Ep. 21: How Do You Judge A Federal Judge?

When a federal judge with a lifetime appointment stops playing nice with other judges and won’t fully participate in the work of the court, what can be done? An Ohio federal judge was asked to submit to a mental health evaluation after that exact type of scenario played out recently -- and he wasn’t happy about it. Senior legal ethics reporter Andrew Strickler joins us to talk about the lawsuit that judge has filed and how far court authorities can go to control judges. Also on this week’s show, we discuss pharmaceutical giant Allergan using a creative legal maneuver involving Native Americans to shield drug patents from review, sentencing news related to the fall of law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, and how the Grinch couldn’t steal fair use.