News Topic: ethics

Besides sweeping away the competition in ballroom dancing competitions and having been a law school dean at a young age, Prof. Nancy Rapoport is known as the teacher who can make ethics interesting.  She gave the keynote address for the Commercial Law ... Read full article

 By now, we have grown used to Zoom hearings, Zoom mediations and Zoom depositions. However, a case I heard discussed at the ABI Winter Leadership Conference points out that as ubiquitous as these technologically assisted interactions are, they can pose ... Read full article

Larry Cohen, a lawyer from Vermont and adjunct faculty member at multiple law schools used movie clips to teach legal and judicial ethics. Trying to describe movie clips without being able to play them may be a fool's errand but I will do my best.  I ... Read full article

Elizabeth Fischmann will take on the role later this month and will oversee the regulator's compliance with federal ethics laws, among other responsibilities. ... Read full article

In politics, it is sometimes said, what did the president know and when did he know it. As it turns out this analysis is helpful in determining whether a lawyer should face sanctions under Rule 9011 as well. In the case of In re Dernick , No. 18-32417 ... Read full article

When I was in high school, social media consisted of my home telephone line.   I could use it to access the outside world until my parents told me to get off the phone because they were expecting an important call. ... Read full article

Saturday concluded NCBJ with ethics and the Supreme Court review.   (There was also a program on scientific studies of mindfulness which I missed). ... Read full article

Saturday was the final day of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.    The panels focused on ethics issues of the future, the role of empirical research and international insolvency. ... Read full article

By: Jessica McCorvey St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review S taff   ... Read full article

By: Alexandra Hastings St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff   ... Read full article

Saturday was the final day of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges.    The panels focused on ethics issues of the future, the role of empirical research and international insolvency. ... Read full article

By: Elizabeth H. Shumejda St. John’s Law Student ... Read full article

By: Jonathan Abramovitz St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff ... Read full article

By: Jessica E. Stukonis St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff  ... Read full article

By: Jessica E. Stukonis St. John’s Law Student American Bankruptcy Institute Law Review Staff  ... Read full article