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Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 18, 2022

The U.S. Senate yesterday approved a bipartisan bill that seeks to strengthen public financial reporting requirements for federal judges, including U.S. Supreme Court justices, Reuters reports. The measure, and a similar bill passed by the U.S. House, follow a September report from the Wall Street Journal that revealed 131 judges failed to recuse themselves from cases involving companies in which they or their family members owned stock. The Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act would establish a 45-day window for judges to report stock trades of more than $1,000 and require the judiciary to post disclosure forms online.