By Isha Marathe | January 19, 2024
At the NYSBA's Presidential Summit 2024, former judges and legal professionals discussed generative AI's potential to alter the legal landscape—and the inevitable ethical quandaries that will follow.
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By Marianna Wharry | January 19, 2024
The high court held that agreements requiring a lawyer departing a firm pay it an undifferentiated per-client fee for continued representation of those clients are prohibited.
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By Avalon Zoppo | January 17, 2024
Justice Anita Earls responds by dropping her First Amendment lawsuit against the commission.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | January 16, 2024
The judge told the commission he was unaware of the June 2023 letter of Inquiry, a claim the commission found disingenuous.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 15, 2024
A judge may wear judicial robes when giving the keynote address at a public high school graduation.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 14, 2024
(1) A judge who formerly served as the town attorney is not disqualified from presiding in matters handled by a lawyer who previously served on the town board during the judge's tenure as town attorney, even if the lawyer plans to, or does, call the judge as a witness and/or seek the judge's emails and records concerning events that took place during that period. Rather, the judge may preside as long as the judge concludes they can be fair and impartial. (2) Where the lawyer also claims the existence of "extreme animosity" between them and the judge, recusal is not warranted where the judge has conducted the relevant interpersonal analysis and has determined that the judge can be fair and impartial.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 11, 2024
A town justice may accept an invitation from the town board to attend a town board meeting and address questions "for public information" concerning the court's procedures and limitations with respect to the collection of fees and court security, to help explain and clarify the court's role in these matters. The judge may not comment on any pending or impending cases and should be careful not to cast doubt on their integrity, impartiality, and independence in adjudicating matters that could result in revenue for the town.
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By Patricia Kane | January 11, 2024
The public hearing, scheduled for Thursday, January 25, is for receiving information regarding Mayor Eric Adams' nominees for Criminal, Family and Interim Civil Court (Criminal) judges.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 10, 2024
Where a judge's spouse is the Corporation Counsel and thus the head of the agency and/or attorney of record for the office: (1) In general, the judge must disqualify from any case involving the Corporation Counsel's office. However, this disqualification may be subject to remittal after full disclosure on the record, provided the judge's spouse remains permanently absent from the courtroom.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | January 9, 2024
Where a judge was represented by private counsel in a hybrid Article 78 proceeding that has since concluded, must the judge continue to disclose or disqualify in matters involving the judge's private attorneys and/or other members of their law firm?
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