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Main content An outside view of the new federal courthouse in San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Daniel W Torres Photography. U.S....
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Bankruptcy courts will begin processing an additional $60 per case payment to eligible chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees for applicable cases...
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Main content Just the Facts is a feature that highlights issues and trends in the Judiciary based on data collected...
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Main content Judge Judith E. Levy considers the Stonewall rebellion in 1969 as the tipping point in the lesbian, gay,...
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Main content Bankruptcy filings continued a steep two-year-long fall that coincided with the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Filings fell...
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Two federal judges testified that a Judiciary budget of $8.6 billion is needed to keep pace with inflation and to...
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The Judiciary’s observance of Law Day this year focuses on four students who brought historic cases to the federal courts...
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After a two-year hiatus from in-person outreach programs due to COVID-19, bankruptcy judges are returning to classrooms to teach students...
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The federal Judiciary has opened the application period for membership in its public user group that provides advice and feedback...
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Main content Over the last 100 years, the Judicial Conference of the United States has grappled with many issues: rising...
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Testifying to a House subcommittee about workplace conduct, two federal judges said that “the Judiciary’s process for protecting employees is...
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In a wide-ranging report (pdf), the Judiciary’s Workplace Conduct Working Group said its program to ensure an exemplary workplace has achieved...
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Taking steps to increase transparency and public access, the federal Judiciary’s policy making body today approved automating the release of...
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In 2021, the Judiciary confronted uniquely trying times: The global pandemic placed serious constraints on the courts for a second...
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Main content Chief Judge Ramona V. Manglona was born into a large family on the island of Saipan in the...
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Case filings are being processed more efficiently than ever in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, thanks...
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Main content Judge Tanya S. Chutkan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia When trying her first murder case...
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Main content Judge Lydia K. Griggsby said it’s the “honor of my career” to sit on the federal bench in...
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Bankruptcy filings fell again for the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2021. A steady decline in filings has continued since...
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Main content Taisha Sturdivant with Judge Patti B. Saris and the late Judge Reginald C. Lindsay in 2008, when Sturdivant...
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Main content An enclosed lawyers’ lectern is equipped with an air filter in the Southern District of New York. Witnesses...
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The Judiciary sent letters to Congress this week urging lawmakers to defer action on pending bills affecting the federal courts’...