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Those participating included the University of New England’s School of Pharmacy. (WGME) PORTLAND, (WGME) - In Maine, collection sites at over 140 locations partnered with local law enforcement agencies from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those participating included the University of New England’s School of Pharmacy, where students, like Ally White and Shelby Lane, were there learning and helping out to o...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers' hours and have unemployment insurance help offset the losses for everyone, under a law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Saturday. The measure is meant to increase awareness of what is known as the "shared work program." It already exists in New York but hasn't been very...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Administrators at an Oklahoma City high school sought the help of law enforcement personnel after a student’s alarming list of other students was brought to their attention. Santa Fe South Schools Superintendent Chris Brewster issued a statement through social media Friday evening about a “potentially dangerous situation” concerning the student’s list. School administra...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Workers facing layoffs in New York state now have a right to ask their employers instead to trim all workers' hours and have unemployment insurance help offset the losses for everyone, under a law that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Saturday. The measure is meant to increase awareness of what is known as the “shared work program.” It already exists in New York but hasn't been ve...

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb said he has appealed the Marion County judge’s ruling to Indiana Supreme Court to seek “clarity and finality on this important issue.” INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor is asking the state’s high court to review a judge’s ruling that upheld a new law giving legislators more power to intervene during public health emergencies. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb said Fri...

abstract. Lawyer lies designed to sabotage valid election results are not protected political speech under the First Amendment. Ethics rules governing candor and frivolous litigation require sanctions, if not disbarment. Moreover, the duty of candor should be extended from the courthouse to the public square when lawyer lies threaten our democracy. “Truthfulness has never been counted among t...

abstract. Scholars and critics of the legal profession often call on lawyers to represent clients in the public interest or with due regard for justice. However, in a climate of intense political polarization, rule-of-law values are of paramount significance for legal. The title of this Forum Collection, Legal Ethics in Today’s Political Climate, immediately suggests the question: as compared...

abstract. This Essay explores how amicus briefs became a tool for coordinated judicial lobbying by dark-money interests. I show how current funding-disclosure rules for amici fail to provide genuine transparency—undermining fairness—and discuss reforms that could improve the judiciary’s amicus-disclosure regime and restore faith in the courts. Over the past several years, the prevalence of an...

abstract. Chief Justice Bridget McCormack argues there is no ethical obstacle to judges working to improve the justice system. To the contrary: although ethical constraints limit the form of their advocacy, effective law reform depends on judges’ contributions and they are ethically obligated to improve the judicial system over which they preside. States across the country—from Texas, to Mich...

abstract. This Essay explores the ethics and politics of extrajudicial activities from a distinctly historical perspective. While others have written about judges and their political and extrajudicial endeavors, this Essay situates its discussion within the evolution of judicial ethics codes, beginning in antiquity and proceeding to the present. The notion of a Supreme Court Justice running f...