Sentences with phrase «sought ethics opinions»

3) Inaccuracy: The County Executive sought ethics opinions about Legislator Ed Romaine and Chief Deputy Paul Sabatino for political reasons.

A native Miamian now in his 22nd year of practice, Brian's clients are either lawyers trying to remain lawyers, law students trying to become lawyers, law firms seeking ethics opinions and compliance with various rules, regulations and statutes, or individuals and corporations facing state or federal criminal charges.

Not exact matches

If there is to be a universal reconciliation between all creation and Jesus (which is something God hopes for), and we should all hope for, then we ought to reject that goofy notion that good and bad are some sort of mere perspective, somehow relative to mere opinion, and reject the inchoate notion of seeking balance between opposite qualities in regard to ethics.

«I'm confident of the fact that we handled everything legally and ethically; that we did the things I wish more people would do in public service, we sought guidance from an ethics board,» de Blasio said at an unrelated Queens press conference, adding that he sought legal advice from lawyers and opinions from the Conflicts of Interest Board.

McArdle said Skelos, of Nassau County, did not seek an opinion about the arrangement from the legislative ethics commission.

On ethics, Cuomo proposed requiring state lawmakers to seek an advisory opinion on any outside income and closing an election - law loophole that allows companies to skirt contribution maximums by forming an unlimited number of subsidiaries to channel donations.

Richard Azzopardi, the governor's spokesman, said the executive branch seeks information from JCOPE routinely about matters such as completing financial disclosure filings, conflicts of interest, pre-government employment, ethics training and how to comply with JCOPE's opinions.

«I learned that no such ethics opinion was ever provided to the energy company,» she wrote, «and there is no evidence to suggest that one was ever sought or prepared.»

An ethics opinion on public officers seeking outside employment states that public officers can not take gifts from contractors and lobbyists, and the definition of a gift is broad.

He also sought an opinion from the Commission on Public Integrity, which regulates compliance with state ethics laws.

If you try to publish an ABA ethics opinion on your blog without first seeking permission, you can apparently expect a copyright takedown notice.

As part of process of establish new ethics opinions and rules, ethics committees typically hold hearings or publish proposed opinions for comment, seeking input from practicing attorneys.

As required by a Washington State ethics opinion, in such situations the parties must have counsel from whom to seek advice about the resolution.