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Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Opinion 15-15
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge Board of Directors – Development Corporation Opinion 15-15 Background: A full-time judge asks if he may serve without pay on the board of directors of a community-based, not-for-profit local development corporation intimately connected with a particular educational institution and which played a significant role in that educational [&hell[...]
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Full-time Judge: Opinion 13-29
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge Participation in Panel Discussion — Travel and Lodging Expenses Opinion 13-29 Background: A full-time judge asked whether he may participate as a panelist at an annual conference of a not-for-profit association of legal and financial professionals involved in the structured settlement payment transfer process. The panel will […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Full-time Judge: Opinion 10-187
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge Consultant to Nonprofit Opinion 10-187 Background: A full-time judge who presides in a drug treatment court asked whether he may serve as a paid consultant to a nonprofit educational program specializing in educating people with addiction issues. The judge stated that he would review the organization’s programs […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Full-Time Judge: Opinion 10-95
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-Time Judge Online Legal Business Opinion 10-95 Background: A candidate for judicial office asked whether he may, as a full-time judge, continue to develop, maintain and receive income from an online service that provides “commentary on new Penal Law legislation.” This online business also provides an automated analysis of […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Full-time Judge: Opinion 10-91
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Full-time Judge State-sponsored Advisory Group Opinion 10-91 Background: A full-time judge, who also fulfills administrative responsibilities, asked whether he may serve as a member of a state-sponsored advisory group that develops state-wide policies in a certain area of the law. Group members are required to review and vote on […]
Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Conservatorship: Opinion 10-169
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Conservatorship Full-time Judge Opinion 10-169 Background: The inquiring judge asked whether he may complete certain necessary tasks to terminate two conservatorships that he held before taking the bench. One task requires an ex-parte order of discharge to be filed. The other task involves an affidavit of lateness that was […]
Case Digests
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
- Fourth Department – Labor Law: Verdugo v. Fox Building Group
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Truax v. M.D. Meyer’s Properties
- Fourth Department – Discovery: Sylvester v. Sanders
- Fourth Department – Out-of-possession landlord: Smith v. Marshall Farms Group, et al.
- Second Circuit – Supervised release: United States v. Francis
- Fourth Department – Court of Claims: Santiago v. State of New York
- Fourth Department – Peremptory challenge: People v. Santiago
- Fourth Department – Negligence: Scime v. Hale Northeastern
Law News
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
- Appeals court cancels fine against Rochester nursing home
- Deal reached to protect reproductive health care rights at Jefferson County jail
- $1.5M settlement reached in fatal shooting by Canandaigua police officer
- Orleans County lawsuit against Genesee County threatens STAMP development
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