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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I saw the proposed amendments to the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, particularly Rule 8.4(g). This involves professional discipline for harassment or discrimination. Has this been adopted yet?
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Daily Business Review

Broward Judges to Step Out of Courthouses to Preside in Community Court

Broward Circuit Court, Broward County and Fort Lauderdale are collaborating to create neighborhood justice centers that focus on rehabilitation and recovery rather than punishment.
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New York Law Journal

Oral Arguments Fall out of Favor in 2nd Circuit, Other Appeals Courts

Oral arguments take place in 32 percent of the cases before the Second Circuit but that number rises to 37 percent of criminal and 55 percent of private civil matters.
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Daily Business Review

State Judge Asked to Lift Stay in Medical Marijuana Smoking Case

People United for Medical Marijuana and other plaintiffs, including patients with Lou Gehrig's disease and HIV, filed a motion asking Circuit Judge Karen Gievers to clear the way for her ruling on smokable marijuana to take effect.
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The Recorder

San Mateo Judge Admonished for Failure to Disclose Communication, Demeaning Comments

The Commission on Judicial Performance said Judge Lisa A. Novak of the San Mateo County Superior Court should have disclosed a January 2017 conversation with her bailiff because it related to a case she was overseeing at the time.
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National Law Journal

Quiet Time? Oral Arguments Disappear in Federal Appeals Courts

The number and percentage of cases argued at the federal appellate level is fading leaving firms to ask where their next generation of appellate lawyers can turn for courtroom experience.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Supervising Judge Won't Remove Brinkley From Meek Mill Case

Brinkley, who has been handling Meek Mill's criminal case for nearly a decade, has come under fire over the past six months after she sentenced Mill to jail time on a parole violation that neither prosecutors, nor Mill's parole officer, had requested.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

Governor Has Five More Superior Court Judge Jobs to Fill

The Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission is taking names for five more Superior Court openings for around the state that Gov. Nathan Deal will make before his last term runs out at the end of the year.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Legal Defense Fund Formed for Paul Manafort

The creation of this fund comes as friends and relatives of other individuals wrapped up in the Mueller probe solicit donations to defray legal costs.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Suspends Attorney for Multiple Arrests

Connecticut attorney Paul Buhl has been suspended from practicing law for about two years following his sentencing for driving under suspension.
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