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March 31, 2009
The nation's federal judges are authorized to receive a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment for 2009, retroactive to January 1, 2009.
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March 31, 2009
Federal courts nationwide are being advised to do more to make sure the people who seek permission to represent clients in them are truly licensed lawyers.
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March 31, 2009
The Judicial Conference has voted to make federal court sealed cases more readily apparent.
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March 25, 2009
The U.S. Marshals Service dedicated the Joan H. Lefkow Conference Room at the agency's Threat Management Center on March 24. Judge Lefkow's husband Michael and mother Donna were murdered in 2005 by a disgruntled litigant.
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March 23, 2009
Congress has authorized and provided funds to raise the non-capital hourly rate for private panel attorney compensation from $100 to $110 under the Criminal Justice Act.
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March 23, 2009
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, presiding over the grand opening of a judicial learning center at a federal courthouse in St. Louis, voices the hope that other courts will use it as a model.
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March 19, 2009
A federal judge testified before a congressional subcommittee about the federal courts' appropriations needs for fiscal year 2010, which will begin October 1, 2009.
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March 19, 2009
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March 17, 2009
The work of the federal courts grew in all key caseload areas during fiscal year 2008. Appeals, civil, criminal, and bankruptcy filings all increased when compared to FY 2007.
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March 17, 2009
The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted a revised Code of Conduct for United States Judges that will take effect July 1, 2009. It's the first substantial Code revision since 1992.