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New Jersey Law Journal

Custody Rulings Stymie Tenure Nomination While 7 Others Pass

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6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Hospitals' Challenge to Charity Care Mandate Rejected

A New Jersey appeals court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the state's mandate that hospitals provide charity care to patients who cannot afford to pay for medical care.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Custody Rulings Stymie Tenure Nomination While 7 Others Pass

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee on May 23 recommended tenure for six Superior Court judges and an Appellate Division judge, but held the tenure nomination of Monmouth County Superior Court Judge Paul Escandon over complaints about two of his custody rulings.
12 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Prominent Baylor Law School Alumni Shocked by Ken Starr's Reported Dismissal

Baylor University President Ken Starr, who is best known as the special prosecutor for investigating former President Bill Clinton's affair with an intern, has reportedly been dismissed from his post by the school's Board of Regents—a move that shocked many prominent alumni of the school.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

Ohio Courts to Get Grants for New Technology

The Ohio projects will enable local courts to administer justice fairly and securely, and improve access to justice, according to the state's Supreme Court Chief Justice.
6 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

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

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