of a formal opinion the agency issued in 2013 warning judges that their courtrooms must, except in rare circumstances, remain open to the public.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Georgia Rule Allows Judges Rejected by Voters to Continue Hearing Cases

When senior Judge Richard Winegarden presided over the dismissal of the indictment of a north Georgia publisher and a lawyer on July 18, he held court even though he had been thrown off the bench eight years earlier by the voters and then defeated in a subsequent campaign for another judgeship.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

A Look at 30 Years of Lawyering That Helped Free John Hinckley

The man who in 1981 shot President Ronald Reagan made his first request to leave the psychiatric hospital without help from a lawyer, but since 1991 he's been represented by Barry Wm. Levine, a partner at Blank Rome.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Jurist Admonished for ID'ing Himself as Judge During DWI Arrest

The State Commission on Judicial Conduct has issued a public admonition against a Texas jurist who repeatedly identified himself as a judge to a sheriff's deputy who arrested him for driving while intoxicated.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

High Court to Review Ex-Justices' Challenge to Retirement Question

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to take up an application for extraordinary relief filed by two of its former members regarding the wording of the impending ballot question on the mandatory judicial retirement age.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Suit Against Delaware Chancellor Said to Stand Little Chance

Corporate governance experts say a Transperfect employee's free speech suit against Chancellor Andre Bouchard over the company's forced sale isn't likely to survive.
22 minute read

Daily Report Online

Dunaway, Edwards Win Fulton County Superior Court Races

Election results in two races for seats on the Fulton County Superior Court.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Morgan Tops Hill for Cobb State Court Seat

Results of the runoff elections for the Cobb State Court race.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

New Judges Elected in Southern, Northern Circuits

Judicial election resuts from around the state.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

Mack, Rooks Win Seats on Clayton County Superior Court Bench

Results of two runoff elections for the Clayton County Superior Court.
1 minute read

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