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Litigation Daily

The New Federal Sentencing Factor in Downstate New York? Prison Conditions

Federal judges in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York are fashioning alternative sentences because conditions are so bad at a Bureau of Prisons Facility in Brooklyn.
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National Law Journal

Biden Names 3 New Federal Trial Judge Nominees, Including for NY

The president picked Elizabeth C. Coombe, the first assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of New York since 2018, for a seat on the federal district court there located in Syracuse.
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Texas Lawyer

Meet Texas' First Contingent of Business Court Judges

The first 10 judges are each assigned to one of the five business court divisions based in Texas' largest cities, with an additional six divisions in more rural areas expected to be further developed in upcoming legislative sessions.
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Daily Business Review

11th Circuit Allows Florida Transgender Health Care Ban to Continue Pending Full Appeal on Constitutionality of Law

"[E]ven if the district court were correct in its animus decision, heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause does not apply to invidious discrimination based on a non-suspect class, and '[n]either the Supreme Court nor this court has recognized transgender status as a quasi-suspect class,'" the majority opinion said.
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Daily Business Review

Meet Corey Friedman: New Broward County Judge

"But what I would ask is that the attorneys who come into the courtroom make sure that they know what they're asking for and know what they want," said Corey Brian Friedman, who Broward voters elected to the judicial bench.
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National Law Journal

2nd Circuit Orders Retrial in Sarah Palin's Defamation Case Against New York Times

Judges Reena Raggi, Richard Sullivan and John M. Walker Jr. on Wednesday said there's enough evidence for a reasonable jury to find actual malice.
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New York Law Journal

Silvera Is Named to Oversee New York City Trial Courts' Daily Operations

Silvera was appointed to his new role by the state's Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas, with Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson's approval.
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New York Law Journal

Mayor's Advisory Committee To Hold Hearing on Fitness of Judicial Candidates

The public hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, is for receiving information regarding Mayor Eric Adams 's nominees for Criminal and Family Court judges.
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New York Law Journal

Political Comments, Confederate Flag Display Warrant Judge's Removal, Judicial Watchdog Says

An 11-0 determination by the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct said the alleged transgressions of a Herkimer County town justice "render him unfit for judicial office."
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The Legal Intelligencer

In the Internet Age, the Risk of Outside Info Reaching Jurors Has 'Never Been Higher'

"Now virtually every case that goes to trial, there is information relevant to that case available in seconds at [jurors'] fingertips, and the only thing preventing them from searching is the judge's instructions and admonitions," John Gismondi said.
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