Exploring Procedural Justice | Judge Steve Leben | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
As recently highlighted by my colleagues, the Commercial Division Advisory Council (“Advisory Council”) has been hard at work striving to implement and amend certain rules and regulations to enhance practice in the Commercial...more
Despite the critical importance of a strong and independent judiciary, it’s too often that court reform is ignored by public officials and civic leaders. Earlier this week – at the Conference on Judicial Selection Reform...more
By press release, the New York State Unified Court System announced a gradual return to in-person courthouse operations for thirty upstate, largely rural counties beginning on May 18, 2020. The listed counties are: Broome,...more
We continue to track the impact of COVID-19 on court operations and parties in civil litigation across the country. (You can read our most recent update here.) Many courts seem to have shifted from the earlier pauses and...more
Since the issuance of stay-at-home orders relating to COVID-19 on March 20, 2020, the state courthouses in New York have been mostly inaccessible to litigants, closing their doors to all “nonessential” matters, which includes...more
The New York State Unified Court System announced new measures for virtual court operations for non-essential cases, supplementing the essential and emergency court proceedings in effect statewide. Chief Administrative Judge...more