Law will extend some court filing deadlines
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed into law a measure that lengthens several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal...
View ArticleJailing defendants before trial more costly
WASHINGTON – The cost of imprisoning a federal defendant awaiting trial far exceeds the cost of supervision by federal probation and pretrial services officers, according to figures recently released...
View ArticleNew filing deadline law takes effect
WASHINGTON – A law lengthening several statutory deadlines under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of...
View ArticlePilot program will allow cameras in federal trial courts
WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference has approved a plan to allow some civil proceedings in federal trial court to be videotaped, and to provide the recordings to the public. The conference, the...
View ArticleNew Judicial Conference rule aims to discourage sealing civil cases
WASHINGTON – New standards and procedures adopted by the Judicial Conference toughen the requirements for sealing entire files in civil cases. The new rules, announced on Sept. 13, provide that “an...
View ArticlePacer fee increase to take effect April 1
WASHINGTON – The first PACER fee increase in seven years will take effect April 1, 2012. In September, the U.S. Judicial Conference announced the increase in the access fee for the Public Access to...
View ArticleStudy: Most judges tell jurors not to use social media
WASHINGTON – Most federal judges tell jurors not to use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools to communicate information about the trials in which they are sitting, according to the...
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