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January 05, 2009

LexPress: Sidewalk Suits Scuttled

Pedestrian stumbles are the most common cause of personal-injury action against the City, but a recent Court of Appeals decision changes the rules of pavement engagement.

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November 18, 2008

Six-Foot Deep Pocket

SIX-FOOT DEEP POCKET
By Mark Thompson
markthomp@yahoo.com
Posted: 11-18-08

New York County Justice Barbara R. Kapnick drew an unusually sharp rebuke from the Appellate Division for her role in keeping alive a prison inmate’s lawsuit against a lawyer who died before he was sued. Amin Marte, a city jail inmate serving as his own attorney, filed the legal malpractice suit in July 2005 against Herman Graber, apparently learning somewhat later that Graber had died three months earlier.

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November 12, 2008

Senate Shuffle

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 11-12-2008

The election changed the State Senate. That means change for the Judiciary Committee. And that could mean change for the bench. 

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November 05, 2008

Incumbent Shock

By Mark Lagerkvist
mark@lagerkvist.net
Posted 11-05-08

In the wake of an investigation by Judicial Reports, an Albany-area Justice is voted out of office. 

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2008 Judicial Election Results

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 11-05-2008

The Board of Elections just released preliminary election results from New York races. These unofficial results give a fascinating picture of the evolving electoral make-up of the city. Winners are listed first, followed by the unofficial party breakdown.

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Heir Unapparent

By Jesse Sunenblick
jsunenblick@judicialstudies.com
Posted: 11-05-08

The departure of Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye might herald significant change — but not in the ways that you  might think. 

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November 01, 2008

The Battle for Staten Island

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 11-01-2008

Staten Island is the most Republican of New York City's boroughs. But fundraising by the Democrat for it's new Judicial District might make that meaningless on election day.

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October 31, 2008

Rube Goldberg Rules

By Mark Lagerkvist
mark@lagerkvist.net
Posted 10-31-08

Due to the absurdity and illogic of New York's judicial campaign finance rules, even the best of candidates can appear conflicted. Second in an occasional series.

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October 29, 2008

The System Is the Crime

By Mark Lagerkvist
mark@lagerkvist.net
Posted: 10-29-08

Judicial campaign committees around Albany are raising funds from law firms with business pending before the judge — and one firm is particularly generous.

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October 23, 2008

Expose Wins Day in Court

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 10-23-2008 

A probe by Judicial Reports finally ends a couple's long legal odyssey.

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October 22, 2008

Surrogate-gate?

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 10-22-2008

Presumptive Manhattan Surrogate Judge Nora Anderson is under investigation for her campaign finance practices. But even if she followed the rules, her donor list is disturbing.

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October 15, 2008

LexPosition: Crisis? What Crisis?

By Scott H. Greenfield
SHGLaw@AOL.com
Posted 10-15-2008

A small case of judicial misjudgment draws histrionics from a tabloid and a misguided "protocol" from the court administration. 

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October 08, 2008

The Longest Motion

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 10-8-2008

A common Family Court motion drags on for nearly sixteen months without judicial review. 

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October 01, 2008

The Nuclear Option

By Jason Boog
jasonboog@judicialstudies.com
Posted 10-1-2008

Members of the judiciary have been known to reach into their statutory bag of tricks during litigation to impose the ultimate sanction. And, poof! There goes the case. Is that right?

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