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Winter Reading: Zephyr Teachout's "The Forgotten Law of Lobbying"
... or the appointments to public offices, or the ordinary course of legislation, are void as against public policy, without reference to ... residents can afford to hiring a lobbyist. They could, of course, join together and hire a former council member to lobby for them. But ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Narrow and Vague Ethics Code Definitions of "Doing Business"
... has, only days after his client was indicted , given a course to drafters of local government ethics codes on how not to define "doing ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Some Problems Relating to Local Governments Accepting Gifts
... by a neutral body, but not if it's given as a matter of course. In this case, the committee made three conditions on acceptance of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Non-Substantive Considerations for Dismissing Ethics Complaints
... request is suggested by the ethics code itself, which of course is the product of the very council that the president presides over. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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"De Minimis" Is a Big Term in Government Ethics
... the complaint or by requiring, say, an additional training course. It is a waste of limited time and resources to investigate and hold ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Palm Beach Council Sneakily Opposes County Ethics Reform
... of the residents and taxpayers ...” Not to mention, of course, the council members themselves. The town's ethics program consists ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Text Messages as Public Records (i.e., Government Property)
... have failed to keep up with technology. That's common, of course. But from a government ethics point of view, what is most important is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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San Diego: A Great Case Study in Conflicts of Interest
... about the Levitt Report make no mention of conflicts. Of course, the whole thing started with self-serving incompetence: a conceptual ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Lawyer Discipline System and Its Effects on Municipal Ethics
... of the Duke lacrosse prosecutor, Michael B. Nifong, is, of course, the occasion for this article. Mr. Nifong was disbarred for withholding ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-06-25 07:01 - 0 comments
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The Perils of Valuable Expertise
... (giving the company its permit), with the approval, of course, of the county attorney. The commissioner's defense of his actions ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
