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New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Judge Suspended for Aiding Family in Feud With Contractor

The New Jersey Supreme Court on June 16 ordered that a local judge be suspended without pay for one month for using the authority of his office to inquire into the criminal history of a home renovation contractor with whom his relatives were in a dispute.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Federal Rules and Regulations: Judges and the FTC at Legaltech West Coast

From LTWC, federal regulators will be taking a more active role in corporate big data, and federal judges will be taking a more active role in e-discovery.
13 minute read

Daily Business Review

Labarga: Judges Must Act to Protect the Courts

Warding off threats to Florida's justice system requires that the public understands the importance of the courts, Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga told 600 judges and lawyers at the Florida Bar Convention's annual judicial luncheon Thursday.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Women Sue Baylor Over School's Alleged Failure to Respond to Rape Complaints

Three women have filed a federal lawsuit against Baylor University in a Waco U.S. District Court, alleging that the university ignored their allegations of sexual assault while they were students.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Merrick Garland to Students: 'You Have to Work for It'

In a rare public appearance, the Supreme Court nominee delivered a commencement address to fifth graders at J.O. Wilson Elementary School.
7 minute read

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.
3 minute read

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

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