The Daily Journal [subscription required], the Sacramento Bee, and the Metropolitan News-Enterprise report that, on Friday, the Judicial Council named retired Shasta County Superior Court Judge Steven Jahr as the new director of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). [read post]

Retired Judge Steven Jahr, administrative director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, conceded that the cutbacks could have been worse but argued that trial courts will still have to absorb $475 million in budget hits. [read post]

1 Stephen Hobe – Celebrating 50 Years of Legal Work in the United Nations’ Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space/ 50 Jahre Weltraumrecht in den Vereinten Nationen/ 50 années de travaux en droit spatial aux Nations Unis 4 Abhandlungen / Articles Hobe, Stephan – The Permanent Court of Arbitration Adopts Optional Rules for Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Outer Space Activities/ Der Ständige Schiedsgerichtshof verabschiedet Optionales Protokoll… [read post]