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  1. Hiring Experts and Giving Ethics Waivers: The Henry Paulson, Jr. Story

    ... Technical Ethics Violations But since no one knows the content of Paulson's conversations, no one knows whether he was already in ...

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

  2. Problems with Ethics Provisions That Go Beyond Conflicts of Interest Issues

    ... code, and that the other four commissioners "seem content to sweep this embarrassment under the rug.: In support of his position, ...

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

  3. Nudging and Government Ethics

    ... of the findings of behavioral psychology, especially about blind spots, essential to understanding what leads to ethical misconduct and, ...

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

  4. Public Servants and Free Speech

    ... (on p. 16) cites the Turner Broadcasting case, saying that "'content neutral laws impact First Amendment rights incidentally," Turner Broadcasting System Inc. v. FCC, 512 U.S. 622 (1994), and are therefore subject to intermediate scrutiny ...

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

  5. Who Is a Local Government Attorney's Client? -- A Conflict of Interest Question

    ... too often treat the public interest as something about content (e.g., for or against the control of greenhouse gases), when it is ...

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

  6. Legislative Immunity in Rhode Island -- A New Court Decision

    ... case against the state's former senate president, William V. Irons, due to legislative immunity. Like the Louisiana decision , this ... in government, and its purpose is not to deal with the content of any activity, but only with the public goal of preventing conflicts ...

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

  7. Getting the Word Out to Lawyers

    ... – in mind. • The majority of the blawg’s content should be unique to the blawg and not cross-posted or cut and pasted ...

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

  8. New Michigan Model Local Government Ethics Ordinance Is a Lemon

    ... I would like to joke that this sort of guidance is the blind leading the blind, but I don't think the attorneys who put this together are blind. The AG, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

  9. A Gift of Books: Intellectual vs. Monetary Value

    ... of value." Loaned or given, what matters is the book's content, not its monetary value. The other consideration here is that, ...

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

  10. Ethics Advice, Power, and Ideology

    ... ethical issues. The reason is that people have numerous blind spots that prevent them from making responsible decisions with respect to their ...

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

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