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7 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
” Indiana – Lax Ethics Rules Could Create Conflicts of Interest for Lawmakers Indiana Environmental Reporter – Sade Ajishegiri, Sophie Kaelble, Nic Napier, Lily Staatz, Jasmine Wright, and Lizzie Wright (Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism) | Published: 6/30/2023 Indiana Lawmakers must file statements of economic interest at the start of each legislative session. [read post]
26 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
It was the first time Roberts directly addressed growing concern about how the justices handle potential conflicts-of-interest with their personal lives, a topic that has gotten renewed attention amid a series of alleged ethical infringements by Justice Clarence Thomas. [read post]
19 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities Canada – Ford Government Defeats Attempt to Get Tough on Gift-Giving After Controversial Party and Wedding Toronto Star – Bob Fergiuson | Published: 5/11/2023 A bill that would have changed Ontario’s conflict-of-interest rules after developers attended a stag-and-doe party and wedding for one of Premier Doug Ford’s daughters has been blocked. [read post]
12 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – Former Top City Attorney Gets 9 Months of Home Detention in DWP Corruption Case MSN – Dakota Smith (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 5/9/2023 A former high-level lawyer in the Los Angeles city attorney’s office was sentenced to nine months of home detention for taking part in an extortion scheme tied to the Department of Water and Power’s (DWP) 2013 billing scandal. [read post]
5 May 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
California – FPPC Opens Investigation into Chula Vista Official Over Public Disclosure Laws MSN – Tammy Murga (San Diego Union Tribune) | Published: 5/3/2023 The California Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating allegations that Chula Vista Councilmember Andrea Cardenas violated conflict-of-interest and economic-interest disclosure laws. [read post]
21 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The powerful committee, which is probing allegations of financial conflicts-of-interest against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, also lacks the votes to issue subpoenas in her absence. [read post]
17 Apr 2023, 5:16 am by Scott Bomboy
Justice Stanley Reed wrote that “we think it is a permissible exercise of legislative discretion to bar sound trucks with broadcasts of public interest, amplified to a loud and raucous volume, from the public ways of municipalities. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The fundraising prong of the investigation is focused on money raised during the period between November 3, 2020, and the end of Trump’s time in office, and prosecutors are said to be interested in whether anyone associated with the operation violated wire fraud laws, which make it illegal to make false representations over email to swindle people out of money. [read post]
7 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Capital Public Radio – Nicole Nixon | Published: 4/6/2023 For more than a century, the state Capito’s west steps have been one of the definitive Sacramento and California gathering places. [read post]
17 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Defense attorneys cast him as a lifelong public servant who represented the poorest communities of Los Angeles. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 9:37 pm by Jim Sedor
Supreme Court, his wife, Jane Sullivan Roberts, gave up her career as a law firm partner to become a legal recruiter to alleviate potential conflicts-of-interest. [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The lack of full public disclosure extended to her taking the oath of office on January 2. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
It includes provisions requiring contractors to disclose information about potential conflicts-of-interest and clarifying when a contractor’s work for outside clients may create such a conflict. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
A co-defendant, Kelly Meggs, who led the group’s Florida chapter, was also convicted of seditious conspiracy, while three other associates were cleared of that charge. [read post]
14 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Proud Boys defendants are set to face trial in December on charges including plotting to oppose by force the presidential transition. [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Justices Shield Spouses’ Work from Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosures Yahoo News – Hailey Fuchs, Josh Gerstein, and Peter Canellos (Politico) | Published: 9/29/2022 Over the past year, Virginia Thomas has gotten attention for operating a consulting business that reportedly includes conservative activist groups with interest in U.S. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ethics experts are already warning that the bill, called the Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in Government Act, has a major flaw when it comes to blind trusts. [read post]
16 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Over the three-year period, more than 3,700 trades reported by lawmakers from both parties posed potential conflicts between their public responsibilities and private finances. [read post]