Gov. Jeff Landry and the Legislature have changed how the Louisiana Board of Ethics operates, adding new rules to how it investigates allegations of conflicts of interest, nepotism and other forms of ...

In a legislative session that should focus on the state’s most pressing problems, Louisiana lawmakers are pursuing a wide-ranging rewrite of the state’s ethics code that would whittle away at the ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court released a unanimously agreed-upon “Code of Conduct” that promotes transparency and clarity. This release directly responded to mounting outside pressures over the past ...

The requirement for fairness and impartiality is enshrined in New Mexico’s Code of Judicial Conduct, which establishes ...

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing about potential ethics reforms to the Supreme Court following a series of stories about questionable behavior. Today, ProPublica reported that ...

Have you ever felt frustrated by “legalese,” the use of highly technical, complex, archaic, and sometimes redundant terms in legal documents such as statutes, contracts, policies, and codes of ethics?

ProPublica reported April 6 that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from a Texas billionaire without including them on financial disclosures. The ...

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a first-ever code of conduct for Justices. It is not a set of rules designed to redress past ethical breaches and prevent future ones but rather a defense brief ...

Recent concerns about leaks of US Supreme Court decisions and Justice Clarence Thomas’s refusal to recuse himself in a case that might involve connections to his wife, Virginia Thomas, have spurred ...

FEBRUARY. WELL, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. LAWMAKERS ARE IN BATON ROUGE WITH A BUSY DAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND ONE BILL BEING CONSIDERED COULD CHANGE ETHICS LAWS AND ALSO OFFER MORE PROTECTIONS FOR ...

While practicing virtually has its benefits, lawyers should consider the ethical risks involved with managing a virtual practice. The ABA still requires lawyers to comply with their ethical ...