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Texas Lawyer

Texas Judge Resigns to End Sexual Harassment Case

Jennifer Bergman, the appointed special prosecutor and district attorney for neighboring Liberty County, made an offer to Gillam that she would dismiss the charge if he resigned office.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Full Complement of NJ Supreme Court Probes Jurisdiction in Sex Abuse Claim Against Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Roughly a half hour after oral arguments began, new Associate Justice John Jay Hoffman asked his first question and challenged attorneys on both sides of the aisle in a case involving alleged sexual abuse of a minor by a Catholic priest.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

SLIDESHOW: Associate Justice John Jay Hoffman Takes Seat on New Jersey Supreme Court

Associate Justice John Jay Hoffman took the oath of office last week, when he was sworn in to the New Jersey Supreme Court by Chief Justice Stuart Rabner.
1 minute read

Litigation Daily

Focusing an Economic Lens On the Decrease In Federal Civil Jury Trials

"I think the [decline in] civil jury trials in the federal court can be styled to be a market failure because the price is too high," says Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Carlos Bea.
5 minute read

Law.com

Judicial Panel Sends Snowflake-Related Data Breach Lawsuits to Montana

The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered that about 80 data breach cases centered on cloud storage software firm Snowflake Inc. be transferred to Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in the District of Montana.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Massachusetts Federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor to Take Senior Status

"It has been my great honor and privilege to serve as a United States District Judge for more than twenty years, and as Chief Judge since January 1, 2020," Saylor wrote in a letter to the White House.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Disciplinary Court Suspends Phila. Judge for Political Facebook Posts

"No other case in history of the Court of Judicial Discipline has involved such defiance post decision," the court ruled.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

2 Lawyers Run for Fairfield Judgeship: Democrat Katherine Caulfield and Republican Daniel Ford

Gov. Ned Lamont ordered special elections after six probate judges announced their retirement. The probate districts with soon-to-be-open seats are Region No. 22, Fairfield, Tolland-Mansfield, Hamden-Bethany, Middletown and Windham-Colchester.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recusals in the Court of Appeals: A Response to Judge Read

A Law Journal columnist responds to a former Court of Appeals judge's recent column in which she questioned the use of the high court's procedure for substituting recused judges.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

'The Instincts of a Social Worker': Meet Judge Ari Abraham Porth, Chief Justice Award Winner

"The bench is a much better fit for my personality," said Judge Ari Abraham Porth, who was a Florida House representative from 2004-2012. "I was never particularly partisan."
4 minute read

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