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Legal experts call for more accountability, openness on misconduct complaints
Law clerks, ethics professors and advocates of court transparency pressed Tuesday for greater disclosure and accountability about misconduct complaints against federal judges who wield tremendous power in insular courthouses throughout […]
In search of federal judges, Trump taps mostly white men
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is nominating white men to America’s federal courts at a rate not seen in nearly 30 years, threatening to reverse a slow transformation toward a […]
Few Asian-Americans hold top legal jobs, new study says
SAN FRANCISCO — When Goodwin Liu joined the seven-member California Supreme Court in 2011, he became its fourth sitting member of Asian descent. The number is remarkable. The other state […]
New arbitration guide online for federal judges
A new guide on international commercial arbitration, written for U.S. federal judges is available online. In less than 100 pages, it offers a practical overview of a complicated area of […]
Judge’s alleged misconduct reviewed
WASHINGTON — A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative judge who’s alleged to have made racially discriminatory comments. Judge Edith Jones […]
Court won’t stop judges from getting raises
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court won’t stop some federal judges from getting cost-of-living increases promised to them by Congress but never paid. The high court on Monday refused to […]
Federal judges sue to win promised pay increases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the nation teetering on an economic “fiscal cliff,” federal judges may soon force Congress to dedicate possibly millions of dollars to what some of those same […]
President signs bankruptcy judge extension law
President Barack Obama has signed into law a measure that extends for five more years 29 federal bankruptcy judgeships that were set to expire. The Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension […]
Consecutive future sentences considered
In a case considering whether federal judges have the authority to impose a sentence to run consecutively with a state court sentence that hasn’t yet been imposed, the government and […]
GOP candidates would cut federal judges’ power
WASHINGTON — Most of the Republican presidential candidates want to wipe away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cut the budgets of courts that displease them or allow Congress to override Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues.
Scalia: Judges ‘ain’t what they used to be’
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the quality of federal judges has suffered because there are too many of them. Testifying before a Senate committee Wednesday, Justice Scalia blamed Congress for making federal crimes out of too many routine drug cases.
Groups seek Code of Conduct for High Court
According to the Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog organization Common Cause, Congress and the Executive Branch have done little to police the U.S. Supreme Court and the actions of its justices. Early last month, Common Cause President and CEO Bob Edgar ...
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Child custody: Brenda L. M. v. James R. K.
- Fourth Department – Noncustodial parent visitation: Jones v. Serna
- Second Circuit – Securities Exchange Act: 20230930-DK-Butterfly-1 Inc. v. HBC Invs. LLC
- Fourth Department – Child custody: Liebetreu v. Sennett
- Second Circuit – Supervised release: United States v. Salvador
- Fourth Department – Child neglect: Matter of Alejandro G.-P and Neymar G.-P
- Fourth Department – Deaf juror: People v. Fleming
- Fourth Department – Sex Offender Registration Act: People v. Feldt
- Second Circuit – Arbitration agreement: The NY and Presbyterian Hosp. v. NYS Nurses Assoc.
- Fourth Department – Termination of parental rights: Matter of Kal-El F.
- Court of Appeals – Probation: People v. Brazeal; People v. Lora
Law News
- Erie County Jail inmate lawsuit to move forward
- The Daily Record honors 130 attorneys with 2026 Power Lists for Law
- The Daily Record presents the 2026 Real Estate Law Power List
- The Daily Record presents the 2026 Trusts and Estates Power List
- The Daily Record presents the 2026 Litigation Power List
- The Daily Record presents the 2026 Labor & Employment Law Power List
- The Daily Record presents the 2026 Power 50 Law List
- Second Circuit reverses ruling in religious discrimination case involving COVID vaccination
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