Sentences with phrase «tighter ethics laws»

But in recent years, as Silver resisted growing calls for tighter ethics laws in the wake of a series of earlier pubic - corruption indictments, the suspicion grew that Silver's hold on power was actually about extracting as many dollars as he could for himself from the legal business he was practicing on the side.

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In 2011, he toured the state pushing for tighter government ethics laws, the legalization of same - sex marriage and a cap on local property tax increases.

«I think what Skilling does from a practical standpoint... is it forces them to make a much tighter connection between the defendant and the bribe or the kickback,» said Todd Haugh, an assistant professor of business law and ethics at Indiana University.