By Cedra Mayfield | February 3, 2025
The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill a superior court vacancy in the Mountain Judicial Circuit that serves Banks, Habersham, Stephens and Rabun counties.
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By Brian Lee | January 31, 2025
Increasing jurors' compensation, creating a travel stipend, child care services, and relaxing limits on people who struggle with English were among suggestions to diversify jury pools in upstate New York. The ideas were discussed during the second forum on jury diversification by the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 28, 2025
On Tuesday, Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Michael P. Boggs delivered his State of the Judiciary address to the Georgia General Assembly.
Throughout the 30-minute report, Boggs announced the pending roll-out of a statewide case management system and proposal to digitally record court proceedings to circumvent ongoing court reporter staffing shortages. Boggs also shared legislative requests for enhanced safety for superior and state court judges, the elimination of partisan elections for probate and magistrate court judges, and pay raises for the state's more than 1,600 jurists statewide.
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By Alyssa Aquino | January 27, 2025
Public defenders argued that the federal court had overestimated Dionisio Figueroa's benefit from the scheme to impose a higher sentence. The Second Circuit disagreed.
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By Brian Lee | January 27, 2025
New York Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson announced Justice Marguerite Grays' appointment as co-chair of the Commercial Division Advisory Council, effective immediately. Grays had already been serving as a member of the council.
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By Robert S. Kelner and Gail S. Kelner and Joshua D. Kelner | January 27, 2025
The authors write "One of the most vexing hurdles plaintiffs must surmount in cases against municipalities for dangerous conditions on sidewalks and roadways is the prior written notice requirement. Prior written notice statutes provide, as a general matter, that unless a municipality receives written notice of the existence of a hazardous condition, it cannot be held liable for failing to fix it."
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By Lisa Willis | January 24, 2025
The opening of the new courthouse has been pushed back yet again. Plus, a buyer has emerged for old "Cielito Lindo," and he's a Florida attorney.
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By Avalon Zoppo | January 24, 2025
It only took a few hours for challenges to Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order to hit the courts.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 23, 2025
The Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals and multiple county courts have extended closures through Jan. 22 due to inclement weather forecast throughout the state.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 23, 2025
The Georgia Supreme Court has amended a court rule that impacts nonresident attorneys practicing pro hac vice, or unlicensed but approved, before the high court in Georgia.
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