After months of pressure from Percoco, the government says, and after Kelly falsely told other CPV executives that he had
obtained an «
ethics opinion» from the governor's office approving the arrangement, the company began to pay Percoco's wife $ 7,500 per month to teach fourth graders at elementary schools in New Jersey about a nearby power plant the company was developing.
Thus, the safest route (particularly if you practice in a state that hasn't yet issued a governing
ethics opinion) is to disclose, and
obtain the client's consent to, your use of a freelance lawyer.