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22 Mar 2024, 4:59 am by Andrew Lavoott Bluestone
To that end, since defendants failed to disclose the conflict of interest and Sebco was paying defendant for legal services that benefitted parties with interests adverse to Sebco, defendants violated New York Rules of Professional Conduct 1.7 and 18(f). [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Florida – Orange County Mayor Demings Fires Lobbyist Over Conflict of Interest MSN – Stephen Hudak (Orlando Sentinel) | Published: 2/15/2024 Orange County fired lobbying firm GrayRobinson less than a week after the Orlando Sentinel revealed the lobbyist assigned to represent the county’s interests was behind legislation directly conflicting with its top legislative priority. [read post]
11 Jan 2024, 6:51 am by Dan Bressler
” “Comment 24 to Rule 1.7 states that ‘[t]he mere fact that advocating a legal position on behalf of one client might create precedent adverse to the interests of [another] client in an unrelated matter does not create a conflict of interest. [read post]
10 Sep 2023, 3:00 am by Chip Merlin
If I were to establish a practice of public adjuster compliance, I would take time away from trying to be the best at what really matters to me—winning claims disputes—and would invite conflicts of interest if my clients ever became at odds with my public adjuster clients. [read post]
16 May 2023, 11:39 am
How does the firm screen for conflicts of interest? [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Under its action group, the CLC filed a number of prominent lawsuits in 2021. [read post]
19 Aug 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Because of that responsibility, there will likely be litigation over the scope of the subpoena and over how executive and attorney-client privileges may limit Herschmann’s ability to comply. [read post]
15 Aug 2022, 3:48 am by Peter Mahler
” Interestingly, the defendants argued their actions were authorized by the corporation’s by-laws and that Section 4 conflicts with Business Corporation Law § 803(a) providing that a certificate of incorporation can be amended by majority vote unless the certificate itself requires a greater vote, which the subject corporation’s certificate did not. [read post]
1 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Preventing Organizational Conflicts of interest in Federal Acquisition Act would force contractors to “disclose other parts of their business that conflict with the work they are bidding to perform for the government,” according to U.S. [read post]
13 Jul 2021, 5:54 am by Danielle Parker
Moreover, the principal and his older brother allegedly falsified the financial documents of their companies to inflate their assets, misused funds for their own benefit, failed to make adequate disclosures of the conflicts of interests, failed to comply with rules governing the custody of client assets, and overall violated federal securities laws, including antifraud provisions. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires those who lobby for foreign governments and political parties, along with some other foreign interests, to disclose their work. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 7:55 am by Dan Bressler
” “Law Firm Can’t Be Disqualified Based on Its Misstatement of Conflicting Representation” — “An attorney’s flub in saying that his law firm represented five employees of a company that was the firm’s client—where those employees, whom it didn’t represent, had interests that were potentially adverse to the client—was not a sufficient basis for disqualifying the firm from representing the company in… [read post]
4 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The department’s leaders and its intelligence office have already attracted criticism for appearing to shape decisions around the political whims of the White House, such as actions at the U.S. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The plans must indicate if there are any current or former lobbyists on the teams, disclose conflicts-of-interest for the candidate and team members, and include a code of ethics that all members must sign. [read post]
30 Jan 2020, 12:42 pm by Riana Pfefferkorn
They would all have been sued out of existence, or never started up at all, in light of the potentially crushing legal liability to which they’d be exposed without Section 230. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Parnas said Trump was fully aware of his actions and added that Vice President Mike Pence, Attorney General William Barr, and former national security adviser John Bolton were all aware of or involved in parts of the scheme. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 9:02 pm by Jim Sedor
., the consulting firm where Buttigieg used to work, would now allow him to disclose the identity of his clients from his stint there. [read post]