Quandaries & Quagmires: Ethical emergencies when a lawyer makes a mistake
Every law firm should have a designated ethics partner or firm counsel, a lawyer who advises the firm and its lawyers when ethics and risk management matters arise.
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Every law firm should have a designated ethics partner or firm counsel, a lawyer who advises the firm and its lawyers when ethics and risk management matters arise.
Chairman johnson and i have proposed a piece of legislation that would bring in some of the essential ethics, and recusal, and transparency requirements that we need. this is a triple whammy of a problem for the court. the first is the leak of the hobby lobby decision i have time. to mr. schenck. whoever he got it he clearly knew in advance the outcome of that decision. second is the campaign behind it. $30 million spent to wine and dine, and influence justices, which the court doesn't seem to be a problem. doesn't seem to be a problem at all. and then the third piece is the courts apparent co...
Problem for the court. the first is the leak of the hobby lobby decision i have time. to mr. schenck. however he got it, he clearly knew in advance the outcome of that decision. second is the campaign behind it. $30 million spent to wine and dine and influence justices, which the court doesn't see to be a problem. doesn't see to be a problem at all. and then the third piece is the courts apparent complete inability to exercise any authority to look at itself. that is probably the old problem that they simply don't have a process, or procedure, for looking at their own ethics problems. >> i thi...
Legislation that would bake in some of the essential ethics and recusal and transparency requirements that we need. this is kind of a triple whammy of the supreme court. the first is the leak on hobby lobby ahead of time to mr. shank. calorically knew in advance the outcome of that decision. second is the campaign behind it. $30 million spent to wine and dine and influence justices, which the court doesn't see to be a problem at all. and then the third piece is the court's apparent complete inability to exercise any authority to look at itself. that is probably the ultimate problem that they s...
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