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By Dan Roe | October 13, 2023
A long-term romantic relationship between a Texas bankruptcy judge and a former Jackson Walker partner raises questions about law firms' obligations to disclose such information, a legal ethics professor said.
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By Avalon Zoppo | October 13, 2023
Law professors voice concern with ethics panel's investigation of jurist's criticism.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 12, 2023
A full-time judge may accept an invitation from an overseas not-for-profit charitable foundation to speak at an annual conference on a matter concerning the legal system and, under the circumstances, may accept the organization's offer of business class airline travel.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 11, 2023
A judge is not disqualified from an Article 78 proceeding in which a media outlet seeks to compel a law enforcement agency to disclose certain information about an inmate pursuant to the Freedom of Information Law, merely because the judge's attorney spouse sent a preservation letter to the same agency on an unrelated matter.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 10, 2023
May a judge, who serves as a mentor at a law school, write a letter of recommendation in support of a mentee student's application for permanent residence in the United States?
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By Adolfo Pesquera | October 10, 2023
HB 2384 codified a practice that was already in place, but the premise that judicial education was not already mandatory was something of a myth, 124th District Court Judge Alfonso Charles said.
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By Amanda Bronstad | October 10, 2023
In a Tuesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Dan Polster found that David Cohen, the special master in the opioid multidistrict litigation, should not be disqualified because he was protected under the judicial deliberative privilege.
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By Avalon Zoppo | October 10, 2023
The commission says the justice's comments are not constitutionally protected due to the state's "compelling interest" in protecting public confidence in the courts.
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By Committee on Judicial Ethics | October 9, 2023
(1) A judge who was formerly a supervisory-level attorney at the Legal Aid Society: (a) is permanently disqualified in cases in which the judge participated in any way as an attorney, whether in a personal or supervisory capacity and (b) is disqualified, subject to remittal, from presiding over matters involving former clients for a period of two years, commencing from the end date of the judge's employment with Legal Aid.
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By Colleen Murphy | October 9, 2023
"While Samudio did not express any concerns about Judge Torgerson's impartiality when his probation was revoked in the present case—perhaps having expected that his former attorney would view him more sympathetically than would another judge—he does so now, arguing that the judge should have recused himself based on this past representation," Judge David N. Mortensen said in his written opinion for the court. "Samudio thus appeals."
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