Government shutdown would halt systems critical to lawyers
The budget impasse and resulting government shutdown would have widespread effects on systems critical to attorneys, slowing some courtroom and agency operations while bringing others to a screeching...
View ArticleHeadaches for lawyers averted with budget deal
WASHINGTON – Just hours before the U.S. government was set to shut down due to a lack of funding, Washington lawmakers agreed to a short-term budget plan Friday night, ensuring that courtrooms and...
View ArticleMore bankruptcy filers opt to skip lawyers, Courts say
WASHINGTON – The number of people choosing to file for bankruptcy without the aid of an attorney has nearly tripled in the last five years – a rate of growth much higher than the overall growth of...
View ArticleCan federal court hear telemarketing abuse claims?
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court tried to decipher the strange wording of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act on Monday to determine if plaintiffs can sue in federal court rather than state court....
View ArticleBankruptcy judges, lawyers frustrated by ‘Stern’ ruling
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Barbara J. Houser’s job is a lot harder than it used to be, and she is not afraid to admit it. The problem for Houser and her colleagues, as well as practitioners across the...
View ArticleFederal removal statute creates venue changes
Civil practitioners say a new federal venue law that quietly went into effect last month will lead to an increase in diversity-based discovery and cut down on the “jurisdictional gamesmanship” that...
View ArticleBankruptcy filings continue downward trend
WASHINGTON – After years of record-breaking numbers of bankruptcy filings, the recent trend of declining filings continues, based on the most recent figures released by the Administrative Office of the...
View ArticleSurvey: Federal courts make changes due to cuts
WASHINGTON – Budget cuts are forcing federal courts to implement a number of cost-cutting measures, from layoffs, furloughs and early retirements to the reduction of training programs and IT services,...
View ArticleJudiciary: Budget cuts would ‘cripple’ federal courts
WASHINGTON – Federal judiciary officials, announcing the close of six federal court facilities, said that automatic budget cuts that will take place if Congress fails to agree on a budget plan would...
View ArticleFederal court complaints drop while appeals rise
WASHINGTON – While filings at the trial level of federal courts declined in the last fiscal year, appellate cases were on the uptick, according to the latest data submitted by federal court officials...
View ArticleSequester cuts, closures and furloughs hit federal courts
WASHINGTON – With no solution in sight to end the automatic federal budget cuts that began in March, federal judiciary officials are announcing plans to close courthouses, limit trials and hearings and...
View ArticleSupreme buzz surrounds newest D.C. Circuit judge
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Principal Deputy Solicitor General Srikanth “Sri” Srinivasan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Thursday, increasing the buzz about a possible U.S....
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