On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe, of the Northern District of New York adopted a compressed 2012 calendar for New York’s congressional elections. Judge Sharpe was critical of state […]
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Public Comment Period Open on Judicial Campaign Rules
The Administrative Board of the Courts recently approved for public comment the Proposed Part 151 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts. The proposed rules establish standards […]
New Judicial Rule To Address Campaign Donations, Case Assignments
Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman told the New York Times and the New York Law Journal that he will announce a new that will prohibit the state’s elected judges from hearing […]