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Judicial seats go unfilled, creating pressure on district courts
Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro in Las Vegas, Nevada A judicial seat in Reno, Nev., has been declared a “judicial emergency,” part of a trend of lower district court seats going unfilled, the...
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Iowa high court raises due process concerns over traffic cams
Photo Credit: By Ctjf83, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL, from Wikimedia Commons The Iowa Supreme Court has raised concerns about the way cities administer traffic cams, noting that tickets represent municipal...
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California shields public sector unions from Supreme Court ruling
Photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin Associated Press file photo, 2016, as reported by the Fresno Bee. California has found itself in a legal standoff against the federal government and Trump administration...
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Report: ’Fake dates’ from ICE plague immigration courts
Photo credit: Dianne Solis/Staff of The Dallas Morning News as reported on 9/16/18: “Raymundo Olmedo, a former Load Trail factory worker, stands outside the Dallas federal courthouse after he reported...
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Judges require lawyers to disclose third-party funding
Judges are requiring plaintiffs’ lawyers to disclose third-party funding in lawsuits, revealing those who have a stake in cases. An article by The Recorder at law.com reports on this possible trend....
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Class action lawsuit, investigation follow infant deaths in Fisher-Price’s...
Photo credit: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post, as reported on 5/30/19. A few weeks ago, a press release Wolf Haldensteinand Connors LLP announce that on April 19, 2019, that firm had filed “a...
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‘Stairway to Heaven’ gets second chance
Photo credit: Michael Ochs Archives 1973, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on 6/10/19. The U.S. federal court of appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco agreed Monday to give Led...
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MGM Resorts agrees to pay up to $800 million in wake of Las Vegas massacre
Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images as reported by the New York Post on 10/3/19. MGM Resorts International will pay up to $800 million in a settlement for victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las...
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Michael Bloomberg: An Option That is in the Money
Photo originally published inCityWatch LA, 11/14/19. by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher(Originally published in CityWatch LA, 11/14/19) DC DISPATCH-Michael Bloomberg, the former Mayor of NYC,...
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Trump Games the Legal System but Will It Last?
Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, as published in CityWatch LA, 12/2/19. by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher (Originally published in CityWatch LA, 12/2/19) DC DISPATCH-In a normal judicial proceeding,...
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Dr. Dre, USC Among Those Disrupting Online Education
Sara Corcoran is correspondent, contributing editor, and founding publisher of the National Courts Monitor & California Courts Monitor. Courts Monitor Publisher Sara Corcoran takes an interest in...
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Hunter Biden, A Liability on the Precipice
Photo: Visar Kryeziu/AP, as published in CityWatch LA, 12/30/19. By Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher (Originally published in CityWatch LA, 12/30/19) DC DISPATCH-Amidst Trump campaign slogans...
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Court Case in California will resume in spite of COVID-19
Image credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Even while admitting that it will be unlikely that jurors will be available, prosecutors trying a criminal case against Yevgeniy...
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Avenatti uses COVID-19 as excuse to move trial to California
Photo credit: Mark Lennihan/ AP as reported by Law.com. “Michael Avenatti has again asked a Manhattan federal judge to transfer his pending criminal case to California, where he is also under federal...
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California’s AB3070 promises to address discrimination in jury selection
Sacramento State Capitol building on Capitol Way. Photo Credit: Jason Doiy/ALM as reported by The Recorder, 6/16/20. AB3070 easily passed the California State Assembly this month. The legislation...
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Clearview AI Inc. facing litigation for violating data privacy laws
Photo Credit: Fractal Pictures/Shutterstock.com as covered in a report by Law.com. Clearview AI Inc., which uses facial recognition to provide photographic information, is facing litigation in...
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‘Stairway to Heaven’ gets second chance
Photo credit: Michael Ochs Archives 1973, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle on 6/10/19. The U.S. federal court of appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco agreed Monday to give Led...
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MGM Resorts agrees to pay up to $800 million in wake of Las Vegas massacre
Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images as reported by the New York Post on 10/3/19. MGM Resorts International will pay up to $800 million in a settlement for victims of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las...
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Michael Bloomberg: An Option That is in the Money
Photo originally published inCityWatch LA, 11/14/19. by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher(Originally published in CityWatch LA, 11/14/19) DC DISPATCH-Michael Bloomberg, the former Mayor of NYC,...
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Trump Games the Legal System but Will It Last?
Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, as published in CityWatch LA, 12/2/19. by Sara Corcoran, Courts Monitor Publisher (Originally published in CityWatch LA, 12/2/19) DC DISPATCH-In a normal judicial proceeding,...
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