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National Law Journal

Laurence Tribe Takes on Twitter Bar Over Trump Tweet

What got lawyers so riled up by Tribe's Twitter question about his call with Donald Trump? And is there a straight answer?
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judges Orders Lawyer Not to Post Case-Related Prayers on Social Media

While Mark Griffith of Griffith & Associates in Waxahachie claims he's being attacked for practicing his religion, prosecutors counter that it's about preserving fairness in their jury trials.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judges Should Recuse Themselves in Cases Involving Close Relationships

One of the judges in my county has a tipstaff whose son was charged in a criminal case. The judge sent the following email.
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York State Bar Ethics Panel Approves Practice of Law Firms Billing for Work by Unpaid Interns

A New York State Bar Association ethics committee's opinion approving the practice of law firms billing clients for the work of unpaid student interns is drawing criticism as being unfair to interns in general and low-income minority law students.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Wolf Nominates Beemer as Attorney General

Just hours after Kathleen Kane's resignation became effective and Bruce L. Castor Jr. took over as acting attorney general, Gov. Tom Wolf has nominated Bruce Beemer, formerly Kane's first deputy, to fill the role until the newly elected attorney general joins the office in January.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Justice Resigns in Probe of Facebook Politicking

A town court justice in Putnam County has resigned as the state Commission on Judicial Conduct looked into allegations he engaged in possibly improper politicking, the commission announced Thursday.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Trend in Internal Investigations Is Less Writing, More Speaking

When Baylor University decided to ask for an oral rather than written report on its recent internal probe of sexual assault by football players on campus, some eyebrows were raised.
15 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Attorney Resigns From Bar Following Disciplinary Probe

A Darien-based attorney who was the subject of a disciplinary investigation because of an overdraft in his IOLTA account has resigned from the bar and waived the privilege of reapplying.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 15-165

By | August 17, 2016
In these circumstances, a judge may not provide the court's internal weekly case summaries to a newspaper for publication.
10 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Seeking Redress for 19 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

Prosecutors kept fighting Scott Lewis' release even after an FBI report long ago cast doubt on his conviction. Now he wants New Haven to pay.
7 minute read

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