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1. When an EC Is Dependent

   ... Independent , Colorado's Attorney General issued an opinion on January 8 supporting the Secretary of State's request for approval ... transparency or a blind trust. The ethics commission's draft opinion opts for transparency. A blind trust in this situation ...

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

2. The Way to Deal with Baltimore's Ethics Director's Conflict Situation

   ... Baltimore's government ethics director for his job, an opinion piece called for him to be fired, and a Sun article appeared ...

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

3. NJ Municipal Pay-to-Play Ordinances and a State Contribution Database

   ... New Jersey good government organization. According to an opinion piece in yesterday's Daily Record , about 70 towns and cities have ...

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

4. When a Conflict Requires Not Withdrawal, But Ending a Controversy

   ... , and a post in Around Hingham blog . An opinion piece in the Hingham Journal correctly pointed out that there is ...

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

5. Board Members and Jobs Under the Board's Supervision

   ... a violation of this ethics provision. A 1996 advisory opinion by the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission discusses the purpose of ...

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

6. The Conflicts of Teachers on School Boards

   ... what to do in each situation. A November 2000 advisory opinion comes up with these complicated guidelines for school board members ...

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

7. A Miscellany

   ... to instead require the city's human resources director to draft a nepotism policy. The sponsor of the amendment was quoted as saying, ... about a New Jersey School Ethics Commission (SEC) advisory opinion concerning the limits on school board member participation when the ...

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

8. Additional Reading on Speech or Debate Clause Issues

   ... and the relevant cases (pp. 5-7). An informal advisory opinion of the Hawaii State Ethics Commission on a speech or debate issue. ... in the exercise of his legislative functions." But the opinion considers federal cases, as well. A 1996 Kentucky Ethics ...

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

9. Relations Between Superiors and Subordinates: Three Cases from New York City

   ... is especially interesting is that two of these cases involve co-opting, in one case of subordinates, in the other of vendors. These cases ... work on one's home or running errands. In a 1992 advisory opinion , the COIB made it clear that this prohibition also applies to legal ...

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

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

    ... of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's (MSRB) draft Rule G-42, entitled "Duties of Non-Solicitor Municipal Advisors" (the ... decision in the McCutcheon case, where the majority opinion expressly stated that only quid pro quo corruption can be the basis ...

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

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