Sentences with phrase «with ethics violations»

In a case that's already made headlines because of the issue of gender in school sports, a New Jersey judge has been charged with ethics violations for allegedly acting belligerently after her daughters were expelled from their parochial school during litigation against the school.

I also represent lawyers charged with ethics violations.

@Stuffitu: «I wonder if those Republican congressmen in trouble with ethics violations will do the honorable thing or do what the democrat liberals and Congrssional Black Caucus.

I wonder if those Republican congressmen in trouble with ethics violations will do the honorable thing or do what the democrat liberals and Congrssional Black Caucus.

A House investigative committee is charging Rangel with ethics violations, stemming from a nearly two - year investigation into his finances, his failure to report rental income from a villa he owns in the Dominican Republic, his use of multiple rent - stabilized apartments, and his efforts to fundraise for a City College center named after him.

But Vacco predicts that while Schneiderman «made a mistake,» he won't he slapped with ethics violations because the AG ultimately filed a civil suit against Trump University for alleged consumer fraud, suggesting there was no quid pro quo.

Last month the North Carolina bar charged him with ethics violations, citing improper comments he made to reporters.

Kauffmann's resignation comes a day after New York's Commission on Public Integrity charged Paterson with an ethics violation for accepting free tickets to the first game of last year's World Series.

If so would you be in danger of being charged with an ethics violation or some other contrived offence if things went haywire?

Not exact matches

«If Lieutenant Gov. Duffy indeed failed to disclose the nature of his relationship with the Rochester Business Alliance to Gov. Cuomo, that would represent a major violation of state ethics laws.

That would have made sense, since ethics — and bringing it back to Albany — is a big part of Cuomo's gubernatorial platform, and to connect himself with a guy who has been charged with 13 different ethics violations isn't exactly in keeping with his message.

The most recent allegation comes at a time when Northern Manhattan elected officials — including Rangel who has been charged with 13 ethics violations and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez who is accused of improperly «touching» a Council staffer — are already doing their fair share of fighting back.

The six - member board of the umbrella New York Empowerment Zone, which includes Rangel, unanimously approved the money to Dominicana on June 29 — just weeks before the House charged the embattled Democratic lawmaker with a litany of ethics violations.

The five - member panel, which met last Wednesday to hear testimony in the case, was tasked with making a final determination after the ethics committee for the Public Employees Federation found evidence of a «major violation» and referred it for a hearing.

The House Committee on Standards and Official Conduct — which has been investigating the allegations levied against Rep. Charlie Rangel — has charged the so - called Dean of the New York Delegation with several ethics violations.

In Harlem, where 20 - term incumbent Congressman Charlie Rangel was challenged by Adam Clayton Powell IV, voters stuck with Rangel despite his upcoming hearing over 13 alleged ethics violations.

Blatter was suspended for 90 days by FIFA on October 8 and then banned from the game for eight years last month for ethics violations over a # 1.35 m payment FIFA made to Michel Platini with Blatter's approval in 2011.

Sutton's statement comes one day after the House ethics committee charged the 80 - year - old Democrat with multiple violations.

A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats» election - year outlook.

Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel said Friday he looked forward to clearing his name next week at a meeting of the House ethics committee, which has indicated the 40 - year congressional veteran will be charged with serious violations.

Sources with knowledge of Rangel's plans also said the 80 - year - old New York Democrat will ask the House ethics committee, which found him guilty of 11 ethics violations Nov. 16, for permission to speak to the full House before any sanction is carried out.

Silver warned in a letter on Wednesday that he is implementing further sanctions against Kellner due to additional allegations of sexual harassment and other violations, including trying to interefere with an ethics survey and continuing to employ an intern.

Eliminate the stratified oversight bodies and establish a single, independent ethics commission with robust enforcement powers to investigate and prosecute violations that members of either the executive and legislative branches commit.»

Now the onetime assemblyman, Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D - N.Y.), finds himself charged with 13 violations of ethics rules of the House of Representatives.

He ran again in 2010, when Rangel was hit with House ethics violations.

