Don’t forget you can visit MyAlerts to manage your alerts at any time.
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 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.
9 minute read
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.
4 minute read
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."
3 minute read
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.
9 minute read
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.
4 minute read
By The Law Journal Editorial Board | April 5, 2024
There is no reason to treat out-of-state attorneys differently than in-state attorneys if we want only the more qualified attorneys to receive referrals in specialized areas of work.
5 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 4, 2024
Whether a judge may ask a defendant questions about court-ordered treatment when the defendant appears before the judge for a status review is a legal issue beyond our jurisdiction. It is, however, ethically permissible for the judge to ask legally permissible questions.
2 minute read
By Shari L. Klevens and Alanna Clair | April 4, 2024
Here are some tips to help law firms minimize potential risks when working with contract attorneys.
6 minute read
By Committee on Judicial Ethics | April 3, 2024
A full-time judge may serve as a non-legal advisor on a stakeholders committee to advise the county on an assigned counsel program that will provide legal assistance to eligible litigants, where the program will not appear in litigation but instead will contract with private attorneys to undertake representation.
4 minute read
By Cheryl Miller | April 3, 2024
A report by Adams, Duerk & Kamenstein said former bar Deputy Executive Director Robert "Bob" Hawley "undercut the independence" of private attorneys retained to investigate complaints against lawyers when the state bar had a conflict of interest.
4 minute read
Presented by BigVoodoo
Join General Counsel and Senior Legal Leaders at the Premier Forum Designed For and by General Counsel from Fortune 1000 Companies
This conference brings together the industry's most influential & knowledgeable real estate executives from the net lease sector.
Join the industry's top owners, investors, developers, brokers & financiers at THE MULTIFAMILY EVENT OF THE YEAR!
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Lower Manhattan firm seeks a premises liability litigator (i.e., depositions, SJ motions, and/or trials) with at least 3-6 years of experien...
At NJM, a top-rated insurance company, we are seeking an Attorney on our Workers Compensation legal team with between 3 and 5 years of expe...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS