Committee On Judicial Ethics

April 09, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge may be a regular member of a not-for-profit civic entity, organized by local homeowners, that seeks zoning changes in the judge's neighborhood, but may not serve on its board of trustees or otherwise be involved in the entity's leadership.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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April 09, 2021 | New York Law Journal

May a full-time judge be a limited liability partner in a limited liability partnership which will apply to be a franchisee of a for-profit business, where the judge would only be a "passive investor" and "would not be involved in day-to-day operations or management of personnel" if the application is successful?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

2 minute read

April 08, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge who previously served process for a supervisory assistant district attorney's private law office is (a) permanently disqualified, without the possibility of remittal, from any case in which the judge served process and (b) disqualified, subject to remittal, from matters involving that law office for two years after the business and financial relationship between them completely ends.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

8 minute read

April 08, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge may not advise the police that they would approve a warrant for a higher-level charge.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

April 07, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge may serve on a bar association's internal nominating committee, to consider and recommend individuals who are seeking board and officer seats within the bar association.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

April 07, 2021 | New York Law Journal

May a town justice sign a form acknowledging compliance with an Information Resources and Technology Acceptable Use Policy adopted by the town board, where the policy purports to impose new duties and penalties for non-compliance?

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

3 minute read

April 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge has the discretion to determine whether or not to accept a guilty plea under the circumstances described.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

6 minute read

April 06, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A full-time judge who underwent surgery at a not-for-profit hospital may not participate in a web program concerning performance of the hospital during the pandemic, pursuant to a comprehensive release which authorizes the program's use of the judge's name, likeness, picture, image, voice, personality, personal identification information and/or protected health information for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

4 minute read

March 29, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Remittal of disqualification is a three-step process requiring full disclosure on the record of the basis for disqualification and the voluntary affirmative consent of the parties and their counsel. However, we no longer prohibit remittal of disqualification merely because a party is unrepresented. We hereby modify our prior opinions to abolish that requirement.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

10 minute read

March 26, 2021 | New York Law Journal

A judge need not object to their spouse independently hosting a political fund-raiser for a candidate at the marital home, but the invitations must not refer to the judge and the judge must not appear or participate in the event.

By Committee on Judicial Ethics

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