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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-193

A judge may write to the director of a federally funded medical facility expressing appreciation for care provided to the judge's deceased parent, and may use judicial stationery marked "personal and unofficial" for this purpose. The judge may not send copies to federal legislators.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-151

A village justice may continue as a client of a salesperson whose spouse is the village prosecutor. Unless the relationship is substantially more than an ordinary salesperson-customer relationship, the judge may preside over cases where the salesperson's spouse appears as village prosecutor without disclosure or disqualification, provided the judge can remain fair and impartial.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Former Bergrin Client Fails in Ineffective Assistance Claim

A client of former federal prosecutor and defense lawyer Paul Bergrin, who himself is now serving life in prison, cannot use Bergrin's alleged-but-unproven misconduct in the client's trial to obtain relief for ineffective assistance of counsel, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York County Dems to Screen Candidates

The heads of numerous bar associations, community organizations and law schools have been invited to nominate members of an Independent Screening Panel to report on candidates for the Democratic nominations for Supreme Court in the First Judicial District.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Tightens Rules for Judicial Moonlighting

Senior judges may not serve as arbitrators, mediators or voluntary trial judges in the circuit where they preside, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

New Court Launched to Handle Human Trafficking Cases

Miami-Dade Circuit Court has created the first juvenile court in the country dedicated to human trafficking victims.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Indictment Alleges Murder-For-Hire Plot Against Ohio Federal Judge

A federal judge in Ohio was the intended target of a murder-for-hire plot, according to an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Wednesday.
7 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Even the Supreme Court Makes Flubs—and Now it is Letting the Public Know

A letter sent by the U.S. solicitor general's office alerting the Supreme Court to an error in one of its recent opinions is shedding new light on what happens when the court messes up.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Recognition for Lawyers

Among other honors and awards, the National LGBT Bar Association named several New York attorneys to its 2016 "Best Under 40" list, and the Managing Attorneys and Clerks Association elected new officers.
16 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Sends Judicial Retirement Question to November Vote

Pennsylvania voters are set to see a judicial retirement age ballot question again for the first time this November after the Commonwealth Court ruled Wednesday against a group of Senate Democrats challenging its delay.
10 minute read

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