ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo and leaders of the scandal - scarred Legislature agreed on a sweeping ethics - reform package late yesterday that will at long last force lawmakers to
publicly disclose their outside incomes and
name clients they represent before the state.
As to divulging
client confidences, the majority of the Court held that the First Amendment protects an attorney who disseminates information about a
client, even where as here Mr. Hunter identified the
clients by
name, when the information has already been divulged
publicly, including in court proceedings.