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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-101

May a full-time judge (1) help distribute previously donated books for free to the public at community events, provided the judge does not personally participate in any book drives or other solicitations; and (2) volunteer to read the judge's own published books to children at a not-for profit "mobile bookstore"?
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New York Law Journal

NY Judge Censured After Expressing Bias About Murder Defendant's Sentencing

The unanimous determination said it was also inappropriate for St. Lawrence County Court Judge Gregory Storie to have told lawyers that he would have accepted the defendant's guilty plea, despite the man appearing "catatonic."
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-100

May a full-time judge invest in a cannabis company which has an active state license to operate a retail dispensary in New York? May the judge's spouse and other relatives, who are neither judges nor employees of the Unified Court System, invest in, consult for, or be employed by a cannabis company?
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Law.com

'You Don't Fool With Judge Ruehlman': High Court Disqualifies Jurist for Threats of Physical Altercation, Jail Time Against Vexatious Litigant

The high court determined that Judge Robert P. Ruehlman, a retired judge sitting by assignment on the Jackson County Court of Common Pleas, General and Domestic Relations Division, was disqualified from presiding over "Jackson v. Ward," concluding that an objective observer would conclude that he was prejudiced against the litigant.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-99

On these facts, as candidates for a non-judicial office have made the judge's ethical obligations an issue in their election campaign and any attempt by the judge to correct the record will be readily perceived as partisan political activity, the judge must abstain from direct or indirect public comment on the situation.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-98

May a judicial association honor an elected official at a non-fund-raising event for their role in increasing diversity in the judiciary, provided the event is not political?
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-97

Must a part-time town justice, who is also a full-time law clerk to a county court judge in the same county, be insulated in county court from all cases that he/she arraigned in the centralized arraignment part?
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Daily Report Online

Judge Candidate's Cellphone Records Subpoenaed in Election Challenge

As petitioner counsel seek discovery ranging from the candidate's delivery and rideshare records to "cell phone tower ping data," respondent counsel counter the permissibility of the request "under [Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings] Rules or the Administrative Procedure Act."
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-96

A judge must insulate their law clerk from all matters in which the law clerk had any personal involvement as an attorney, but need not disqualify, provided the judge believes the judge can be fair and impartial.
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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-95

A judge (1) is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all cases in which a party is represented by an attorney from the small law firm that represents the judge's family's real estate business and (2) may not appoint an attorney from that firm as a guardian ad litem.
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