By Charles Toutant | May 17, 2017
U.S. District Judge Jose Linares will become chief judge for the District of New Jersey on June 1, following a move to senior status for the current chief judge, Jerome Simandle.
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By Tom McParland | May 17, 2017
With the court nearing a vacancy crisis, at least five Republican lawyers have expressed interest. But one prominent state Republican said the process is "very much in limbo."
By Jenna Greene | May 17, 2017
Judicial bias is a tricky thing. It shouldn't exist, of course—donning a black robe should confer superpowers that remove all traces of prejudice from the human mind. But in the real world, it's not so simple. Which is why a complaint filed on Tuesday against a Kentucky judge raises some difficult questions.
By Scott Graham | May 16, 2017
Evidence is complete and closing arguments begin Wednesday in the three-week trial.
By Cogan Schneier | May 16, 2017
The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit allows the use of the controversial practice in a decades-old class action discrimination case.
By Tony Mauro | May 15, 2017
David Stras once wrote that U.S. Supreme Court justices should not have term limits. Instead, he said they should be incentivized to leave when they get old, through "golden parachute" pensions and a heavier workload, including being forced to hear cases around the country by "riding the circuits." Stras, 42, an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, may be able to continue his scholarly scrutiny from the inside. President Donald Trump this month announced plans to nominate Stras to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
By Tom McParland | May 15, 2017
Gov. John Carney on Monday nominated Gary F. Traynor, a Sussex County public defender and a former litigator with Prickett, Jones & Elliott, to become the next justice on the Delaware Supreme Court.
By Scott Graham | May 14, 2017
The judge has repeatedly raised the issue of whether to allow the jury to handle damages, which could hit $1.5 million.
By Max Mitchell | May 12, 2017
The past few months have seen numerous unexpected twists and turns in both the Philadelphia District Attorney race and the race to fill numerous open seats on the Philadelphia courts—and primary day is shaping up to be just as unpredictable.
By Charles Toutant | May 11, 2017
A Superior Court judge who filed a suit claiming he was harassed over the amount of time he spent caring for his handicapped son has filed an amended complaint after being excluded from a Law Day observance.
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