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New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-114

By | January 04, 2017
Provided he/she can be fair and impartial, a full-time judge may preside in matters involving a government agency where the judge's former public sector colleague and current social acquaintance has a high-ranking position and a public law department headed by a part-time judge. No disclosures are required in these circumstances.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Ex-Attorney Pleads Guilty to Siphoning From Clients' Trust Funds

According to federal prosecutors, John O'Brien stole $824,000 from four clients.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Grimm Seeks Reinstatement to Practice in Federal Court

Appealing his disbarment from federal practice, former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm of Staten Island, who served prison time for tax evasion, argues that a grievance committee violated his due process rights by disbarring him without a hearing.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Wal-Mart International's Compliance Chief on What's Next

Despite tech advances, compliance is still down to people doing the right thing.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

New Year, New Plans: Prepare for Changes to Your Practice

12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-138

By | January 03, 2017
A judge who wishes to hire a new personal appointee law clerk may circulate the job notice through a bar association, specialized bar association committees, and attorneys who serve on those committees. The judge may also ask these attorneys to circulate the job notice within their law firms. There is no need for disqualification or disclosure merely because an attorney appearing before the judge, or his/her spouse, agrees to circulate a job notice for the judge.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-97

By | January 03, 2017
After one bona fide effort to return unexpended funds pro rata to all contributors, a judicial candidate need not make any further efforts to return the funds, even if some envelopes were returned to the campaign committee as undeliverable. Instead, the remaining campaign funds may be used for any purpose consistent with prior opinions and applicable law.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

New York's Physical Office Rule Needs Supreme Court Review

In 2008 Princeton solo Ekaterina Schoenefeld persuaded a New York federal judge that the requirement of New York Judiciary Law section 470, requiring out-of-state lawyers to maintain a physical office in New York, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. In 2015, a divided panel of the Second Circuit reversed. The U.S. Supreme Court is our last best hope. It should grant Schoenefeld's petition for certiorari.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

In Defense of Hope

The end of this fraught year, and the start of another, presents the opportunity to take stock of our first principles and remember why we chose this craft, what we stand for and how we would want to be remembered.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Facebook Follies

With over 1.7 billion people worldwide using Facebook, roughly a billion tweets processed every 48 hours, and folks Snapchatting, Instagramming, and YouTubing away, it's hardly surprising that law enforcement has found social media to be a rich treasure trove of people incriminating themselves.
9 minute read

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