In addition to legal liability, the firm advises
on issues of conflicts of interests, independence, reporting and transparency to include reputational risk.
One lawyer who was willing to weigh in
on the issue of conflicts of interest in municipal politics, though she was unfamiliar with Routhier's case in particular, was Mireille Lemay.
Not exact matches
«I see the memo as the CFTC cautioning its employees
on the ethical
issues that could be raised by their trading in cryptocurrencies, encouraging them to consider and seek advice from the CFTC ethics team before trading in cryptocurrencies, noting that employees may not transact in cryptocurrencies if they have nonpublic information about them from their work at the CFTC, and advising that those who participate in CFTC dealings related to cryptocurrencies may not trade in them for
conflict of interest reasons.»
Duggan, at the same news conference, took
issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible
conflict of interest for the mayor and a member
of the city council to have a seat
on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.
On Tuesday the office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent letters to 13 cryptocurrency exchanges requesting information on «their operations, use of bots, conflicts of interest, outages, and other key issues.&raqu
On Tuesday the office
of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent letters to 13 cryptocurrency exchanges requesting information
on «their operations, use of bots, conflicts of interest, outages, and other key issues.&raqu
on «their operations, use
of bots,
conflicts of interest, outages, and other key
issues.»
The Sandhu clause — changing the
Conflicts of Interest Act to ensure that no member uses their position to lobby
on an
issue that directly impacts their financial
interests
The certified statement would avoid the
conflict of interest issues that mortgage brokers and banks currently face, and would have them competing more keenly
on the cost
of a loan.
Whatever agencies oversee non-profits, or other kinds
of corporations and companies, and can respond to complaints when non-profits especially are allegedly not functioning within the public
interest, or there are other
issues with governance,
conflicts of interest, inurement (use
of a tax - exempt non-profit for the private benefit or excessive benefit
of someone with insider relationships), misuse
of funds that were solicited to be spent
on a specific designation project, etc..
The work stream established by NHD
on conflicts of interest focuses
on the potential
issues that may arise for the implementation
of the CIP, particularly when engagement with non-State actors is called for.
«New Yorkers are barely hanging
on after years
of economic turmoil,» Mermel said, «We need a new team to tackle economic
issues head
on without
conflicts of interest or ethical baggage that would hinder or prevent real reform.»
Any members participating in the Board's consideration
of a matter involving self - serving or
conflicting interest shall state the nature
of the
conflict in speaking to the
issue, recuse from voting
on such matters and such recusal shall be so recorded.
(i) The Committee
on Ethics may, in its discretion,
issue public or private advisory opinions with respect to questions
of ethical conduct,
conflicts of interest and other matters arising under this Article.
The commission was very clear
on the
issue with regards to the Finance Minister as been a former shareholder, beneficiary
of several companies in the securities market and more importantly a former director to some
of these companies and his
interest to see these institutions attain a certain growth within that sector has the Potential to
Conflict with the
interest of the State.This revelations by the commission is very serious with its potential risk alerted is enormous to affect the securities sector
of the country.
What voters care about are the real
issues Breslin keeps dodging: his stance
on Tier VI, his close ties to the Republican - backed insurance industry, and the
conflicts of interest between his government office and his law firm's business clients.»
There is a suit before the High Court requesting for certain details
of the transaction; a Petition before CHRAJ
on conflict of interest issues; a suit before the Supreme Court requesting clarification
on whether the Attorney - General can defend the Minister for Finance in a
conflict of interest matter; a Petition before the United States Security & Exchange Commission; and a Whistleblower Complaint lodged with the Regulator in Luxemburg (Commission de Surveillance de Secteur Financier).
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori - Atta, will be dragging the Commission
on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to court, over its handling
of the
conflict of interest petition in relation to the $ 2.25 billion bond
issue.
I pushed Donovan
on this
issue last night, and he noted that the DAs association reprimanded Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice for endorsing Schneiderman, her erstwhile Democratic AG primary opponent, saying it's a potential
conflict of interest.
She
issued a statement
on Thursday calling
on Romeo to resign her party chair post, saying that it's a
conflict of interest to be both chair and a candidate.
The
Conflicts of Interest Board also
issued a general advisory in 2012 after receiving numerous questions from elected officials
on how they and their subordinates may engage in political activity.
Wayne Hawley
of the
Conflicts of Interest Board said the board has not
issued a public opinion
on the Palma case.
A study published in the January
issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows that most clinical practice guidelines for interventional procedures (e.g., bronchoscopy, angioplasty) are based
on lower - quality medical evidence and fail to disclose authors»
conflicts of interest.
In the past decade, ethical questions in science have made headlines
on issues such as the patenting
of human genes, financial
conflicts of interest in biomedical research and risk assessments related to environmental exposure to chemicals.
