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1. Total Gift Bans and Legal Defense Funds

   ... contributions, and contributions to an official's legal defense fund. The draft advisory opinion relates to the solicitation ... Size CO draft opinion 0213.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

2. The Messages Sent by an Ethics-Related Legal Defense Fund

   ... caught breaking the rules on the job, he or she can open a 'legal defense fund,' collect cash from supporters and special interests and pay ... don't have the network of contacts necessary to open a legal defense fund. But the mayor of Los Angeles, the subject of Cavanaugh's ...

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

3. How Not to Deal with Sunshine and Ethics Matters

   ... laws (laws requiring meetings to be open to the public and documents to be freely available) were passed is because government in ... make the forensic report (with "minor changes") available in PDF format some time on Wednesday, and to discuss the report publicly at its ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-10-05 12:27 - 0 comments

4. Unpaid Legal Services to a Candidate Committee

   ... ethics board's decision that a law firm can provide unpaid legal services to a mayoral candidate only to extent of contribution limits. ... of Litigation Fund Committees (click here to see a PDF of the campaign finance regulations , and scroll down to Subpart H). This ...

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

5. A Six-Year Legal Battle Between a County Ethics Commission and a Former County Attorney

   ... Two of the issues the case raises are the difference between legal ethics and government ethics, and the filing of ethics complaints by ... it for determination of the appropriate penalty. Legal Ethics vs. Government Ethics One thing that threw a wrench into this ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

6. Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle

   ... including the use of lawsuits to cripple ethics commissions, legal fees for ethics defense, local government attorney conflicts, and ... in fact, had asked the state ethics commission if it were legal. Again, on its face it looks like this complaint too would not have gone ...

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

7. He Zones, She Sells, and It's Legal (in Chicago)

   ... involving the developer. But O'Connor said, "There is no legal conflict in terms of this project. I had no economic interest. My wife ... relationships. This is why O'Connor didn't say "There is no legal conflict in terms of this developer. My wife had no economic relationship ...

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

8. A Rotten Crop of Oranges in Tamarac, Florida

   ... a whole bad crop. Tamarac, Florida , a city of 60,000 in Broward County (home of Ft. Lauderdale) is such a place. In fact, southern ... kind of cleverness is required to do things that may be legal on their face, but are clearly unethical. As is so often said, laws ...

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

9. Ethics code controversial in Providence, RI

   ... / (401) 277-7376 Originally posted online at: http://www.projo.com/metro/content/projo_20060519_pethic19.21f67f36.html Story Topics:  ...

   donmc - 2008-04-16 19:22 - 0 comments

10. Legal Does Not Mean Ethical

    ... they are doing is not in any way, form, shape or fashion, legal. To deny me the seat based on some allegations by the appointee -- by the ... unqualified person to be appointed. ... The appointment is legal. I mean, no one has said his appointment is illegal. They just said his ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2009-01-04 10:58 - 0 comments

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