State
ethics regulators on Wednesday released a report that offered a scathing assessment not just of Mr. Lopez but also of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, and his staff.
Not exact matches
Outgoing Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy
on Monday said he will adhere to any guidance offered by
ethics regulators when it comes to his new post as the CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance.
The report released
on Monday by lobbying and
ethics regulators found the top lobbying entities this year so far have been the New York State Nurses Association, which spent $ 2.3 million — nearly double than what the group spent in the first six months of last year.
An opinion from the
ethics and lobbying
regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics found Lee would not have to reimburse the state for rides
on state aircraft as long as it is being used for state business.
A group that pushed for the education investment tax credit spent more than $ 5 million
on the effort, according to a report from lobbying and
ethics regulators released
on Thursday.
The report released by
ethics and lobbying
regulators on Thursday found the 2015 lobbying compensation was a 17 percent increase in New York over 2014.
Catsimatidis in the radio interview with Talk 1300's Fred Dicker said he had not spoken to Cuomo about the bill and that it was his idea to contact
ethics regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics to receive approval for the trip.
Only 8 percent of voters said they trusted the often - maligned Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics, a lobbying and
ethics regulator which has appointees of the governor and legislative leaders.
After the Moreland Commission fiasco it would seem Gov. Cuomo can see the merit of making sure anyone appointed to the
ethics review panel, as members of a review commission charged with reporting
on the workings of the
ethics regulators be above politics.
A coalition of good - government groups
on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to not stock a review commission charged with reporting
on the workings of the
ethics regulators with the «usual suspects» who will rubberstamp any findings.
The Legislature in 2011 adopted an
ethics overhaul measure that required greater disclosure of sources of outside income for state elected officials, as well as the creation of the latest lobbying
regulator, the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics.
The New York Public Interest Research Group
on Monday lodged a complaint with
ethics regulators over what it believes is an increase in lobby by the state's political parties.
Republican John DeFrancisco urged the
ethics and lobbying
regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics on Monday to sack its executive director, Seth Agata, over what the state lawmaker is an unwillingness to investigate Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Though Albany is reeling from yet another corruption scandal, the
ethics and lobbying
regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics didn't discuss the case at their meeting.
Ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies was the top lobbying spender for the first half of 2017, a report released Wednesday by the
ethics and lobbying
regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics found.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo received the OK from the top lobbying and
ethics regulators at the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics to take a billionaire donor's plane to the Virgin Islands to survey hurricane damage.
David Grandeau, an Albany - area consultant who spent years as the state's top lobbying
regulator, is advising the authority
on «updating and amending» its code of
ethics and financial - disclosure policies, according to Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman.
AFP recently reached a $ 70,000 settlement with the state's lobbying and
ethics regulator, the Joint Commission
on Public
Ethics, over Adam Skelos» hiring.
The charter calls
on trial sponsors,
regulators and
ethics committees to offer support to those with communication or mobility problems that might hamper their participation.
For both application of existing rules and the promulgation of new ones, state
regulators are being guided somewhat by national bodies — mainly the American Bar Association — but as the world of legal
ethics evolves along with technology, there remains a need to consult local authorities
on all
ethics rules.
With the rapid pace of technological innovation, it is no wonder that
ethics regulators have struggled recently in attempting to stay current
on technological trends.
However,
ethics regulators are doing more — much more — than punishing lawyers for behavior brought
on by their disabilities.
Although lawyers have long relied
on banks to hold client trust funds,
ethics regulators never weighed in
on whether one bank was more secure than another; banks remained subject to regulation by the FDIC and other agencies because banking issues are beyond the scope of
ethics regulators» jurisdictions.
Assuming that
regulators can produce
ethics opinions that are high quality and helpful (
on this latter quality it will be essential that
ethics opinions are not overly protectionist or conservative), this is one tool worth considering.
When a law firm does it, a legal
regulator is unlikely to question it,
on the grounds that it is not related to legal
ethics.
I recently posted
on Attorney at Work about the latest threat to client confidentiality — the specter of random trust account audits by California
ethics regulators.
Proprietary vs. provincial codes of
ethics Prior to insisting
on a mandatory
ethics course for all licensees, a province's self -
regulator ought to first have fully articulated a distinct provincial code of
ethics.