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As the Supreme Court Weighs Immigration Plan, a Texas Judge's Order Causes a Big Stir

While the challenge to Obama administration's plan to delay deportations of certain illegal immigrants awaits a decision in the U.S. Supreme Court, some immigration groups want the justices, however they decide, to keep the case from returning to the original district court judge.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Grewal Steps Aside From Google Case

The federal magistrate judge, who has accepted a job with Facebook, said his decision was made in an abundance of caution.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Q&A: FTC Warns Companies in Megamerger Talks to be 'Really Cautious'

Debbie Feinstein, director of the FTC's competition bureau, said she didn't lose confidence in the agency's case against the merger of Staples Inc. and Office Depot. The FTC won on every critical issue, scoring a preliminary injunction that stopped Staples' proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of Office Depot. Feinstein reflects on the trial in this Q&A with The National Law Journal.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Vote Against Electing Judges

Here's why: Big spenders almost always win.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Candidate Apologizes For Flier Giving Thumbs-Down to Opponent's Religion

State Court candidate Roderick Bridges apologized to DeKalb voters about a mailer sent from his campaign this week that suggested he was more qualified than his opponent, State Court Judge Dax Lopez, because Bridges was Christian and Lopez is not.
6 minute read

Law.com

Texas Judge Wasn't the First to Dress Down Washington Lawyers

The Texas judge who ordered ethics training for a Washington class of U.S. Justice Department lawyers on Thursday joined a small group of judges who have expressly blasted D.C.-based Main Justice attorneys. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen spent the bulk of his 28-page ruling excoriating Main Justice attorneys for perceived shortcomings in Texas' immigration case. On the last page, he expressly noted his ire was only directed to Main Justice, not the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Gwinnett Judge, Challenger Discuss DUI Court

One woman has wanted to be a judge since childhood. The other never even considered the possibility until about 13 years ago, when a spot on the bench opened up and the governor tapped her for it.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Morning Wrap: Grand Jury Report Faults Oklahoma Executions | SCOTUS and Immigration

A grand jury investigation into last year's execution mistakes in Oklahoma found that the state department of corrections "failed to perform their duties." A 5-3 Supreme Court decision on deportation scrambled ideological lines. This is a roundup from ALM and other publications.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Cobb County Judge's Race Centers on Experience … and Accusations

The race between Cobb Superior Court Judge Reuben Green and challenger Nathan Wade pits a six-year jurist with deep campaign coffers against a lightly-funded opponent who is banging away at what he claims are ethical lapses by the judge.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Midwesterner Acclimates to Miami, Gravitates to Bench

Seeking a judgeship was a given in Miami-Dade County Court Judge Patricia Marino-Pedraza's family.
9 minute read

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