Federal judges no longer required to disclose dining and lodging thanks to rule change

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Supreme Court justices and federal judges will not be required to file public disclosure records when they eat or stay at someone else’s personal residence, according to a recent rule revision from the federal judiciary’s policymaking arm.

The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Financial Disclosure announced the newly revised ethics rule Monday. It alters certain disclosure requirements for Supreme Court justices and federal judges, allowing them to avoid reporting stays or meals at personal residences even if the property is owned by a business entity. The updated rule amends a 2023 regulation that made it more difficult to avoid reporting gifts, meals, and trips.

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