By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 29, 2024
(1) A judicial candidate may use the ActBlue online payment system to purchase tickets to attend a variety of political fund-raising events within the applicable window period, subject to the usual limitations on price and number of tickets for each event. (2) The candidate must exercise caution to avoid adding an optional tip or agreeing to make a recurring payment, and should carefully review the online payment screen for any note or indication that a portion of their payment will be sent to additional recipients or used for a purpose other than the political event for which the candidate intends to purchase tickets.
By Adolfo Pesquera | July 29, 2024
"Gritting my teeth, I concur. The removal statutes have shifted over the years, but not enough to erase the stubborn fact that Weaver transformed a remand for waiver-by-participation into a remand for lack of federal jurisdiction," wrote Circuit Judge Stuart K. Duncan
By Mason Lawlor | July 29, 2024
"It's a very unusual thing for borrowers to take out huge sums of money to be able to borrow money," the plaintiffs' attorney Howard W. Foster said about the Utah lawsuit. "It's backwards; you have to put up a ton of money in order to borrow money. I've never heard of anything like that. It's not going to stop until the court steps in."
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By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | July 29, 2024
By being mindful of a few ethical issues, associates can make sure that their transition to a new firm is ethical and problem-free.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 28, 2024
A full-time court attorney-referee would like to return to the practice of law after retiring from the Unified Court System and asks if there are any judicial ethics impediments to doing so. The referee also asks about appearing before certain judges and receiving court appointments.
By Amanda Bronstad | July 26, 2024
At Friday's hearing, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton explained her procedures for jury selection, which begins Aug. 1.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 25, 2024
A full-time court attorney-referee asks if it is ethically permissible to purchase a home at a court-conducted auction or in an online auction, in a county different from the one where the referee works.
By Cheryl Miller | July 25, 2024
Attorneys representing the state bar had asked a State Bar Court judge to suspend Dunn from practice.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | July 24, 2024
A part-time judge who serves as part-time counsel to a county legislature, representing the entire legislative body, may not ordinarily attend or participate in any caucus meetings. However, the judge may enter such meetings on an issue-by-issue basis to provide a legal opinion on a legal or procedural issue, provided the judge's activities are clearly identifiable as those of an attorney representing a client and not as partisan political activity.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 24, 2024
"It is well settled that Judges shall respect and comply with the law, but this principle does not demand perfection in judicial discernment and application of the law," read Judge Shermela Williams' response to judicial misconduct charges filed against her.
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