The American Bar Association recently issued Formal Opinion 494, which analyzes relationships among opposing attorneys in the context of the material limitation prohibition of the conflict rules.
Earlier this year, the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility issued 490 titled Ethical Obligations of Judges in Collecting Legal Financial Obligations and Other Debts. ABA
An ethics opinion drafted by the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the U.S. Judicial Conference in January 2020 states that federal judges should refrain from becoming formally affiliated—either through membership or leadership roles—with the conservative Federalist Society and the liberal American Constitution Society. Societies
In a recent draft advisory ethics opinion, the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the U.S. Judicial Conference advises federal judges against affiliation with the conservative Federalist Society and the progressive American Constitution Society.