Federal Judiciary

LexPress: Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite

Posted on September 26, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-26-08 A bed bug epidemic takes over New York City courts. 

Lexpress: Justice Less Delayed

Posted on September 25, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-25-08The First Department speeds up, and Staten Islanders angle on a couple of different judgeship fronts. 

Fee Fight Flim Flam

Posted on September 24, 2008
By The Editorsinfo@judicialreports.com Posted: 09-24-08 You would think the Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program would bend over backward to protect the client. According to at least one judge, you would be wrong.

BAIT AND SWITCH By Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on September 24, 2008
BAIT AND SWITCH By Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 09-24-08 Queens County Justice Joseph Grosso let prosecutors brazenly bait and switch Christopher Lodge into agreeing to plead guilty to first-degree sexual abuse in exchange for a promise that prosecutors would not thwart his bid to be sentenced leniently as a youthful offender...

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LexPress: The Filing of Nora Anderson

Posted on September 24, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-24-08The Daily News takes fresh aim at the campaign donations of Manhattan Surrogate candidate Nora Anderson. In other news, the insurrection in the Bronx against Democratic Chairman Jose Rivera continues.

LexPress: Endangering Life and FOIA Requests

Posted on September 23, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-23-08The Second Circuit affirms Alvin Hellerstein in a case over the release of photos showing the abusive treatment of detainees by American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

LexPress: Accident Insurance, Court Assurance

Posted on September 22, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com  Posted: 09-22-08The Second Circuit makes an interesting ruling concerning the definition of an "accident" to insurance companies. In other news, The Albany Times Union weighs in with thoughts of a successor to outgoing Chief Judge Judith Kaye.

Floor Fight

Posted on September 21, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 09-21-2008A combination of kabuki theater and the wisdom of (informed) crowds was on display at Manhattan's judicial convention last week. A fly on the wall reports. 

LexPress: Shelter Standards and Homeless Goals

Posted on September 18, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com  Posted: 09-18-08New York City settles a longstanding battle with Legal Aid over homeless shelter standards. In other news, the mob cops' acquittal is reversed. 

LexPress: Convention Contention

Posted on September 18, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comand Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 09-19-08The Manhattan Democratic Party picks four new justices. Meanwhile, a federal judge grants a record-breaking award to a victim of the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash.

Judges Must Police Police

Posted on September 17, 2008
By Scott H. Greenfieldshglaw@aol.comPosted: 09-17-08 As recent (recorded) events have shown, members of the bench should revisit knee-jerk skepticism when charges of police brutality are raised.

TRANSFUSION CONFUSIONBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on September 17, 2008
TRANSFUSION CONFUSIONBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 09-17-08 Kings County Justice Joseph S. Levine was too quick to blame a hospital for the fact that a patient who was a Jehovah’s Witness received a blood transfusion against her wishes, the Appellate Division said...

LexPress: Staten Island's Lucky #13

Posted on September 17, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com  Posted: 09-17-08 Staten Island Democrats nominate a candidate to vie for Robert Gigante's former Supreme Court seat. In other news, SDNY Judge Alvin Hellerstein makes an organizational ruling in how to group the thousands of Ground Zero respiratory cases.

LexPress: Private Land and Public Schools

Posted on September 16, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 09-16-08A Nassau judge nixes a New York Power Authority land grab in Long Island.

LexPress: Post-Kaye Court

Posted on September 15, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 09-15-2008Handicapping the governor's choice for the State's next Chief Judge. 

LexPress: Soares and Steroids

Posted on September 12, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblick jsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 09-12-08 The steroids probe by Albany DA David Soares, three years in the making, is dismissed.

LexPress: Party Problems

Posted on September 11, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com09-11-08Primaries results threaten leadership in the Bronx Democratic Party.

CAVEAT PASSENGERBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on September 10, 2008
CAVEAT PASSENGERBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 09-10-08The Appellate Division is making it steadily easier for New York City police and prosecutors to nail automobile passengers for possession of any drugs found in the car.In its latest lesson on the new rules that henceforth will govern car searches in the city, a unanimous First Department appellate panel reversed a decision by New York County Supreme Court Justice Charles J...

The Finish Line

Posted on September 10, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 09-10-2008As the New York City primary results roll in, Judicial Reports analyzes the shifting judicial landscape in the five boroughs. 

LexPress: Assumptions and Appearances

Posted on September 10, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-10-08Fulton County Family Court Judge David Jung appeals the Commission on Judicial Conduct's removal recommendation before the Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, a Surrogate Court candidate could face some hefty fines for campaign posters.

LexPress: A "Ring of Steel" Around Manhattan

Posted on September 09, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-09-08The New York Civil Liberties Union seeks information on the NYPD's futuristic plans for downtown security and surveillance.

LexPress: Disclosure and Eli Lilly

Posted on September 08, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-08-08 Eastern District Judge Jack Weinstein makes a ruling in the Zyprexa class action case. In other news, Weinstein is also called to make an important decision about race and life expectancy in a Staten Island ferry disaster damages case...

LexPress: Jury Reform Rules Revolt

Posted on September 05, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 09-05-08 Corporation Counsel Michael Cardozo raises the banner against a proposal to change the appellate process on jury selection.

LexPress: Invoking the 1800s

Posted on September 04, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 09-04-08The judicial pay raise case Maron v. Silver is argued before the Court of Appeals.  

LexPress: Family Stability

Posted on September 03, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 09-03-08As gay marriage advocates score an appellate victory, the Tyco lawyers return to court, hoping for a rematch. Meanwhile, New York City is allowed to pursue cigarette vendors who are allegedly dodging city taxes.

LexPosition: The Strange Case of the Silent Seal

Posted on September 02, 2008
By Jim Edwardsjimedwards123@hotmail.comPosted 09-03-08 A journalist litigant tries to get a judge to make a ruling. Any ruling.

Lex Press: End Times

Posted on September 02, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Poste: 09-02-08As Staten Islanders fight for their own judicial island, party officials on both sides are gearing up for a legal battle. And, one of New York's most celebrated jurists contemplates her final term...

LexPress: Evaluating Harassment

Posted on August 29, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 08-29-08 The Villager examines the suit against a new City law empowering tenants to sue harassing landlords. And the judge pay raise litigation gets fast-tracked.

LexPress: Patriot Act Provisions

Posted on August 28, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 08-28-08 A Second Circuit panel hears an appeal of a case that resulted in a Southern District Judge voiding a key provision of the Patriot Act.  

In Search of Real Reform

Posted on August 27, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 08-27-2008 The Surrogate Court has a checkered reputation. In Manhattan, three candidates are pledging to fix it. Their plans are quite different. But there's a common theme: change.

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