Justice BR Gavai Chairs Workshop Held By Supreme Court Legal Services Committee For Panel Lawyers

Justice BR Gavai Chairs Workshop Held By Supreme Court Legal Services Committee For Panel Lawyers

LEGAL
The Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) held a workshop for panel lawyers focusing on digitalization in legal aid and enhancing the quality of legal aid. This workshop was chaired by Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Chairman, Supreme Court Legal Services Committee.Highlighting the workshop's purpose, Justice Gavai, Executive Chairman, SCLSC stated that the primary purpose of the workshop was to identify the legal aid issues and to find means to address them at the earliest. He emphasized that shortly a mechanism will be established where one can give feedback and share about the working of the committee. He highlighted that the Advocates on Record of the SCLSC are the pillars of strength and its voice. He highlighted the importance of providing platforms of interaction between the legal aid counsel and the…
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Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

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The proposed class action suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of four New Yorkers who say they should be eligible for CityFHEPS, but are closed out because the Adams administration has failed to implement laws expanding the program. Emma WhitfordMarie Vincent, center, a cancer survivor living in a Harlem shelter with her grandson, is one of the plaintiffs in the Legal Aid suit. The Legal Aid Society announced Wednesday that it is suing Mayor Eric Adams' administration over its failure to implement several laws passed by the City Council to expand eligibility for the city's housing voucher program.The lawsuit is the latest in an ongoing dispute between the mayor and the Council over reforms to the City Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (CityFHEPS) program,…
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Courts see a boost in salaries, tech funding: Civil legal aid also sees a boost in funds for the coming fiscal year

Courts see a boost in salaries, tech funding: Civil legal aid also sees a boost in funds for the coming fiscal year

LEGAL
The state's multibillion-dollar biennial budget enacted during the 2023 legislative session includes increasing all around for the satay's judiciary, including additional funding for including civil legal aid, salaries and court technology. The funding for fiscal years 2023-2024 will take effect July 1. Indiana Supreme Court The final budget bill allocates $21,841,985 to the Supreme Court in FY 2023-2024 and $22,330,232 in FY 2024-2025. That's an increase from $19,400,605 in FY 2021-2022 and 2022-2023. In a letter to lawmakers at the beginning of the 2023 budget session, Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush made her case for budget increases. “Indiana's judicial branch budget accounts for less than 1% of the state's total budget,” she wrote. “We're proud of that, and we don't ask for it very much very often. We've operated efficiently…
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Israeli ministers approve bill on $270,000 gift to Netanyahu

Israeli ministers approve bill on $270,000 gift to Netanyahu

LEGAL
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Cabinet ministers on Sunday advanced a bill that would allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep a $270,000 donation he received from a relative to pay for his legal bills as he fights corruption charges.The bill is part of a proposed overhaul of Israel's legal system by Netanyahu's new government. The plan has drawn fierce protests for over two months in Israel, the largest seen in years. Netanyahu has been on trial for charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes for almost three years. He denies wrongdoing and says the accusations are part of a "witch hunt" orchestrated by a biased media, law enforcement and justice system. Last year, Israel's high court ordered Netanyahu to pay back the funds given by a late cousin…
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New Jersey chief judge Wolfson joins law firm Lowenstein Sandler

New Jersey chief judge Wolfson joins law firm Lowenstein Sandler

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Freda Wolfson will lead law firm's alternative dispute resolution groupWolfson spent 36 years in the judiciary(Reuters) - Freda Wolfson, who retired this week as chief judge of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, has joined law firm Lowenstein Sandler, the firm said Wednesday.Wolfson heads to the New Jersey-founded national law firm after 36 years on the federal bench. She will lead Lowenstein Sandler's alternative dispute resolution group and plans to handle commercial litigation matters and take on special master appointments in multidistrict litigations.She was nominated to the New Jersey district court in 2002 and became chief judge in 2019. She previously served as a US magistrate judge, and practiced at what is now Lowenstein Sandler earlier in her career.The firm, which has about 350 lawyers, in…
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Israeli AG: Netanyahu cannot be involved in legal overhaul

Israeli AG: Netanyahu cannot be involved in legal overhaul

ATTORNEY
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's attorney general has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he must not be involved in an… TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's attorney general has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he must not be involved in an overhaul to the country's judicial system proposed by his government because it would amount to a conflict of interest over the prime minister's corruption trial, according to a letter made public Thursday. Netanyahu's new far-right government has been made changing the legal system a centerpiece of its legislative agenda and despite mounting public criticism, has charged ahead with steps to weaken the Supreme Court and grant politicians less judicial oversight in their policymaking. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's office also released her legal opinion concerning the proposed changes, and said they…
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Israel’s attorney general says Netanyahu cannot be involved in a legal overhaul

Israel’s attorney general says Netanyahu cannot be involved in a legal overhaul

ATTORNEY
Israel's attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must avoid being involved in an overhaul to the country's judicial system proposed by his government, saying in a letter made public Thursday that he risks a conflict of interest in his ongoing corruption trial.Netanyahu's new far-right government has made changing the legal system a centerpiece of its legislative agenda and despite mounting public criticism, has charged ahead with steps to weaken the Supreme Court and grants politicians less judicial oversight in their policymaking. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Netanyahu is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in a series of scandals involving influential media moguls and wealthy associates. He denies wrongdoing. “You must avoid being part of…
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Israel’s attorney-general tells Netanyahu to stay out of push for judicial changes

Israel’s attorney-general tells Netanyahu to stay out of push for judicial changes

ATTORNEY
By Maayan LubellJERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must stay out of his cabinet's push to overhaul the judicial system, a plan that could give the government "unlimited power", Israel's attorney-general said on Thursday, adding friction to a bitter row over the proposals.In an official legal advisory to Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Gali Baharav-Miara said the planned changes would harm the country's democratic checks and balances, and risked giving the government unbridled power that would be "a sure recipe for harming human rights and clean governance".The plans to strengthen political control over appointments of judges, including the Supreme Court, while weakening that body's ability to overturn legislation or rule against the government, have brought tens of thousands of Israelis onto the streets in nationwide protests.Critics say the proposed changes will…
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Israel’s attorney general says Netanyahu cannot be involved in a judicial system overhaul

Israel’s attorney general says Netanyahu cannot be involved in a judicial system overhaul

ATTORNEY
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's attorney general has told Benjamin Netanyahu that he must not be involved in an overhaul to the country's judicial system proposed by his government because it would amount to a conflict of interest over the prime minister's corruption trial, according to a letter made public Thursday. Netanyahu's new far-right government has made changing the legal system a centerpiece of its legislative agenda and despite mounting public criticism, has charged ahead with steps to weaken the Supreme Court and grants politicians less judicial oversight in their policymaking. READ MORE: Blinken appeals for calm in Israel-Palestine conflict during trip to Middle East Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's office also released her legal opinion concerning the proposed changes, and said they would deal “a serious blow to the…
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Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v Texas

Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v Texas

ATTORNEY
Press Releases 06/30/2022 Attorney General Tong Statement on US Supreme Court Decision in Biden v. Texas (Hartford, CT) – Attorney General William Tong today praised the US Supreme Court decision in Biden v. Texas affirming President Biden's authority to end President Trump's harmful “Remain in Mexico” program. Attorney General Tong had joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse a lower court decision that had required the federal government to continue the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy.“The Remain in Mexico policy was cruel and unlawful, forcing immigrants fleeing violence, natural disaster, and instability to wait in Mexico in dangerous conditions for their cases to be called in the US Immigration court. President Biden had…
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