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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 14, 2024
May a full-time judge invest in a cannabis company which has an active state license to operate a retail dispensary in New York? May the judge's spouse and other relatives, who are neither judges nor employees of the Unified Court System, invest in, consult for, or be employed by a cannabis company?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 11, 2024
On these facts, as candidates for a non-judicial office have made the judge's ethical obligations an issue in their election campaign and any attempt by the judge to correct the record will be readily perceived as partisan political activity, the judge must abstain from direct or indirect public comment on the situation.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 10, 2024
May a judicial association honor an elected official at a non-fund-raising event for their role in increasing diversity in the judiciary, provided the event is not political?
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 9, 2024
Must a part-time town justice, who is also a full-time law clerk to a county court judge in the same county, be insulated in county court from all cases that he/she arraigned in the centralized arraignment part?
By Adolfo Pesquera | April 9, 2024
Spiro allegedly appeared on Musk's behalf in defamation case filed in an Austin, Texas court without having filed for pro hac vice status. According to the plaintiff's filing for sanctions, Spiro was combative and "berated opposing counsel" when appearing unannounced for a deposition.
By Adrienne Ward and Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman | April 9, 2024
Two recent cases address the question: "How and when that shareholder can use confidential information gained by reason of that board seat?" Authors Adrienne Ward and Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman, provide an overview of the cases and offer guidance for activist and institutional investors. They outline distinctly different rulings, why opposite results were reached, and how institutional investors and activists should approach placing directors on a board.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 8, 2024
A judge must insulate their law clerk from all matters in which the law clerk had any personal involvement as an attorney, but need not disqualify, provided the judge believes the judge can be fair and impartial.
By Jane Wester | April 8, 2024
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said the sentences should "serve as a warning to those who seek to pervert justice for personal gain."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Joel Cohen | April 8, 2024
It might have appeared to go unnoticed, but lawyers, criminal lawyers especially, are no longer specifically instructed by New York's rules or canons to represent their clients "zealously." Criminal lawyers are instead now simply bound by the extremely lukewarm phraseology contained in Rule 1.3 of New York's Rules of Professional Conduct.
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 7, 2024
A judge (1) is disqualified, subject to remittal, in all cases in which a party is represented by an attorney from the small law firm that represents the judge's family's real estate business and (2) may not appoint an attorney from that firm as a guardian ad litem.
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