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Brooklyn's court officers are responsible for the security and protection of the city's judges, court employees, and the general public, which can often be a tough job. As a means of letting off steam, these officers have participated in their own softball league for many years. … Full Article

Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes announced Wednesday that Brooklyn was one of only 12 jurisdictions in the country to be awarded up to $200,000 in federal grant money by the U.S. … Full Article

The bar exam is a grueling two days of intensive test-taking. Most applicants spend three months or more agonizing over case law and statutes. Now, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) has added an additional subject to the multi-state portion of the bar exam. … Full Article

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake Worth, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John Keenan, to a felony charge of conspiring to murder the U.S. … Full Article

Former Queens County Assemblyman Jimmy Meng has been sentenced to one month in prison and ordered to pay a $30,000 fine by Brooklyn Federal Judge Allyne R. Ross. … Full Article

A backlog of cases in Brooklyn Surrogate Court has been alleviated by the expertise of Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bruce Balter, assigned to help since late February. 
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With his team coming around the clubhouse turn in its historic first season in Brooklyn, Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo may have to go the whip down the stretch run. … Full Article

Be careful how you get your future spouse to sign a prenuptial agreement, a Brooklyn court warns.  … Full Article

A day before it was supposed to take effect, Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial limit on large-size sodas and other sugary beverages was struck down Monday by a Manhattan Supreme Court Judge. … Full Article

Hector Aleman Lemos, the former leader of the Flushing, Queens, chapter of the violent international gang La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as “MS-13,” pleaded guilty Friday to racketeering and murder conspiracy charges.  … Full Article