The California Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions (CJEO) invites public comment on a draft formal opinion addressing ethical guidelines a judge must consider when appointing the attorney spouse of a judicial colleague as minor’s counsel in a case before that judge.

The Court of Appeal for this district has affirmed an order granting a new trial on damages to the plaintiff in a personal injury case, agreeing with a Los Angeles Superior Court judge that there were multiple instances of misconduct on the part of the defendant’s lawyer including a false statement to jurors that a medical doctor who was about to testify as an expert witness had been sued by 136 patients for fraudulent billings.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard King last month overturned the 2017 conviction, ruling that the detective’s testimony — that “pimps are generally Black” — violated the state’s Racial Justice Act.

Rhode Island’s highest court on Wednesday amended its professional conduct rules and issued guidance on the use of generative AI, ​joining a growing number of states adopting AI guardrails for lawyers ‌as the technology spreads in the legal industry.