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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-53

A full-time quasi-judicial official may not join a government advisory council that seeks to implement comprehensive domestic violence services to survivors who need assistance addressing child support, unless the council's membership includes representation from all participants in the adjudicative process.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Judge Allowed His Secretary to Work Remotely. Now He Faces Discipline

After shifting to remote work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, New Jersey's courts instituted a remote work program for court employees. But the policy does not apply to judicial law clerks or judicial secretaries, the complaint said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-52

May a full-time judge ethically purchase and renovate a building at the judge's sole personal expense, and donate it to a not-for-profit religious organization for which the judge is also the head minister?
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

90 Minutes to Persuade: Judge Misconduct Hearing Set for Fulton County

After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for a Douglas County judge are set to resume at the Fulton County Courthouse.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-51

A full-time judge may not request a fee waiver to enroll in online diversion courses that the prosecution seeks to require as a condition of a negotiated plea agreement.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-50

When a judge has reported an attorney to a disciplinary authority, is the judge disqualified from presiding over matters involving the attorney and/or the attorney's law partner?
2 minute read

Law.com

Wash. Attorney Disciplined for Relationship With Client, Dishonesty About Attorney Fees

The Supreme Court for the state of Washington suspended attorney Michael Olufemi Ewetuga after a formal complaint following allegations regarding his sexual relationship with a client.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

NYSBA Presidential Summit 2024: Gen AI Excitement, Fears and Looming Unknowns

At the NYSBA's Presidential Summit 2024, former judges and legal professionals discussed generative AI's potential to alter the legal landscape—and the inevitable ethical quandaries that will follow.
5 minute read

Law.com

Colo. Supreme Court: Law Firm's 'Reimbursement Agreement' With Departing Attorney Violates Ethics Rules

The high court held that agreements requiring a lawyer departing a firm pay it an undifferentiated per-client fee for continued representation of those clients are prohibited.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Panel Drops Probe Into North Carolina Justice's Comments

Justice Anita Earls responds by dropping her First Amendment lawsuit against the commission.
2 minute read

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