Judge

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Christie: Let Judges Deny Bail To Repeat Violent Offenders

The governor’s proposed constitutional amendment would put New Jersey’s bail laws in line with the federal system.

2012/02/14

Judge Rules Against ‘Occupy The Courts’ Protest Outside Federal Court In NYC

The judge made the decision citing security concerns even beyond worries about its potential as a terrorism target.

2012/01/19

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Judge Bans Release Of Documents In Lawsuit Over Police Shooting Of College Football Player

A federal grand jury cleared a Pleasantville, N.Y., police officer of wrongdoing.

2011/12/24

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Judge Denies NYC Request To Delay Firefighter Entrance Exams

The exam has been subject to judicial oversight since it was determined past exams had been unfair to minority candidates.

2011/10/27

NY Bar Association Says Salary Hikes For State Judges Are Too Small

“During the past 12 years, the cost of living increased by 40 percent, eroding judicial salaries,” said Vincent E. Doyle III, president of the lawyers’ group. Yet “judges’ salaries will have risen 27 percent over a 15-year period, far less than the projected inflation rate.”

2011/08/27

NY Supreme Court Judges To See First Pay Raise Since ’99

Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman said in an interview that it’s a good compromise in hard economic times.

2011/08/26

Judge Rejects Claim Of Discrimination At Bloomberg Company

The judge said the EEOC supported its claim of a pervasive bias with no statistical evidence of discrimination and about 10 statements from four or five managers or executives in a company of 10,000 employees, 603 of whom took maternity leave during a six-year span covered by the lawsuit.

2011/08/17

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Judge Blocks Law For Disclosure At Crisis Pregnancy Centers

The law would have required such centers to detail whether they provided abortions or emergency contraception, and whether they had a licensed medical provider on-site. The law was to go into effect on Thursday.

2011/07/14

Belly Dancing Sinks S.I. Woman’s Disability Claim

A Staten Island woman who was getting $850 a month in alimony because she was supposedly disabled and unable to work had to give the payments up after her ex-husband spotted photos of her belly dancing on the Internet.

2011/04/16

Rescue workers dig in the wreckage of the World Trade Center in New York City, two days after the Islamic terror attacks. (credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Hearing Set For Lone Sept 11 Wrongful Death Trial

Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein was to conduct the two-day hearing Friday and Monday after concluding pre-trial work is in “substantial disarray.”

2011/02/25

Courtroom sketch of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani (credit: CBS 2)

Life Sentence For Gitmo Detainee In Embassy Plot

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan sentenced Ahmed Ghailani to life, calling the attacks “horrific.” He also ordered Ghailani to pay $33 million in restitution.

2011/01/25

Life Sentence Likely For Gitmo Detainee In NYC

The same outcome was expected for Ahmed Ghailani as if he were convicted on all counts — life imprisonment at his sentencing Tuesday.

2011/01/24

Judge Uninterested In Tossing Gitmo Detainee’s Conviction

Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan repeatedly told a lawyer for Ahmed Ghailani that he didn’t understand his arguments at a hearing Thursday.

2011/01/20

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New Jersey Not Giving Up On Gift Card Seizure Law

Lawmakers voted last year to allow the seizure of cards after two to three years as a way to raise about $80 million and help balance the state’s budget.

2011/01/04