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The Recorder

DOJ Urges Justices to Pass on Judicial Tweeting Issue in Sierra Pacific Case

Noel Francisco, the U.S. solicitor general, told the justices that questions surrounding judges' use of social media “would benefit from further development in the lower courts” before the Supreme Court takes up a case raising these issues.
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National Law Journal

This Dispute Over a Tweeting Judge Shouldn't Invite the Justices, DOJ Says

Noel Francisco, the U.S. solicitor general, told the justices that questions surrounding judges' use of social media “would benefit from further development in the lower courts” before the Supreme Court takes up a case raising these issues.
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Daily Business Review

Black Bar Association Wants Miami Judge Off the Bench for Using Racial Slurs

It also called for an inquiry into the judge's rulings.
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Daily Business Review

Miami Judge Faces Suspension for Directing Racial Slurs at Black Defendants

The judge also discussed six pending cases with a defense attorney, who would later report him.
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The Recorder

Ninth Circuit Adopts #MeToo Recommendations Against Sexual Harassment

The chief judge said the goal is to make policies and procedures more accessible, understandable and effective.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

JQC Cautioned Judge About Ethical Constraints Tied to Holding State Bar Post

Last year, the executive director of the state judicial watchdog agency issued informal guidelines to a South Georgia magistrate judge restricting some of her activities as president of the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division that might violate the state Code of Judicial Conduct.
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Daily Report Online

DeKalb Superior Court Chief Judge Facing Vocal Critic Going Into Election

Chief Judge Courtney Johnson has faced harsh criticism over her handling of the trial of former DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis and a disputed report that she refused to grant an attorney a bathroom break.
7 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Harris County Hearing Officers Sue Judicial Conduct Commission Over Discipline

Three Harris County hearing officers have sued the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in an attempt to overturn their discipline for denying personal…
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The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Family Court Judge Younge Absent From Bench, Replacement Judge Sending Children Back to Parents

Younge's lawyer says the judge's future in the Family Court is uncertain.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suspended New Jersey Judge Russo Denies Ethics Violations

A New Jersey judge who last year sued the state judiciary, and who is now accused of violating ethics rules for his conduct in Family Court, is pushing back against those ethics charges.
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