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Keeping It All in the Family—When Should State Supreme Court Justices Recuse Themselves?

by in Conflict of Interest, judges, News, Professionalism. Posted February 28, 2018
An Ohio Supreme Court Justice has become the subject of an ethics complaint that alleges the Justice decided cases in which his father was a named party, allowed his father to use the Justice’s image to promote his father’s gubernatorial campaign, and abused his clout to help his son obtain a paid internship at an Ohio county prosecutor’s office. Family
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Conflicts of Interest? New York Advises on Law School Clinic and Nonprofit Collaboration

by in Conflict of Interest, Ethics Opinion, Legal Services, Professionalism. Posted January 23, 2018
The New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics, recently advised that a legal clinic pursuing claims on behalf of indigent clients is not “associated” with its co-counsel, a nonprofit legal services organization, for the purposes of imputing conflicts of interest.
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Proposed Amendment to the Federal Rules Would Require Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding

by in Attorneys Fees, confidentiality, Conflict of Interest, News, Professionalism. Posted December 19, 2017
On November 7, 2017, the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules established a new subcommittee that will study whether the potential ethical and judicial concerns surrounding third-party litigation funding merit the enactment of amendments to the federal rules that would require disclosure of outside investment in any action filed in federal court. The issue is scheduled for discussion during the committee’s April 10, 2018 meeting in Philadelphia.
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