Loretta Preska - Chief Judge of the federal District Court in Manhattan has announced an amendment to the court's procedures. She has ordered revocation of the rule that a single judge shall handle all cases - civil and criminal - that arise from related transactions. This rule has enabled Judge Jed Rakoff to bring before him all the cases related to the SPIC v. Wilpon cases arising from the Madoff ponzi scheme. There appears to be a sense that Rakoff's high-profile may have gotten a little too high. - GWC
Judges Cancel Case Assignment Experiment - Law Blog - WSJ:'via Blog this'
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