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NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Court Clerk
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Court Clerk – Admissions Officer Opinion 14-173 Background: A village justice asks if he may consent to hire as a court clerk a person who would be concurrently employed as an Admissions Officer in the County Sheriff’s office. The Admissions Officer books detainees into the county […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Disqualification
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Disqualification – Testifying as a Fact Witness Opinion 14-168 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he may preside in two family court matters involving the same parties. They are parents who previously appeared before him in a child custody proceeding. One parent is the complainant in […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Notary Public
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Notary Public – Full-time Judge Opinion 14-107 Background: The inquiring judge is a full-time city court judge, who presides in a court outside the city of New York. He is also an acting county court judge. He asks if he may become a notary public. […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Writing an Article
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Writing an Article – Pending Case Opinion 14-165 Background: The inquiring judge asks if he may publish an article about ongoing litigation involving discovery sought from a social media company. Opinion: The committee concluded that he may write the article, but he must carefully review […]
New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Notary Public
New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Notary Public – Full-time Judge Opinion 14-107 Background: The inquiring judge is a full-time city court judge, who presides in a court outside the City of New York. He is also an acting county court judge. He asks if he may become a notary […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – First-Degree Relative
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – First-Degree Relative – Custody Proceeding – Attorney for the Child Opinion 14-102 Background: The inquiring judge states that his first-degree relative by blood or marriage is a party to a custody action in another court. A particular attorney was briefly appointed as attorney for the child, […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Signing a Proposed Order
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Signing a Proposed Order – Filing a Disciplinary Complaint Opinion 14-150 Background: A judge issued a decision on a motion and directed the prevailing party to submit a proposed order for the judge’s review and signature. The case remained on the judge’s docket without any action […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Report an Attorney
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Report an Attorney – Fictitious Bank Account – Avoid Child Support Opinion 14-88 Background: The inquiring judge asks whether he must report an attorney to the grievance committee based on the attorney’s sworn testimony as a pro se litigant in a case before the judge. In […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Unsuccessful Campaign
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Unsuccessful Campaign – Remaining Funds – Window Period Overlap with New Campaign Opinion 14-148 Background: The inquiring judge was announced candidate for election to Supreme Court in 2014. Although the judge did not receive the nomination this year, a party leader has encouraged the judge to […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Judicial Hearing Officer: Opinion 14-129(A)
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Judicial Hearing Officer Joint Commission on Public Ethics Opinion 14-129(A) Background: The inquiring judicial hearing officer asks whether he may serve as a hearing officer for the New York State Join Commission on Public Ethics. The commission’s mandate is to enforce ethics laws and the Public Officers Law. Opinion: […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Spouse: Opinion 14-155
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Spouse Administrative Job for Solo Practitioner Opinion 14-155 Background: The inquiring judge asks about his ethical obligations should his spouse accepts employment with a local attorney, a solo practitioner who appears before him quite frequently as a criminal defense attorney. The position is administrative and clerical in nature. Opinion: […]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Disqualification
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Disqualification – Town Board Member – Judge’s Salary Opinion 14-84 Background: The inquiring town justice asks whether he may preside in cases involving a small local store which is solely owned by a town board member who participates in setting the judge’s salary and the court’s […]
Case Digests
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Attorney misconduct: Opinion 22-164
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Independently written bench book: Opinion 22-163
- Fourth Department – Suppression: People v. Saeli
- Second Circuit – RICO: Horn v. Medical Marijuana Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated interview: Opinion 22-159
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Uncompensated guest speaker: Opinion 22-158
- Fourth Department – Negligent performance: Rosenthal v. Syracuse University, et al.
- Second Circuit – Visual Artists Rights Act: Kerson v. Vermont Law School Inc.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Former foreclosure referee: Opinion 22-157
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – College honorarium: Opinion 22-156
- Second Circuit – Reasonable accommodation: Tafolla v. Heilig
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Primisch v. Peroxychem LLC
Law News
- Appeals court upholds Supreme Court ruling
- Assistant district attorney appointed City Court judge by Rochester mayor
- Murder conviction affirmed despite trial judge error
- NY appeals court upholds conviction in burglary case
- Federal lawsuit reinstated against jail officer over strip search, delayed release
- Hyzon to pay $25M penalty to settle alleged fraud charges by SEC
- NY appeals court reinstates lawsuit over contract to remove snow
- Fourth Department affirms $400K judgment in contract dispute
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