Sentences with phrase «at least some state ethics»

Not exact matches

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state government.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

Cuomo's contract with the company is worth at least $ 700,000, according to a financial disclosure form the governor filed with state ethics regulators earlier this year.

A state ethics report accused former Assemblyman Vito Lopez of harassing at least eight women during his time in the chamber.

New York does, at least, have some ethics oversight: several states have no ethics commissions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

In this Year of the Corruption Trials in New York State — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governState — where at least five such trials have, are or will take place — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature could not even come together on watered - down versions of measures to address ethics problems in state governstate government.

Many positions of governments on climate change fail to pass minimum ethical scrutiny yet ethics and justice issues are largely being ignored in discussions of climate change policies at least in the United States.

To date, Avvo Legal Services, which connects consumers to attorneys for a flat fee and takes a portion for advertising, has been knocked by at least five state ethics opinions saying that lawyers who engage with the platform are running afoul of rules regarding fee - sharing with nonlawyers and the unlicensed practice of law.

Your boss comes by and asks you to look up something on Westlaw or Lexis — using your free student access.Nothing wrong with that... right?Actually, according to the ethics advisory committee for at least one state bar — Utah — it

Accordingly, the Committee concludes that lawyers have a reasonable expectation of privacy when communicating by e-mail maintained by an OSP, a conclusion that also has been reached by at least one case as well as state bar ethics committees and commentators.35

The Virginia Supreme Court requires that each active member of the Virginia State Bar annually complete a minimum of twelve hours of approved continuing legal education courses, of which at least two hours shall be in the area of legal ethics or professionalism, unless expressly exempted from such requirement.

Regardless which ethics opinion your state uses as a guide, they all agree that you need to at least know what social media is.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these rules, upon compliance with the requirements of this rule the supreme court may admit an individual to practice law in this state provided that such individual has furnished satisfactory evidence that he or she has graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association; has been admitted to practice law in another state, federal territory or commonwealth or the District of Columbia for at least 5 years; has taken and passed either the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination with a scale score of at least 85 or an equivalent course in ethics taken during his or her law school attendance; and who is the president, dean or academic director of The National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada, including the director of The National Center for the Courts and Media.