New NYS Ethics Rules Adopted
December 17, 2008 at 12:12 pm | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, legal ethics, professional conduct, professionalism
From the New York Law Journal: “Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye and the four presiding Appellate Division justices have formally adopted a new set of attorney ethics rules that proponents say brings New York lawyers in line with their counterparts in most of the rest of the country.
The Rules of Professional Conduct align ethics standards in form and numbering sequence with the American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct. “
Not happy with the nominees for Chief Judge?
December 4, 2008 at 11:43 am | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, sexual discrimination
Both Governor Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo are not pleased with the current list of nominees for Chief Judge. According to a Times Union article, Andrew Cuomo thought that “the list [was]flawed. The governor should be able to consider men and qualified women. And to circumscribe and limit it to only men (indicates)… something is wrong with either the process, the legislation or the way it was administered.” The Attorney General plans to look into the process of selecting judicial nominees.
Chief Judge Kaye hears her last case
November 21, 2008 at 12:45 pm | In General Interest, Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye
State of the Judiciary Address
November 13, 2008 at 11:27 am | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Add new tag, Chief Judge Kaye, state of judiciary address
Chief Judge Judith Kaye gave her last State of the Judiciary address yesterday. You can read the report here.
Judge Kaye lawsuit
June 12, 2008 at 4:02 pm | In General Interest, Law in the News | 1 CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, Governor Paterson, judicial payraise
A memorandum of law in opposition to Chief Judge Kaye’s lawsuit was filed on behalf of Governor Paterson, Assembly Speaker Silver and Senate Majority Leader Bruno. You can read the memo here.
Judicial payraise suit cont…
May 29, 2008 at 9:10 am | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, judicial payraise
Lead counsel in the judicial payraise lawsuit requested an early trial bid in order to obtain a payraise before the Legislature ends their session on June 23rd. The request was denied. Read the article from the New York Law Journal.
Chief Judge Kaye denies judicial slowdown
May 1, 2008 at 10:31 am | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, NYS law
According to a letter sent by Chief Judge Kaye to Governor Paterson, the rumored judicial slowdown is without basis. See the article here.
Problems with lawsuit, Part II
April 11, 2008 at 2:53 pm | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, judge lawsuit
As noted in my previous blog entry, Problems with Lawsuit, Part I, Article VI section 25 (a) provides that judicial salaries shall not be diminished during a judge’s term in office. It further provides that compensation shall be established by law. The question becomes what does established by law mean, and thus, who can fix the salaries of judges. Continue reading Problems with lawsuit, Part II…
Problems with lawsuit, Part I
April 11, 2008 at 9:12 am | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, judge lawsuit
Although only just released, there are a few problems with the judges’ lawsuit. The complaint states that “the Constitution imposes on the State an absolute duty to establish, fund and disburse adequate judicial compensation” and cites to NY Constitution art. VI. However, nothing in article VI refers to judicial compensation needing to be adequate. To be sure, article VI section 25 (the section concerning compensation of judges) only states that judges’ compensation shall not be diminished during their term office.
Chief Judge Kaye sues over pay raises
April 10, 2008 at 1:49 pm | In Law in the News | Leave a CommentTags: Chief Judge Kaye, judge lawsuit, judge pay raise
Read the complaint here.
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