Both the city and statewide bar associations on Thursday backed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have
legal clients of state lawmakers disclosed — a proposal backed by the Democratic - led Assembly, but not Senate Republicans.
Last year, the conference was resistant to efforts to have lawyers disclose
their legal clients, but later agreed to a compromise measure that takes effect in 2017.
Five years later, Miller would surrender his seat when he was convicted of defrauding
his legal clients.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has some harsh words for state lawmakers who are fighting his commission in court regarding subpoenas that would force legislators to reveal their outside business with private
legal clients.
The Moreland Act commission wrote letters to state senators and assemblymembers who make more than $ 20,000 a year from outside
legal clients, a figure that includes all of the major party legislative leaders.
Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed in the budget to have a package of measures including requiring lawyers to disclose
their legal clients who they took on beginning next year.
Lawmakers in the Democratic - led Assembly last week agreed to back Cuomo's ethics legislation, which includes disclosure of private business and
legal clients.
States like California and Washington, meanwhile, have long required financial disclosure information that includes divulging
legal clients, who can be kept private under certain circumstances.
As for ethics disclosure in the budget, Senate Republicans were poised to make an agreement on a bill that would require revealing outside
legal clients, a move already backed by Assembly Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, over a four - day period, repeatedly ducked and dodged after The Post asked the simple question of whether he's representing
legal clients who have business before state government.
Asked again yesterday if he's willing to join Silver in agreeing to divulge the names of
legal clients, a Skelos spokesman yesterday repeatedly refused to answer.
Cuomo, who once counted the president among his donors and
legal clients, has taken an increasingly confrontational stance toward the White House as he seeks re-election this fall — and as speculation swirls about his own presidential ambitions.
Ultimately, lawmakers approved new disclosure requirements for those legislators who have
legal clients as well as new campaign finance laws.
At the same time, Cuomo is also pushing Senate Republicans to accept new disclosure measures for outside
legal clients of state lawmakers.
The Daily News first reported this afternoon that Garcia, considered a possible challenger to Democratic Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is being retained after lawmakers received letters from the commission seeking more information on their non-public income and the identity of
their legal clients.
Disclosure of outside
legal clients was pushed to a prospective basis following extended negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The agreement would also require lawmakers to disclose details of their outside income, including the names of
legal clients who they've referred to law firms for a fee.
DeFrancisco indicated that one possible compromise on disclosure for outside
legal clients would be to have state lawmakers reveal only those who have business before the state.
At least one major contributor doesn't care that Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson is running for re-election while facing corruption charges — a former
legal client with ties to the...
CLIFTON PARK — The town's ethics advisory board ruled Tuesday night that Saratoga County Supervisor Jonathan Schopf is violating Clifton Park's ethics code by representing certain
legal clients who appear in town court.
But sources said that Skelos was privately resisting efforts to require him to name
his legal clients for fear that some of them would be seen as having a direct interest in state policies he can influence.
Keep in mind, though, Goldfeder's
legal clients are elected officials.
Joe Bruno would have had to disclose his business consulting clients, and Sheldon Silver
his legal clients.
The issue of hand - delivering forms arose at Tuesday's JCOPE meeting because of legislation passed this spring requiring the many lawmakers who are lawyers to publicly disclose
their legal clients.
«You now have to disclose, not just outside incomes, you have to disclose
legal clients who may pose a potential conflict.
«The Republicans should be very careful about attacks related to
legal clients considering they're running a trial lawyer,» one Democratic insider said.
Cohen disclosed
his legal clients to make the case that many of the communications seized in the raid were privileged.
Such a disclosure would be required under Gov. Cuomo's new proposed ethics bill and was the focus of a report in Monday's Post that found that Skelos — unlike Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — won't say whether he's representing private
legal clients with business before the state.
At least one major contributor doesn't care that Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson is running for re-election while facing corruption charges — a former
legal client with ties to the mob, The Post has learned.
The Moreland Commission had already written letters to state senators and assemblymembers who make more than $ 20,000 a year from outside
legal clients, asking for the information, but were refused.
I leave this job to my former
legal client, Willie...
What a fantastic way to support artists — and it lends a very warm environment for
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The lawyer and conservative activist Chris Horner, whose
legal clients have included the coal industry, gathered documents through the Freedom of Information Act to try to embarrass and further undermine the climate change research.
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Legal client Jonathan Rosenfeld of Strellis & Field continues to make improvements to his content network.
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Legal client Hissey Kientz LLP launched a new practice page this morning related to the FDA recall of ReliOn insulin syringes by Covidien Ltd..
At the risk of mixing metaphors, gaining new
legal clients online involves a delicate combination of juggling multiple balls in the air while walking on eggshells.
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Legal client Koplow Law Firm has launched the Arizona Sex Crimes FAQ, a new resource targeted at those falsely accused of sexual offenses in the State of Arizona.
It is these skills and experiences of highly complex catastrophic injury cases which our consultants have gained through their work for the NHS, that
our legal clients rely upon in the most important, demanding and emotive of cases.
Sometimes winning a potential
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Legal client King & Wood, China's largest law firm, have recently published a number of new articles by the firm's China intellectual property practice group.
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If you're not already familiar, a quick internet search of the phrase «legal spend management» will introduce you to dozens of resources and outsourcing entities that specifically cater to the desire of institutional
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More and more, institutional
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