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Fulton County Races Draw Hefty Campaign Donations

Financial reports for the candidates seeking Fulton County judgeships indicate unusually hefty support for several of those running to fill three empty seats on the superior court. One candidate for county solicitor general has also broken the six-figure fundraising threshold.
3 minute read

Law.com

Imagining Merrick Garland's Confirmation Hearing

A confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is still highly hypothetical. Cornell Law School professor Michael Dorf stages one with his students—and Dorf himself playing the role of Garland. The result: a remarkably plausible preview of how Garland might answer pointed questions from U.S senators if and when an actual confirmation hearing takes place.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-128

A full-time judge whose former law partner is temporarily unavailable for medical reasons may accept and deposit fees, issue checks to clients and the firm and pay expenses as necessary to wind up the law firm's affairs, until the partner recovers or new counsel is hired but may not use law firm letterhead after assuming judicial office.
9 minute read

Daily Report Online

Sentenced to Probation, Immigration Lawyer Says Advocacy 'Crossed the Line'

Norcross immigration attorney Bonnie Youn told a federal judge on Tuesday that she pleaded guilty to illegally helping a client circumvent federal immigration laws because she feared a jury trial amid "the current anti-immigrant political climate in a presidential election year."
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-132

A judge may hire his/her current law clerk's spouse as the judge's secretary, provided the spouse is qualified for such appointment.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-11

A judge who is a defendant in a bank's foreclosure action in an individual and fiduciary capacity may nonetheless preside over an unrelated action in which a party has subpoenaed records from the bank, including a party's motions to quash the subpoena, provided the bank is not a party to the action before the judge but is only a stakeholder which has not appeared or taken a position regarding the subpoena.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Leaves Open a Hillary Clinton Deposition in Email Case

A federal judge in Washington issued an order on Wednesday that left open the possibility that Hillary Clinton could be subpoenaed to testify about her use of a private email server as secretary of State.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Would A Justice Garland Mean for Employers? Recent Cases Reveal a Mixed Bag

A review of Chief Judge Garland's recent opinions in labor and employment cases reveals a mixed bag, with the judge ruling against the employer in most cases.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Arthur Schack Dies

Justice Schack, who attracted attention during his tenure for taking a hard line against banks seeking to evict New Yorkers from their homes through foreclosure, died on Monday after a lengthy battle with anemia. He was 71.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Immigration Lawyer Sentenced to Probation

Calling federal prosecutors' resolution of the criminal case against a Norcross immigration attorney "reasonable and generous," U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg, above, on Tuesday sentenced Bonnie Youn, 46, to two years probation and ordered her to pay a $5,245 fine.
5 minute read

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