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A wealth of articles, columns and case digests examining all the various aspects of attorney ethics and discipline, from quick hit news stories to deep analysis to "how to" or cautionary columns and stories.
By Connecticut Law Tribune Editorial Board | April 17, 2024
That a lawyer can keep more than $225,000 in unclaimed money in his or her IOLTA account indefinitely is insane. But the current rules in Connecticut allow it.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 17, 2024
University of California at Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky called Dunn a man of "impeccable" integrity, even as former state bar trustees suggested the former bar executive was less than truthful about his 2014 trip to Mongolia.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 16, 2024
Where a not-for-profit entity engages in some activities clearly permissible for judges as well as some potentially controversial lobbying, advocacy and litigation activities, a judge may not participate in a voter registration drive organized by that entity.
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By Cheryl Miller | April 16, 2024
Former California State Bar Executive Director Joe Dunn testified that agency leaders besides himself used bar funds to pay for trips to international destinations such as Macedonia, El Salvador and Peru.
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By Eden Landow | April 16, 2024
The court issued one attorney discipline opinion Tuesday.
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By Michael A. Mora | April 16, 2024
The respondent said he intends to file exceptions to the referee's report.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 15, 2024
May a full-time judge (1) help distribute previously donated books for free to the public at community events, provided the judge does not personally participate in any book drives or other solicitations; and (2) volunteer to read the judge's own published books to children at a not-for profit "mobile bookstore"?
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By Adolfo Pesquera | April 15, 2024
The brief argues any attempt by the judiciary to restrict an attorney general's "discretionary choices" interferes with the exercise of the attorney general's constitutional authority.
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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?
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By Cheryl Miller | April 12, 2024
In the days leading up to his scheduled April 16 trial, Dunn, the former executive director of the state bar, continued to file motions seeking to delay or dismiss the case against him. Late Friday, a State Bar Court rejected his request to exclude evidence related to a 2014 trip to Mongolia.
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