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Daily Business Review

These 6 Attorneys Made DeSantis' Shortlist for Miami Judge

The finalists were largely comprised of prosecutors and public defenders, continuing a trend seen in nominations to Florida state courts.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Candidates for Judge of Douglas Circuit Face Off in Virtual Forum

In addition to detailing how each contender would diminish the Douglas Judicial Circuit's backlogged cases, the trio provided individual insight on their views about alternative and innovative sentencing, jury nullification and judicial misconduct.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

22 Years Wrongfully Incarcerated: Georgia Man Wins New Trial From Gwinnett County Judge

The decision is a "huge step" toward vindicating a man convicted and sentenced despite no physical evidence linking him to crimes, the Georgia Innocence Project said.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'Lion of the Bankruptcy Bar': Ex-Judge Kevin Carey, Hogan Lovells Counsel, Has Died

Carey was hailed as "one of the best bankruptcy judges in the history of the profession."
2 minute read

Law.com

'You Don't Fool With Judge Ruehlman': High Court Disqualifies Jurist for Threats of Physical Altercation, Jail Time Against Vexatious Litigant

The high court determined that Judge Robert P. Ruehlman, a retired judge sitting by assignment on the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division, was disqualified from presiding over "Jackson v. Ward," concluding that an objective observer would conclude that he was prejudiced against the litigant.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Adeel Mangi's Background Exemplary, Not Cause for Criticism

Slandered with the tar brush of association with causes he opposes, his nomination regrettably appears to be doomed.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

'With All Due Respect, I Disagree': Intermediate Court Judge Clashes With Litigator Over Case of Employee Slain by Co-Worker

According to the defendant-appellees, if the intermediate court sides with the appellants, it "would throw the Workers' Compensation Board into chaos."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Commercial Division Adopts New Rules on Tech Disputes, Nonjudicial Referees 

Commercial Division was already hearing tech cases, and that litigants have long been allowed to have court-appointed referees preside over their commercial disputes, prior to the chief administrative judge's order. But the court's advisory council recommended adding specific language to its rules to better educate the bar on the court's offerings.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Advocates Push Lawmakers for Removal of Death Benefits 'Gamble' Anomaly in Retirement Law

Both the New York County Lawyers Association and the Associations of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York have expressed support for the measure.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Showdown: State and Juvenile Court Judges Compete For Rockdale Superior Court Bench

Former Rockdale County State Court Chief Judge Clarence Cuthpert Jr. and Rockdale County Juvenile Court Judge Maureen Wood are competing to replace retiring Rockdale County Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Mumford on the bench.
14 minute read

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