By Eden Landow | March 5, 2024
The high court issued two attorney discipline opinions Tuesday.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 4, 2024
May a judge serve as the secretary-treasurer of a not-for-profit organization which owns and operates a cemetery for the descendants of Jewish immigrants? The position oversees investments, maintains a checking account, sends out meeting notices with the annual dues notice, and deposits all funds received. The organization does no fund-raising.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | March 3, 2024
(1) Where the judge's former law student intern has been hired by a local law firm as a summer associate, and that firm is now appearing before the judge on a case the former intern worked on during the internship, but has notified all parties that the former intern will be insulated from the case, the judge may preside in the case after making full disclosure of the relationship to all parties on the record. (2) The judge is not prohibited from speaking to the former intern on non-work matters during the pendency of the case.
By Adolfo Pesquera | March 1, 2024
According to the District 12 Grievance Committee report, Ramirez denied to the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel he was aware of the facts of the case.
By Kate Brumback and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated Press | March 1, 2024
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and other defendants say the DA paid the special prosecutor large sums for his work and then improperly benefited when he paid for vacations for the two of them.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Amanda O'Brien | March 1, 2024
"The future is unpredictable and lawyers must strive to lessen the impact of unexpected interruption to their relationships with clients by proactively protecting the clients' interested in the event of the attorney's death, disability, or other unanticipated absence," the board's explanatory report reads.
By Alexander Lugo | March 1, 2024
Victor Manuel Rocha, a former U.S. diplomat and adviser in Foley & Lardner's Miami office, indicated he's pleading guilty to two counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government after his arrest in December.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jennifer J. Daniels and Philip N. Yannella | March 1, 2024
In this article, Jennifer J. Daniels and Philip N. Yannella discuss some of the key rules of professional conduct for attorneys to be mindful of in the midst of a breach response.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | February 29, 2024
A support magistrate who previously served as the supervising attorney at the Department of Social Services may handle child support cases filed after the magistrate's departure from the agency, provided there is no substantial connection between the circumstances underlying the prior proceeding and the facts and legal issues presently before the magistrate. If such connection exists, disclosure or disqualification is required.
By Lisa Willis | February 29, 2024
Two attorneys were disbarred, four had their licenses revoked, two were suspended, and one faced reprimand.
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