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Ticket to Ride? Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee Says Judge May Accept Free Resort Stay at Attorneys’ Association Event

by in Florida, Florida Supreme Court, judicial canons, judicial ethics, legal ethics, Uncategorized. Posted September 26, 2019
In a decision which may come as a surprise to some, the Florida Supreme Court’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee (JEAC) recently advised that judges have broad latitude in determining the propriety of accepting free resort stays from friends. Ticket
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ABA Provides Guidance for Prosecutors Negotiating Misdemeanor Plea Agreements

by in Advisory Opinion, Attorney Client Relationship, Ethics Opinion, misdemeanor pleas, prosecutors, Uncategorized. Posted June 17, 2019
In May 2019, The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released Formal Opinion 486, addressing a prosecutor’s obligations when negotiating a plea agreement for a misdemeanor charge with an unrepresented individual. Prosecutors
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Federal Judiciary Adopts Ethics Rules Explicitly Barring Sexual Harassment & Creating a Reporting Obligation for Misconduct

by in judges, Rules of Professional Conduct, sexual harassment, Uncategorized. Posted May 6, 2019
On March 12th, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the federal judiciary’s national policymaking body, adopted new ethics rules that make clear that sexual harassment is banned, further providing that judges and judicial employees have an affirmative obligation to report if they know of such misconduct.
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