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Circuits Wary of Plan for Policing Federal Bench
When it comes to proposed new rules for disciplining wayward federal judges, circuit chiefs from around the country haven't exactly been falling over themselves to publicly air their thoughts. Indeed, the national committee in charge of those rules has decided to withhold the chiefs' critiques. The draft rules follow a report from a group led by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, which found that the circuit councils' handling of some "high visibility" misconduct cases had been "problematic."Ex-Richards Layton Employee Charged With Securities Fraud
Federal prosecutors have indicted Jeffery J. Temple, a former information systems and security manager for Wilmington firm Richards Layton & Finger, for securities fraud.Ninth Circuit Gives Sex.com to Supremes
Reluctant to extend tort law into the high-tech arena, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday asked the California Supreme Court to decide the last remaining questions in the battle over the lucrative sex.com domain name. Over a vigorous dissent by Judge Alex Kozinski, the majority on a three-judge panel decided to ask California's high court whether intangible property is subject to the tort of conversion.View more book results for the query "University of Pittsburgh"
Kentucky Bar Rewrites Ad Rules
The Kentucky Bar is about to impose new regulations on attorney advertising, sparking protests from some members. While every state grapples with what lawyers may say about themselves in ads, this dispute isn't just about what kinds of commercial speech can be proscribed under the First Amendment. The real flap is about an 11-year-old rule that some attorneys say amounts to an illegal prior restraint of commercial speech.Responding to Critics, 9th Circuit Will Try Law of Large Numbers
The 9th Circuit will increase its en banc panels from 11 to 15 judges, a change aimed at satisfying critics who worry that the supersized circuit's 11-judge outcomes aren't representative of the court as a whole. But critics like Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain, one of the few judges who contend the court is too large and should be split, says anything short of a full en banc is problematic. The 9th Circuit is the only federal appeals court to use limited en bancs to resolve intracircuit conflicts.Rare Judicial Impeachment Hearing Ends With Little Action Taken
A House Judiciary subcommittee on Thursday held a rare impeachment hearing for a California federal judge but reached no conclusions and appeared eager to let a special committee of the 9th Circuit finish its investigation before deciding whether to take up the matter in Congress again. Judge Manuel Real rebutted -- for the first time in public -- allegations that he improperly seized control of a bankruptcy proceeding involving a woman whose criminal probation he was overseeing.After Ex-Girlfriend's Conviction, Ethics Complaint Still Stalks Judge
When a D.C. jury convicted Taylar Nuevelle last week of charges that she had stalked her former girlfriend, Magistrate Judge Janet Albert, it brought closure to the public half of the legal drama. For Nuevelle, the only uncertainty left is her sentence, but for Albert, the remaining question is what happens to the judicial misconduct complaint lodged against her by Nuevelle after their 2008 breakup. Judicial ethics experts say Nuevelle's conviction should not have much impact on the way the allegations are handled.A Buyer's Guide to Law Firm Software
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