Kentucky’s Judicial Conduct Commission has publicly reprimanded a judge it says presided over a hearing featuring testimony from a witness with whom the judge had a “close personal relationship.” According to the Tuesday notice of reprimand, District Court Judge Brittany McKenna resigned on April 2. She also “fully cooperated in the matter, agreed to this […]
Charles Olivier-Rivard is seeking to launch a class-action suit against more than a dozen major retailers, amongst them Best Buy, Costco, and Walmart, claiming they wrongly charged provincial and federal sales tax for such items as product protection plans and extended warranties.
IMPERIAL COUNTY — The Imperial County District Attorney’s Office has expanded its efforts to recruit and train new prosecutors, welcoming five recent law school graduates into its summer post-bar program while hiring four new paralegals.
Starting next summer, Georgia’s highest court will no longer routinely hear appeals in murder cases. The decision was announced Thursday as part of a concurring opinion from Chief Justice Nels Peterson that was tied to a murder case out of Fulton County, Coleman v. The State, though it was not clear why Peterson’s opinion was […]
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(Legal Newsline) — The First Court of Appeals has affirmed a $250,000 judgment against former MLB pitcher Clayton Hensley, who was also a standout player at Alvin Community College.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane County courts have delayed most civil and criminal proceedings through Tuesday as the Spokane Area Fires continue to impact the region, but officials say the courts are not closed and the Spokane County Clerk's Office remains open.
The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled that a woman does not have the right to file a delayed appeal for damages as the victim of a crime, despite the fact that there was legal and legislative confusion over her right to compensation. In a recent decision, the state’s highest court upheld an appellate court decision […]
Americans’ trust in the judiciary and the justice system is eroding at every level. From the U.S. Supreme Court to state courts across the country, polls show sharply declining public confidence in courts as trustworthy institutions. The response from many special interest groups and politicians has been to try to politicize these institutions further, and […]
(Legal Newsline) - As a Pennsylvania appeals court decides whether nearly 2,000 out-of-staters can choose Philadelphia’s court to file lawsuits over an herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson’s disease, a judge there is defending his choice to allow them.
