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1. If Fiduciary Duty Governs Financial Advice, Why Not Ethics Advice and Officials' Disclosure?

   ... the basis for the rules that govern their relationship with government officials and others. In discussions of the conflicts of interest of ... What is important for the purposes of local government ethics is this focus on fiduciary duty. It's worth noting that the draft ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. A Remedy for Lack of Ethics Training and Advice?

   Body:  How important is ethics training? According to Justice Ginsburg's dissent in Connick v. ... will likely never be a Canton v. Harris involving local government ethics. But that doesn't mean that local governments have ... it that no one argues against continuing education for local government officials, and yet when it comes to continuing ethics education for ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. A Grand Jury Report in Florida Recommends Numerous Ethics Reforms

   ... governor Charlie Crist asked for a grand jury to report on government corruption in Florida. The first interim report was filed ... recommendations involve local government as well as state ethics laws. The report begins (p. 3) by characterizing fraud, waste, and ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

4. Cases from the Salkin Roundup I

   Body:  Prof. Patricia Salkin, director of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School and author of the Law of the ... roundup of what's been happening recently in the ethics of land use . Her focus is on cases that have gone to court. I will be ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. Ethics Programs Protect Good Faith Complainants

   ... you accuse is a litigious lawyer and you do it outside of an ethics proceeding. This is what one can read from a $5 million suit filed by a ... should know that their acts are usually covered by their government's insurance policy and, even if they are not, the government will ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. How Candidates Should Deal Responsibly with Conflicts

   ... Body:  A post yesterday in Coates' Canons: NC Local Government Law Blog raises an interesting issue about the situation of a ... look at the intersection of candidates and local government ethics codes, outside of the more common campaign finance issues. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency

   ... , a county supervisor is seeking to add to the county ethics code a confidential information provision that would not limit the ... As I've written before ( 1 2 ), this is not a government ethics issue, because there is no conflict between the public ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. A New D.C. Ethics Reform Bill

   Body:  On April 17, the District of Columbia ethics board filed recommendations for ethics reform with the council (see ... on the bill will be held by the council's Committee on Government Operations. For the most part, only the ethics board's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. Orange County, NY Grand Jury Ethics Reform Recommendations

   ... Another day, another grand jury report recommending government ethics reform. This report (attached; see below) comes from Orange County, NY, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Some Questionable Missouri Ethics Reform Provisions

    ... , the governor of Missouri recently signed an ethics bill (SB 844) that made many changes in the state's ethics and ... Missouri's ethics commission has jurisdiction over local government officials. I'd like to focus on three interesting and ... reduces the chance of a settlement and greatly increases government expenses. The problem here, as in too many jurisdictions, is ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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