Judges navigate ethics rules when they travel.

By Zoe Tillman

…The judiciary adopted the seminar reporting rules nearly eight years ago in response to public criticism that certain events were essentially corporate ­junkets.

“The seminars themselves, in certain iterations, are highly ideological efforts to wine, dine and instruct judges about certain areas of law that the corporate or other sponsors care deeply about,” said Doug Kendall, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center. The additional reporting requirements, he said, were a “step in the right ­direction.”….