The agency is expected to
issue a notice soon seeking comments
on ways to strengthen
conflicts -
of -
interest regulations that apply to NIH grantees.
NIH asked for input
on how to handle this situation in a revision
of its
conflict of interest rules, but in final rules
issued last summer it did not specifically address it.
Bolden may also face tough questions
on conflict -
of -
interest issues, given the time he has spent as a consultant.
A review
of a controversial University
of Texas report
on the gas drilling technique known as fracking found inadequate oversight
of conflict of interest issues.
Here's a roundup
of recent criticism and commentary
on Climategate and the IPCC, organized by five
issues: 1) «glaciergate,» 2) African crops, 3) disaster losses, 4) whether panel head Rajendra Pachauri has too many
conflicts of interest to run the IPCC, and 5) the future
of the panel.
An investigation into such activities was conducted in 2015 with a focus
on financial
conflicts of interest, but it is remarkable that ethical
issues and the possible damage to KI's reputation were overlooked.
The study authors say that their findings raise the important
issue of whether, and how, a doctor's
conflict of interest should be disclosed
on social media like Twitter.
She said that while there might not be an actual
conflict of interest, «perception becomes reality and you don't want those types
of issues early
on as you get this school off the ground.»
Should it not be a rule that people writing
on policy
issues should disclose all potential
conflicts -
of -
interest?
The
conflict -
of -
interest issues related to the central - office employees don't apply to principals because they wouldn't be involved in the district's recommendation
on whether to award a charter.
One
of his most important commissioners had stepped up and set a new standard for transparency and ethics and that eliminating even the appearance
of a
conflict of interest required him to recuse himself
on any
issue related to an environmental group whose board he has served
on.
The green light came despite the Education and Skills Funding Agency
issuing the trust with a financial notice to improve in February 2015,
on the grounds family members had been employed improperly and
conflicts of interest weren't declared.
Mystery Writers
of America (MWA) is deeply concerned about the troubling
conflict -
of -
interest issues created by these ventures, particularly the potentially misleading way they are marketed to aspiring writers
on the Harlequin website.
In her response Appelt was cryptic, at best, saying that as committee deliberations are private, «I or any other judge might well have excused ourselves from voting
on any particular book, if
conflict of interest were an
issue.»
If this trend continues where agents become publishers, I see much harder
issues ahead
on contract terms, sub-rights negotiations, fiduciary obligations, and better
conflict of interest policies where ebooks are concerned — and AAR must weigh in with specifics since it's obviously not clear.
Upon adoption
of a regulation, the administrator, if
conflicting views are submitted
on the proposed regulation and if requested in writing to do so by an
interested person prior to adoption, shall
issue a concise statement
of the principal reasons for and against its adoption, incorporating therein its reasons for overruling any considerations urged against its adoption.
The
conflict here may be mostly the result
of some very wealthy business
interests who have a hidden agenda
on this
issue, and they are known to be spending a lot
of money to confuse this
issue in any way they can, often by involving a small number
of otherwise fine scientists and others to spread doubt
on their behalf.
The researchers declared no
conflict of interest on their report and would like to stay away from political
issues.
By the way, the purported Attorney General
of the US Virgin Islands
issued his infamous subpoena through a private law firm, which is hired
on a contingency basis, is being paid by USVI in another matter, and has a
conflict of interest.
Now it's not only conservative blogs and talk radio that are questioning huge
conflict -
of -
interest issues involved in Gore's business and political dealings; the British dailies have now picked up
on the matter.
I don't really see any meta
issues on this one (O'Donnell got a tough review, AMS journals are known for that, the editor was somewhat lax in making the authors jump through hoops based
on comments by a reviewer with a
conflict of interest, but the paper got published).
«Perhaps the extent
of the revolving door phenomenon across Europe is one
of the reasons why the European Union and its Member States have been siding with other large polluting economies such as the USA and Canada in their attempts to block discussions
on conflicts of interest, despite the fact that governments from across the globe have raised this as an
issue at the UN level,» the report's introduction said.
But other groups advocate for nuclear and they have
interest on the ideological level and the financial level
on these
issues and you can't make generalizations and they are complicated and there are situations where there might be a clear
conflict of interest.
He is a charlatan amassing a fortune while downplaying his massive
conflicts of interest on the
issue.
«The
issue is whether or not that rule is a presumptive,» says Mercer, a partner in McCarthy Tétrault LLP's Toronto office, and a former member
of the CBA's task force
on conflicts of interest.
The central
issue is whether it's a
conflict of interest for a law firm to accept a retainer to sue a current client
on an unrelated matter without first obtaining their consent.
The point that you miss is that having an assembly overwhelmingly made up
of and elected by the practising bar inevitably means that there is a
conflicting self -
interest on issues such as described in my column.
Consultation with attorneys and law firms throughout the state
on issues of legal ethics such as
conflicts of interest or law firm dissolution