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January 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

As Threats to Judges Spike, Legislative Response May Be Jump-Started

Amid the sharp increase in incidents, court officials have redoubled their commitment to safety and a new impetus gathered behind a legislative response.
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January 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judge Seems Wary of Retrial for Michael Avenatti Over Holdout Juror Instruction

Avenatti's attorney argued that U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman's instruction had singled out and coerced the holdout, warranting a new trial.
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January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Judiciary Rules Panel Weighs Unified Bar Admissions Proposal for US District Courts

"I've never understood why a requirement of admission to the bar of the state in which the federal district court sits makes a lot of sense," said New York University School of Law Dean Troy A. McKenzie.
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January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Study: Town and Village Judges Outpaced City Courts in No-Bail Releases

The group released two studies comparing decisions by justice courts with city courts in five counties in the wake of lawmakers instituting landmark bail reforms that removed financial considerations from pretrial release for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felonies in 2020.
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January 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Justice Lynn Wessel Keane Is Named to Appellate Bench in Western New York

Wessel Keane has been a judge for the Erie County Supreme Court in the Eighth Judicial District of New York since January 2017.
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January 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Strengthening the Delivery of Justice at the Appellate Division

Former Appellate Division, First Department Presiding Justice Rolando Acosta and former associate justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, David Saxe offer several ideas and proposals which deserve renewed attention.
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December 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Chief Justice Roberts: AI Won't Replace Human Judges

"As 2023 draws to a close with breathless predictions about the future of Artificial Intelligence, some may wonder whether judges are about to become obsolete," Roberts wrote in his annual year-end report. "I am sure we are not—but equally confident that technological changes will continue to transform our work."
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December 31, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The Stories That Mattered Most for New York Law Journal Readers in 2023

A look back at some of the Law Journal's biggest stories from yet another turbulent year for New York's legal community.
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December 29, 2023 | New York Law Journal

NY Lawmaker Persists in Wanting to Abolish Cap on State Supreme Court Judges

The cap presently stands at one justice per 50,000 residents in the state's 13 judicial districts.
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December 28, 2023 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers Criticizing Judges: The Rules of Professional Conduct and the First Amendment (Part II)

The duty of lawyers coming to the defense of judges is aspirational and involves defending judges because the judge's rationale for his or her ruling is confined to the explanation provided in the ruling itself. But criticisms of United States Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are not directed at their rulings but at their conduct—accepting financial assistance or perks and failing to disclose them.
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