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  1. Happy Birthday, Citizens United!

    ... cake.jpg Body:  Posted on January 24th, 2014 on the Harvard Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics Blog: http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/lab/blog/394-happy-birthday-citizens-united ...

    cmiller - 2014-01-24 19:21 - 0 comments

  2. Tallahassee, FL Passes Ethics Reform Referendum

    ... by Represent.US and supported by citizen groups from right to left. I worked on the drafting of the referendum language. Here is today's press release from Represent.US: On Nov. 4th, 2014, voters in Tallahassee, Florida, made history by approving the first city ... screenshot was taken from the opinion page on Jacksonville.com on December 5th, 2015: ...

    cmiller - 2015-04-27 10:14 - 0 comments

  3. Cityethics' Carla Miller published on Harvard's Safra Center "Labcast"

    ... You can listen to it two easy ways: http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/lab/tools/378-podcasts -- this is the landing page ... of the page [June 5th, 2014]. https://soundcloud.com/harvard/from-the-bottom-up-a-shift?in=harvard/set... Or go to iTunes ...

    donmc - 2014-07-01 14:04

  4. Quote of the Day - Admissions in Settlements

    ... 11-5227-cv, 11-5375-cv and 11-5242-cv (2nd Cir., June 4, 2014). These words from an important court decision yesterday will ... be quoted in all sorts of contexts, including with respect to ethics settlements, the consent decrees of government ethics. It's ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2021-03-30 13:53 - 0 comments

  5. Oakland Council Proposes Ethics Reform Charter Amendment

    Body:  According to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle last week , Oakland's council approved an amendment to the city charter , to go before voters in November, that would increase the ... laws, and more resources with which to do it. Then, in May 2014, a working group of individuals mostly from good government-oriented civic ...

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

  6. Backsliding re Mayoral Balls

    ... I am a big believer in officials taking voluntary action to improve an ethics environment when passing laws is not possible. For ... including mayoral balls (one will be held in June 2014) and the like, and to solicit contributions except from a "person or ...

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

  7. The Enforcement of Ethics Laws Against Local Government Legislators

    ... enforcement. Helstoski and Brewster involve the content and motive of the legislative act, and would require the presentation ... v. Rhode Island Ethics Commission, Superior Court C.A. No. 07-6666). This suit appears to be pending. A blog entry discussing a ...

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

  8. Criminal vs. Ethics Enforcement of Lobbying Laws: A Case in Massachusetts

    ... illegal contingency fee agreement with a hospital. According to the AG's press release , the lobbying firm would be paid a percentage of ... in the public interest. According to Zephyr Teachout’s 2014 essay “The Forgotten Law of Lobbying,” high contingency fees were ...

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

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    ... a temporary password and a link to a secure page at www.cityethics.org You go to your inbox and open the email we sent you, ... it! You are a registered user - you can now open all of our content! Enjoy, and please do send us feedback when you are able to use any of ...

    admin - 2012-05-08 14:13

  10. An Arrogant Response to an Ethics Report

    Body:  It's not easy to publicize ethical and unethical activity in a responsible manner. And when ... reputation and reliability of the speaker, rather than the content of the speech, is what people do when they can't adequately respond to the content. The mayor also spoke of how proud he was to be included with the ...

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

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