By Committee on Judicial Ethics | August 1, 2024
Where a retired judge's former law clerk worked for the inquiring judge in a limited capacity for four months before returning to private practice, the judge need not disclose or disqualify in matters involving the retired judge's former law clerk. The judge may also appoint the former law clerk as attorney for the child.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 31, 2024
1) A part-time judge who is a private investigator (a) may conduct surveillance and write reports for school districts in another county concerning extended sick leave employees, but (b) may not conduct investigations for a college regarding allegations of sexual harassment/assault. (2) A part-time judge may, as an instructor for a private company, present training to law enforcement regarding implicit bias and other types of biases.
By Tommaso Baronio | July 31, 2024
Among the 13 attorneys disciplined by the Florida Supreme Court, six were disbarred.
By ALM Staff | July 31, 2024
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
By Colleen Murphy | July 31, 2024
New investigations in New Jersey over the past year were up 11.3%, to 919 in total, compared with 815 investigations in 2022. Even with more investigations, new formal charges decreased by 10.7% for the year with a total of 151 claims compared with 169 in 2022.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 31, 2024
"Judge Reeves is an excellent jurist, who also freely acknowledges and learns from his mistakes," said respondent counsel S. Lester Tate III of Akin & Tate in Cartersville. "He looks forward to continuing to serve the people of Georgia on the Superior Court bench."
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 30, 2024
A judge may not participate as a panelist in a bar association's Continuing Legal Education program about a recently settled civil action in which the judge presided, together with attorneys who appeared in the case, unless: (1) the time for appeals has expired; (2) no collateral proceedings are reasonably foreseeable; and (3) the panel includes attorneys from both the plaintiff's side and the defense side.
By Mimi Lamarre | July 30, 2024
A new ABA ethics opinion touches on the ethics of billing for AI-supported work. The technology may force law firms to rely less on hourly billing.
By Mimi Lamarre | July 30, 2024
A new American Bar Association ethics opinion addresses the ethics of billing for AI-supported work. The technology may force law firms to rely less on hourly billing.
By Matthew B. Weisberg | July 30, 2024
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