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Get that Judge “Outta Heah!” A Primer on Recusal

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Last week’s news concluded with a jury awarding $83 million in punitive damages in a New York defamation trial involving a certain former U.S. President. This week started with a Motion filed by President Trump’s lawyers...more

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Federal Circuit Vacates $2.75 Billion Award Due to Violation of Judicial Recusal Statute

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In Centripetal Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated a $2.75 billion judgment against Cisco, finding that the district court judge failed to cure a conflict of interest by putting his wife’s Cisco...more

Knobbe Martens

Justice Must Satisfy the Appearance of Justice— A Judge’s Family’s Financial Interest of 100 Shares of a Party’s Stock Is a...

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CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC. v. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Before Dyk, Taranto, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Summary: Placing stock in a blind trust does...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

(Don’t) Judge for Yourself: When Local Board Members Should Recuse Themselves

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Under Pennsylvania law, a member of a tribunal who has an interest in the outcome of a matter before it must recuse or disqualify himself or herself because there is the potential for conflict or bias. A “tribunal” is any...more

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Financial Daily Dose 6.14.2019 | Top Story: Oil prices shoot up after attacks on tankers

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In case you haven’t had your eye on matters of global intrigue of late, figured we’d get you a bit caught up so that you know why your gas prices are heading north in the next couple of weeks....more

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Judge with Disabled Child Recuses Self from Disability Discrimination Suit

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Despite the sensitive nature of employment-related claims like discrimination and retaliation and harassment and hostile work environment, it is rare for judges to admit to personal biases that could influence their...more

McManis Faulkner

The Timid Judge and The Clever Bailiff

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The Judge was a lovely old fellow, a relic from a time before the birth of Silicon Valley, when Santa Clara County was covered with orchards instead of start-ups, and was known as the Valley of the Heart’s Delight. As a...more

Holland & Hart - Your Trial Message

Strike Your Judge

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The peremptory strike is a well-established tool for addressing bias within a future jury. While the strike has its critics, the case is strong for having a method to address bias that is real but falls below the threshold of...more

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The Assignment of Visiting Federal Judges, and a Little Wisconsin Judicial History

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A decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit earlier this month, Wrenn v. District of Columbia, D.C. Cir. No. 15-7057, is a reminder of the crucial importance of crossing t’s and dotting i’s when it comes to...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

To Friend, or Not to Friend: That is the (Judge's) Question

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On May 28, 2013, the New York Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics issued an opinion stating "that the mere status of being a 'Facebook friend,' without more, is an insufficient basis to require recusal." (Emphasis in...more

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