Category Archives: conflict of interest laws
Shane Goldmacher Gets Results Dept.
“Fairfax County fires an attorney for winning a city election”
WaPo: “Fairfax County fired one of its assistant county attorneys Friday afternoon because she won election last month to the Fairfax City Council, allegedly creating an incurable conflict in legal matters that might involve both the city and the… Continue reading
“Congress Quietly Deletes a Key Disclosure of Free Trips Lawmakers Take”
National Journal: “It’s going to be a little more difficult to ferret out which members of Congress are lavished with all-expenses-paid trips around the world after the House has quietly stripped away the requirement that such privately sponsored travel be… Continue reading
“If Fiduciary Duty Governs Financial Advice, Why Not Ethics Advice and Officials’ Disclosure?”
This item appears at City Ethics.
“U.S. Said to Seek Records From Anticorruption Panel’s Members”
NYT:
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have issued a grand jury subpoena seeking emails, text messages and other records from all the members of the anticorruption commission that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo abruptly shut down in March, three people briefed… Continue reading
“Pay-To-Play Laws Celebrate 20th Anniversary”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“Officials shouldn’t be beholden to special interest groups”
“Most Senators Overseeing the Comcast-Time Warner Deal Have Taken Money From Both”
“Who Cares About Ethics?”
“Government Ethics Is Grandly Unified in Texas”
This post appears at City Ethics.
“Calderon indictment could affect other races, supermajority”
This CA news was expected, but it is still BIG.
“California Senate panel to come up with new ethics, campaign laws”
“New Obama politics shop faces old questions”
Josh Gerstein reports for Politico.