Brooklyn Courts "A Snakepit Filled With Bribery & Back-Room Political Deals"?

In New York City, the New York Law Journal reports (at Law.com):

• A Brooklyn judge has filed an unusual $10 million defamation suit against attorney Ravi Batra and the New York Daily News. [...] On Jan. 28, 2007, [Daily News columnist Errol] Louis wrote that the "complicated world of judicial corruption in Brooklyn -- a snakepit filled with bribery and back-room political deals" -- was on the verge of being "blown wide open."

For more, see N.Y. Judge Files $10 Million Defamation Suit Against Attorney, Newspaper.

For earlier posts involving the Brooklyn judiciary & court system, see:

• Ex-Brooklyn Judge Under Indictment For Stealing $160+K From Elderly Aunt Cops Misdemeanor Plea,
• Retired NY Judge Reportedly Left Homeless & Broke By Guardianship Process. knuckleheaded judges zeta