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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-215

Where a judge's personal legal matter completely terminated in August 2023, including payment of legal fees, the two-year disqualification period runs until August 2025.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

May Counsel Appropriately Make Non-Privileged Emails Privileged?

"An email is simply privileged, or it isn't," writes Joel Cohen. "But what about when counsel tries to make virtually all his client's emails—at least important emails—appear to be so?
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Love Is Blind—But Not When It Comes to Clients

Here are some things to know about the risks for lawyers in beginning romantic or sexual relationships with their clients.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-214

A full-time judge who has co-authored a screenplay on a topic unrelated to the law may not use the judge's judicial title to solicit agents and movie producers for the screenplay, and should likewise instruct the judge's co-authors not to use the judge's judicial title in promoting the screenplay.
4 minute read

Legaltech News

Generative AI: A Legal Ethics Roadmap and Reference Guide

The American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released ABA Formal Opinion 512: Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools on July 29. Here's a roadmap of how we got here, and a reference guide to where we are with select case law and legal ethics rules in the era of GenAI.
16 minute read

International Edition

Linklaters Releases Statement Following Groping Reports

A partner has reportedly been accused of inappropriate conduct at a firm event.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-213

A judge may serve on the board of a not-for-profit organization dedicated to maintaining a local park and providing educational and cultural programs for the community.
2 minute read

The Recorder

'He Hung Up On Me.' Ex-Girardi Keese Attorney Testifies About Attempts to Get Client Paid

Alexa Galloway, who was a law clerk when she started at the Los Angeles firm in 2018, told jurors that she had no idea why her client, Judy Selberg, hadn't been paid her portion of a $504,000 settlement.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 23-212

(1) A part-time judge may serve on the legislative committee of a lawyers' association, provided its agenda and activities are limited to improvement of the law, the legal system, or the administration of justice. (2) A town justice who previously provided legal services to the town must disqualify in all matters in which the town is a party for a period of two years from the termination of the representation. The disqualification is subject to remittal.
6 minute read

The Recorder

'It Was Shocking': Tom Girardi's Former Clients Testify About Missing Settlement Checks

Former Girardi Keese clients testified on Wednesday how they repeatedly attempted to get their settlement agreements or settlement payments but were ignored or told, in emails and memos, that Tom Girardi hadn't signed the checks.
4 minute read

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