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The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am a judicial officer and heard argument and evidence from parties. Besides my law clerks and judicial staff, can I talk to other persons or go on the internet to review information that may be pertinent?
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump Picks Judges 'He Can Relate To,' McGahn Tells CPAC

McGahn spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Ex-Judge, Now State AG Candidate, Faces Rare Disciplinary Case

The Commission on Judicial Performance has initiated disciplinary proceedings against a recently retired El Dorado County judge who is now seeking the GOP nomination for state attorney general.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Video: Tony Mauro's Conversation With Gabe Roth of 'Fix the Court'

NLJ Supreme Court correspondent Tony Mauro sits down with Gabe Roth of the transparency advocate Fix the Court for a conversation about a new project focusing on financial disclosure reports.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

You Can't Sue the Judge, or Can You?

In their Southern District Civil Practice Roundup, Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul analyze a decision by U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla, in which she discusses a surprising gap in judicial immunity accorded to New York state judges, ultimately dismissing the claims against a judge on alternative grounds.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Justice Rightly Declined Recusal, Appellate Panel Rules

Justice Shlomo Hagler was at times annoyed by plaintiffs' counsel's disrespectful attitude and by the grounds he raised, but Hagler was not so vexed that he couldn't be impartial.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibility

I am an attorney whose client became upset with me because I did not respond to a LinkedIn message in a timely fashion. I rarely go on LinkedIn. What are my communication obligations with social media?
10 minute read

The Recorder

Stanford Law Prof on Mission to Recall Judge Is Sent Suspicious Powder, Threats

Professor Michelle Dauber, on a campaign to oust Judge Aaron Persky following what she and others believe was a light sentence he gave Stanford athlete Brock Turner for sexual assault, says she's experiencing increasing hostility from the judge's supporters.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'I Wasn't Myself': Mental Illness and Legal Ethics

The attorney disciplinary system in New Jersey is structured to allow—nay, to encourage —treatment and rehabilitation.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Deal's 2018 Justice Reforms Target Elder Abuse and Misdemeanor Bail

“Georgia's unprecedented success in criminal justice reform serves as the standard for other states to emulate,” Gov. Nathan Deal said. “As a result of our efforts, fewer Georgians were committed to prison last year than any time in the past 15 years."
3 minute read

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