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'Convict My Ass': Judge Admits Killing Wife In Police Video
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson's trial for allegedly murdering his wife opened Wednesday with shocking video footage of the judge sitting alone, handcuffed in a police station interrogation room, muttering to himself "I killed her. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, convict my ass. I did it."
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Detroit Judge May Be Immune Despite 'Outrageous' Fake Trial
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday said that while a Detroit judge's decision to put a teen through a "judicial-like" proceeding for falling asleep in his courtroom while on a field trip may have been "outrageous," it may not strip his ability to claim he is immune from her lawsuit.
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Michigan Supreme Court's Chief Justice To Step Down
The Michigan Supreme Court's chief justice said Wednesday that she plans to resign this spring, giving Gov. Gretchen Whitmer an opportunity to make her second appointment to the seven-member court.
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GOP Reps Move To Impeach SDNY Judge, Threaten More
Republican House members have introduced an article of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York, following conservative backlash to him and others who have ruled against the Trump administration's early moves to assert control over the executive branch and federal programs.
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Landlords, Judiciary Brace For Federal Leasing Slimdown
As the General Services Administration pores over the federal real estate portfolio, lenders, landlords and institutional investors are scrambling to understand their exposure to federal leases, while the potential canceling of judiciary office leases is setting up a showdown between branches of government.
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Ga. Judge Faces Another Round Of Misconduct Charges
A Georgia state judge is facing a new set of ethics violation charges ahead of her ethics case trial next month and is now accused of improperly helping her uncle seek an extension to file an answer in a matter and locking up a woman during her parents' divorce hearing without justification.
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Ex-Jones Day Partner Named For Key DOJ Civil Division Post
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that President Donald Trump intends to nominate three people to key posts in the department, including former Jones Day partner Brett Shumate as assistant attorney general for the DOJ's Civil Division.
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Ex-9th Circ. Judge Joins King & Spalding From Wilson Sonsini
King & Spalding LLP has brought on a former Ninth Circuit judge most recently with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC as a partner in its Los Angeles office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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Adams, DOJ Quizzed On Dismissal Bid By Wary Judge
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday scrutinized the U.S. Department of Justice's motion to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rankling attorneys on both sides as he declined to "shoot from the hip" and immediately rule.
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Former Jones Day Atty Named Solicitor General Of Arkansas
A former Jones Day attorney who has filled roles at the offices of the attorneys general in Texas and Louisiana has been tapped for the role of solicitor general in Arkansas.
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Retired NJ Judge Sues Town For Unused Vacation, Sick Time
The retired chief judge of the Belleville Municipal Court sued the township this week in New Jersey state court alleging that it is refusing to cover her medical benefits and pay her for unused sick and vacation time from her 27 years as an employee.
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Fired Watchdogs 'Must Be Reinstated,' Senate Democrats Say
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and 28 other Senate Democrats have filed an amicus brief to support a lawsuit by eight of the inspectors general fired by President Donald Trump.
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Ex-Defender Again Tries To Revive Sex Bias Suit At 4th Circ.
A former assistant public defender in North Carolina is urging the Fourth Circuit to reverse a bench ruling that dashed her long-running bias suit against the federal judiciary, saying the indifference she allegedly endured after she reported being sexually harassed proves her case.
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Nadine Menendez Loses Bid To Have Expert Testify On Gifts
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request by Nadine Menendez to have a witness testify that receiving gold bars as gifts is normal in her culture, dealing the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez a setback ahead of her corruption trial.
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Trump Media Co. Sues Brazilian Supreme Court Justice
President Donald Trump's media company and online video sharing platform Rumble Inc. filed suit Wednesday, accusing a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice of illegally suppressing political speech in the United States by ordering X and other social media platforms to block accounts spreading disinformation.
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Law Schools, Attys Defend Judiciary Amid Gov't Attacks
More alarm bells rang Tuesday over the Trump administration's recent remarks questioning the judiciary's authority to keep the executive branch's power in check, as more than 2,000 American lawyers and a group representing U.S. law schools voiced concern about the need to uphold the country's constitutional democracy.
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Jury Won't Tour Living Room Where Calif. Judge Shot Wife
A California state judge facing trial this week on charges of murdering his wife lost his bid to have jurors tour the living room of the house where she was shot to death, after a Los Angeles County judge ruled Tuesday that there's sufficient photographic evidence of the scene.
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Trump Fires Remaining Biden-Nominated US Attorneys
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he's firing all remaining U.S. attorneys nominated by Joe Biden, completing an expected shakeup of the nation's top federal prosecutors that typically accompanies the start of a new presidential administration.
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Judiciary Dems Denounce Ethics Watchdog Changes At DOJ
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday objected to what they said is a plan for political appointees at the Department of Justice to oversee agency ethics decisions instead of career officials.
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State Judges See Uneven Gains In Post-Lockdown Pay Hikes
State judges received an average 5% raise last year — a "significant" improvement over the 1% to 2% raises on offer during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic — but those pay increases were spread unequally across the country, with some state judges earning much higher salaries while the pay for others stagnated, according to a recent survey.
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NY High Court Upholds Ethics Commission In Cuomo Case
New York's highest court on Tuesday affirmed the constitutionality of the state's recently revamped ethics commission in an order reversing a lower court ruling that sided with embattled former Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid an investigation related to his use of government employees to help him publish and promote a book.
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'Bulldog' Chief Of Staff To DeSantis Takes Reins As Florida AG
In making the move from chief of staff to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to now the state's attorney general, James Uthmeier is bringing youthfulness to the office and a record of helming litigation efforts as a "bulldog" in the governor's administration.
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Goldstein's Overseas Ties Make It 'Easier To Flee,' Judge Says
U.S. Supreme Court advocate and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein has lost a second attempt to shield his more than $3 million residence in Washington, D.C., from forfeiture in his criminal tax evasion case as a Maryland federal judge ruled Tuesday that he remains a "significant flight risk."
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Ex-BigLaw Atty Who Killed Wife Joins Fray Over Deal Funds
The former BigLaw partner who fatally shot his wife has entered a Georgia state court dispute over the distribution of wrongful death proceeds related to her death, saying he was required to assign the proceeds to his wife's godson as part of his plea deal but took no position on the validity of that assignment.
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Ga. Atty Chastised For Pasting Judge's Signature On Order
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday reprimanded an attorney who cut and pasted a judge's signature on a proposed order in a case, in a move the lawyer later claimed was done in the name of "increasing the efficiency" of his filings.