Government reformers say with a burgeoning scandal involving potential violations of campaign limits in Democratic Senate races in 2014, and the scheduled sentencing of the two former leaders of the legislature in early May, it's time to focus on ethics fixes.

Since the new ethics law was signed last August, there has been a kind of limbo period, with no active investigations of lawmakers for any alleged ethics violations.

«With ongoing federal investigations into potential ethics violations by several state lawmakers, this report highlights that there are many legal channels through which special interests exert their influence in Sacramento,» Kathay Feng, executive director of CA Common Cause, said in a press release.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

The plan: To repeal the county's old, amended 1989 ethics policy and replace it with a tougher one, designed to better prevent conflicts of interest, increase fines for financial disclosure violations and strengthen the Board of Ethics.

Sharing them with anyone without permission is «a violation of confidentiality,» says Melissa Anderson, an ethics researcher at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

EPS serves the unity, ethics and integrity of our local and global communities and Sangats by working with appropriate entities and individuals to resolve complaints and violations of our codes of ethics.

One explanation for the proposal's failures is that it appears to have been developed in conjunction with The Connecticut School Finance Project, a charter school advocacy front group that has been working closely — in violation of Connecticut's ethics laws — with Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration.

We believe that the physical dismantling of sketchbooks for exhibition and / or commercial purposes is in direct conflict with professional ethics and best practices, and a violation of the artist's intent.

According to sources, the White House political block — a direct violation of numerous ethics regulations and possibly of federal laws — was instituted over the objections of scientists at the FDA, but with the awareness of HHS Secretary Sibelius, her senior adviser Andrea Palm and the Office of Science and Technology Policy and its director John Holdren, who is responsible for enforcing «science integrity» across government agencies...

He alleges that these lawyers are obtaining referrals through and sharing fees with Total Attorneys in violation of legal ethics rules.

However, if you choose to go with a creative, descriptive name for your practice, be sure that your name is not in any way misleading or in violation of the rules of ethics in your jurisdiction.

The charges alleged that they were obtaining referrals through and sharing fees with Total Attorneys in violation of legal ethics rules.

He reviewed the corporate ethics policy with me and concluded: «My door is always open if you have any concerns about dishonest conduct or legal violations».

However, in one state, Connecticut, the chief disciplinary counsel found cause to file charges against five attorneys, alleging that they were obtaining referrals through and sharing fees with Total Attorneys in violation of legal ethics rules.

The continued focus on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on conduct by affiliated entities of US corporations impacts our investigations work, as we know that ethics issues that arise need to be viewed not just as potential violations of local law and not just as local employment - or labor - issues, but need to be reviewed and addressed with the scrutiny applicable in the US under our corporate ethics standard.

At Ethics Alarms, Jack Marshall posted that the hoax could constitute an ethics violation under New York disciplinary rules for lawyers, a notion that Turkewitz dismissed with aplomb.

Legal - specific credit card processors ensure compliance with ethics rules for lawyers when it comes to accepting credit card payments, so you never have to worry about potential violations.

The latest in the salacious saga of Michigan Judge Wade McCree has been making the law blog rounds this week (via Jonathan Turley, Above the Law), with the release of McCree's answer to the state Judicial Tenure Commission's complaint against him over a series of alleged ethics violations related to his sexual relationship with a complaining witness in a child support case.

With watchdogs like Turkewitz on guard, it's more likely that violations of an ethics rule will reach the bar and put lawyers who engage in solicitation at risk of a grievance.

Sleeping with a divorce client is a serious ethics violation — besides, lovers make bad lawyers.

I am not concerned about what the ethics authorities will do with those violations, so long as they satisfy due process (which doesn't mean sending out bot - generated citations).

By the mid-1970s, the problem became even more serious after several Florida appellate judges were charged with violations of ethics.

Issues with trust accounts are some of the top offenders for lawyer ethics violations.

While a single private admonition by itself will not likely interfere with a lawyer's career, it may result in subsequent ethics violations being treated more seriously by the Director's Office.