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Appellate Division Says Disparagement of Counsel and Threats of Sanctions is Improper Judicial Behavior! You Think?

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The practice of family law is difficult. I have read that divorce ranks just below the death of a parent or child in terms of grief. The cases are often emotionally charged. This sometimes causes people to take bad positions,...more

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Help Wanted: Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism Seeks Appellate Attorneys as Moot Court Mentors

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This year, the North Carolina Mock Trial Program, in conjunction with the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism (CJCP) and the May 20th Society, will offer the chance to learn about our State’s rich history and our...more

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A Court that Means Business: Three Decades of the New York Commercial Division

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On March 4, 2025, the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) celebrated a significant milestone during its Annual Gala held at The Pierre Hotel in Manhattan. The event commemorated the 30th Anniversary of the...more

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What Will the Art of Jury Selection Look Like During Trump’s Second Presidency?

For those of us who select juries in state and federal courts throughout the United States, we wonder out loud how this process will evolve after President Trump’s trials and appeals are all concluded or terminated.  Many of...more

Proskauer - Proskauer For Good

New Bench Card Promotes Clarity and Consistency in Virtual Court Proceedings

New York’s state court judges will soon have a new resource at their fingertips when holding court remotely. As detailed in a recent article in the New York Law Journal, New York’s Court Modernization Action Committee...more

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Navigating AI in the Judiciary: What E-Discovery Professionals Need to Know

Artificial intelligence is transforming how legal professionals work—and now, it’s shaping how judges approach their role in the courtroom. With the release of Navigating AI in the Judiciary: New Guidelines for Judges and...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Productivity and Progress: Recap of the 2024 Business Court Report and Some Civics

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Each February, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts publishes its Report on North Carolina Business Court. The Report includes data on case types, number of cases, pending motions, and average age, with...more

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model

[Webinar] The AI Gavel Drops: Will Australia's Strict New GenAI Rules Reshape Global Litigation? - March 6th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET

Will Australia's New GenAI Rules Reshape Global Litigation? From Ban to Balance: How Courts Are Racing to Define AI's Role in Litigation. A Don't Miss EDRM Webinar: March 6, 2025, at 2:00 PM ET - In November 2024,...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

Federal Judge Orders USAID and Foreign Aid Funding to be Restored

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On January 20, 2025, the President issued Executive Order Number 14169 (Executive Order), which imposed a 90-day pause on new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implementing...more

Walkers

The use of AI tools in Cayman Islands legal proceedings – warnings for litigants and attorneys

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On 28 January 2025, Justice Asif KC ("Asif J") handed down his judgment in Bradley and Another v Frye-Chaikin [2025] CIGC (Civ) 5 in which the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Court") commented for the first time in a...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Judge’s Suspension is a Cautionary Tale

Last week, the Maryland Supreme Court suspended Maryland District Court Judge Jennifer Etheridge for 20 days for violations of the Maryland Code of Judicial Conduct. The charges, Etheridge’s response, and the order from the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Judges Wipe Out Business Interruption Policyholders’ First (And Only) COVID Win

Out of the 1,199 (and counting) trial court rulings addressing Covid business interruption lawsuits, only one of them resulted in a victory for the policyholder. Back in 2022, Baylor College of Medicine won $12 million from...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Illinois Supreme Court Announces Policy on Artificial Intelligence

Last year, the Illinois Judicial Conference Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (IJC) was created to develop recommendations for how the Illinois Judicial Branch should regulate and use artificial intelligence (AI) in the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 7 - January 2025

Legislators looked back on Tuesday with the unveiling of a portrait of former Representative Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus), the longtime Dean of the House who retired in 2022 after 48 years in the Georgia House of...more

IR Global

Virtual Reality in the Courtroom: The Future of Justice

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In an unprecedented move, Broward County Circuit Court Judge Andrew Siegel recently used virtual reality (VR) technology during a stand-your-ground hearing. On December 14, 2024, he wore an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset to...more

Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP

Legal Ethics: A More Civil Way to Practice Law

My new favorite judge is The Honorable R. David Proctor, chief U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Alabama. I love his Nov. 26, 2024 order granting an Opposed Motion Extension of Time to respond to a complaint....more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Know When to Go Easy on Hardship

Early on in the jury selection process, the judge will often ask the panel, “We all know that jury duty can be inconvenient, but who believes they would experience an unreasonable hardship by serving in this case?” Hands will...more

Jackson Walker

The Business Court of Texas Issues Key Opinions on Jurisdiction

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The Business Court of Texas, established on September 1, 2024, has issued its first round of major opinions. These rulings, authored by judges across its divisions, largely address jurisdictional questions stemming from the...more

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What Makes a Legacy?

At the 2024 Women's Bar Association of the State of New York's (“WBASNY”) annual Convention, during the Installation Ceremony of President Marea L. Wachsman, several friends and colleagues were invited to say a few words....more

Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Trump Administration 2.0: The Impact on the Federal Judiciary

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With his recent re-election, former President Donald Trump will once again become President Trump. Given his significant shaping of the federal courts during his first term, it is worth considering what additional impact he...more

Fishman Haygood LLP

2023-2024 Annual Review of the Fifth Circuit’s Judicial Statistics

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Each year, Take the Fifth blog compiles and analyzes key statistics from the opinions issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While the Fifth Circuit itself compiles and releases statistics on a...more

Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC

State Courts Prepare for Age of AI

Lawyers’ growing use of artificial intelligence is front of mind these days, but that shouldn’t overshadow the equally energetic and consequential efforts by the nation’s judges to ethically incorporate AI into their work....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - MoFo+

Navigating Justice And Disability: A Conversation With Judge David Tatel

MoFo’s Disability Affinity Network recently hosted a fireside chat in its Boston office, moderated by partner and co-chair of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice Joe Palmore, with Judge David Tatel. Judge Tatel...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

To Recuse or Not to Recuse? That is the Question Potentially Facing Supreme Court Justices on Book Publisher Copyright Case

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What happens if two-thirds of the U.S. Supreme Court justices have a conflict of interest in a case presented before the Court? The speculative possibilities are abundant in such a situation—do all of the affected Justices...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Mexico Adopts Controversial Judicial Reform - What You Need to Know to Protect Your Business

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As has been widely reported, Mexico recently adopted a constitutional amendment to overhaul its judiciary—most notably requiring popular elections for judges at all levels of the Mexican court system. Observers have widely...more

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