Federal judges are considering whether free trips are appropriate for members of the bench as criticism mounts over expense-paid travel to private seminars. A panel has met several times this spring to study the practice and will make a recommendation to leaders of the federal judiciary. On Wednesday, a liberal-leaning environmental organization turned over new records to the task force showing that cigarette makers and oil companies gave money to two conservative groups that host seminars for judges.
May 25, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Federal judges have begun considering whether free trips are appropriate for members of the bench as criticism picks up over judges’ expense-paid travel to private seminars.
A panel headed by U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby of Maine has met several times this spring to study the practice of expenses-paid seminars for judges and will make a recommendation to leaders of the federal judiciary.
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