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By Ben Hancock | Zack Needles | March 8, 2019
Pay has risen sharply for trial court judges in New York over the past decade, while the D.C. judges have made the most on average for years. But Pennsylvania judicial pay, which has risen steadily since 1990, ranked in the top 10 nationally across every metric this year. Only a handful of other jurisdictions could say the same.
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By Dan M. Clark | March 8, 2019
When it comes to reforming, and most likely ending, the state's system of monetary bail, doing it right has turned out to be a more arduous task than some may have expected.
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By Susan DeSantis | March 7, 2019
The New York state court's Inspector General's office has concluded that the disbarment of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, was not deliberately leaked to the press.
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By Amanda Bronstad | March 6, 2019
Members of Congress reintroduced a measure to curb arbitration clauses, claiming they shut the courthouse door on employees, consumers and survivors of sexual abuse among others
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By Susan DeSantis | March 5, 2019
"It's pretty self-evident and universally accepted that a five-judge panel is preferable to a four-judge panel," said New York State Bar Association president Michael Miller. "Unlike the challenges of solving the Byzantine court system we have, this is a problem that's easily solvable. We just need the governor to make the appointments to the appellate division."
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By Max Mitchell | March 4, 2019
Failure to provide child care services for jurors, victims and witnesses can lead to a host of problems for the justice system, including failures to comply with subpoenas, delays in court proceedings and less diverse jury pools, leaders from Philadelphia's legal community told members of Philadelphia's City Council on Monday.
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By Susan DeSantis | March 4, 2019
The Meet the Presiding Justices of the Appellate Divisions forum, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, will go on as scheduled from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight at the Second Department.
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By Murray Richman | March 1, 2019
Why is it that attorneys, who now carry state and federally issued bar identity cards so that they may carry their phones into a courthouse, must wait on line to pass through metal detectors, emptying pockets, removing outer garments, suit jackets, shoes and belt?
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By Rolando Acosta | February 28, 2019
I know that some members of the profession are not as excited as I am about making strides in technology and opening the courtroom doors ever wider; but I am a strong believer in the benefits that technology—responsibly used—can bring, both in terms of handling appeals more efficiently and expanding access to justice.
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By Max Mitchell | February 25, 2019
For the next two weeks, several offices used for Philadelphia's adult probation, parole and pretrial services are set to be closed as the facilities will be moved to a new location in Center City.
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