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Judge Jay Spechler resigns amid charges of being a BenchBully

A complaint that Broward County Judge Jay S. Spechler bullied fellow judges preceded his demotion and ouster from the downtown courthouse, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

Judge Loretta Preska sides with Borat, dismisses lawsuit

NEW YORK  —  A judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit brought by a businessman shown in the movie "Borat" as he is chased down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

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Judge Jack Weinstein to Mafioso's son: You can't defend your dad

NEW YORK - A "brilliant" defense attorney representing his reputed gangster father in a high-profile mob prosecution must quit the case because of a professional conflict, not his alleged mob ties, a federal judge says.

U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein heaped praise on Joseph Corozzo Jr.

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Judge Reggie B. Walton trying to bankrupt an ex-reporter?

WASHINGTON — A judge is trying to bankrupt an ex-reporter with daily fines as much as $5,000 for refusing to disclose her sources for stories about the 2001 anthrax attacks, press advocates said this weekend.

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