Some harsh words shared between opposing attorneys at a meeting to discuss a case did not rise to defamation, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled, because the meeting was a privileged part of the judicial record in the case.

Saying that Congress has barred the judicial branch from reviewing the treatment of detainees, a D.C. federal judge has tossed out the lawsuit of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee seeking damages for the physical and psychological abuse to which he was allegedly subjected at the U.S. military base.

The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline has removed a magisterial district judge from the bench after finding she violated conduct standards and the state constitution by telling staff she would not be coming to court 116 days over a two-year period and, when she did come to court, habitually arriving late.

Plans are under way to allow TV cameras into some courts in England and Wales so the public can judge the judicial system’s performance, British officials said Tuesday.

California’s Commission on Judicial Performance has chastised a judge for using ethnic stereotypes, including telling a man accused of throwing rocks and spitting at his ex-girlfriend that such behavior is a common trait among people of Middle Eastern descent.