By Tom McParland | May 9, 2017
The Delaware House of Representatives voted 24-16 Tuesday to advance legislation to reinstate the death penalty after the state Supreme Court struck down the current capital punishment law as unconstitutional.
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By Lizzy McLellan | May 9, 2017
A former Office of Attorney General agent's defamation claims against ex-Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will not be revived, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. The court let stand a ruling that Kane was protected by absolute immunity when she made allegedly false statements that a corruption investigation she shut down in 2013 was racially motivated.
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By Michael Booth | May 9, 2017
Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday nominated five, including Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray, to the Superior Court bench
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By Michael Booth | May 9, 2017
New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino on Tuesday announced two programs aimed at fighting public corruption: One offering low-level offenders in corruption schemes the ability to avoid prosecution and another offering tipsters up to $25,000.
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By Max Mitchell | May 9, 2017
Attorneys representing two Philadelphia judges removed from the bench last year may have wanted to argue about the unfairness of the disciplinary process or the sanctions their clients received, but the state Supreme Court was only interested in hearing about the role that prior precedent may play in the Court of Judicial Discipline's deliberative process.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 9, 2017
Things just went from bad to worse for Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams. The embattled prosecutor has been indicted on additional charges, this time relating to his alleged misuse of campaign money and government vehicles for his own benefit.
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By Lizzy McLellan | May 9, 2017
Blank Rome has brought on two lawyers from Withers Bergman to its tax, benefits and private client group in New York, including the former leader of Withers' U.S. tax investigations practice.
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By Max Mitchell | May 9, 2017
A proposal is in the works to revise and possibly raise court filing fees at the First Judicial District. Although details are scarce, the court is expecting that the proposal will include at least a 10 percent increase on a base fee to cover costs of potentially increasing fee amounts for conflict-counsel attorneys.
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By Lizzy McLellan | May 8, 2017
Retired Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy Holland has landed at Silicon Valley-based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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By Cheryl Miller | May 8, 2017
California's Legislature has extended by four weeks its contract with Covington & Burling for guidance on challenging Trump administration policies. A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Paramount, confirmed on Monday that the $25,000-a-month contract, initially signed in January, will now run through the end of May.
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