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The Legal Intelligencer

Meek Mill Makes Second Request to Justices to Have Brinkley Removed

The legal team for the rapper filed an emergency King's Bench petition with the Supreme Court late June 1.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ford Lawyers Want Opposition Brief Scrubbed From Record

Ford's lawyers have asked the judge to erase from the record opposing counsel's 64-page motion and brief urging sanctions against the automobile maker for alleged misdeeds, saying the document contains "irrelevant invective and false accusations."
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I saw the proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, particularly Rule 8.4(g). This involves professional discipline for harassment or discrimination. Has this been adopted yet?
1 minute read

The Recorder

San Mateo Judge Admonished for Failure to Disclose Communication, Demeaning Comments

The Commission on Judicial Performance said Judge Lisa A. Novak of the San Mateo County Superior Court should have disclosed a January 2017 conversation with her bailiff because it related to a case she was overseeing at the time.
1 minute read

The American Lawyer

A Kick in the Pants? Ex-Judge in Infamous 'Pants' Lawsuit Faces 90-Day Suspension in DC

The disciplinary board said former administrative law Judge Roy Pearson Jr. pursued a legal theory in litigation over a lost pair of pants that "morphed into the preposterous."
4 minute read

The Recorder

California Judiciary Adopts Rule That Uncloaks Judges' Settlements

The Judicial Council approved the open records rule less than six weeks after Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye charged a group of lawyers and judges with drafting rules that would require "all levels of the state court system" to make public financial settlements that resolve harassment or discrimination claims against judges.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Legal Secretary Sues All-Republican Court, Alleging She Was Fired For Anti-Trump Facebook Posts

A former legal secretary claiming she was fired from her job after posting Facebook messages critical of President Donald Trump has sued the all-Republican Court of Criminal Appeals and Judge Kevin Yeary.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

With Sweeping Reforms Off Table, OCA Has Taken Modest Steps to Modernize NY's Town Courts

The Office of Court Administration has done what it can to improve New York's small-town courts, including the launch of a pilot program last year in four counties to hold centralized arraignments at fixed times of the day, which has drawn interest from other counties.
15 minute read

The Recorder

Letter to the Editor: ABTL Backs Judicial Independence

Independence creates public trust in a fair and impartial system of justice. That trust erodes if judges are seen as just office-seekers, running in elections that have the look and feel of partisan brawls.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Senate Judiciary Clears Three Texas Judicial Nominees, Including Oldham for Fifth Circuit

By a party-line, 11-10 vote, the committee referred Andrew Oldham, who serves as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's general counsel, for confirmation by the full Senate.
3 minute read

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