What restrictions, if any, should apply to former government officials who seek or accept private employment? Chapter 5 of the Government Ethics project examines the ethical concerns that arise when public servants move on to private sector employment.
Pauline Toboulidis Posts
Gifts From and Financial Relationships With Prohibited Sources
by Pauline Toboulidis | Apr 27, 2018 | Government Ethics
In the video below, Government Ethics Associate Reporter Richard W. Painter discusses the treatment of gifts to and financial transactions and relationships with public servants. Included below the video is the Black Letter and Comment from the 2018 Annual Meeting draft.
Sick and Aging Prisoners: A Look Into Compassionate Release
by Pauline Toboulidis | Mar 8, 2018 | Sentencing
The New York Times examines the federal compassionate release program, a program designed to permit the release of sick, dying and elderly prisoners who are the least likely to re-offend and the most expensive to house.
Not-for-Profit Compliance: Doing More With Less
by Pauline Toboulidis | Feb 16, 2018 | Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations
Kitty Holt, ethics and compliance officer at Plan International USA, and Ray Justice, senior director of compliance operations and awards at Plan International USA, talk to The Wall Street Journal about how nonprofit organizations operate without all the resources available to big corporations and the compliance challenges of working with project partners.
D.C. Court of Appeals Cites Restatement Fourth of Foreign Relations
by Pauline Toboulidis | Feb 6, 2018 | U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Reversing the District Court’s ruling, the Court of Appeals cited the Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relation Law of the United States in its discussion about currency conversion in federal court.
MPC: Sentencing Cited in EDNY Restitution Case
by Pauline Toboulidis | Jan 19, 2018 | Sentencing
Citing the Proposed Final Draft (PFD) of Model Penal Code: Sentencing, the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York dismissed restitution claims due to lack of merit.
Finding the Balance in Title IX
by Pauline Toboulidis | Dec 8, 2017 | Student Sexual Misconduct
In “The Takedown of Title IX: Inside the fight over federal rules on campus sexual assault,” The New York Times highlights the tension between addressing sexual assault allegations and ensuring the due process rights of the accused during campus proceedings.
Digital Surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
by Pauline Toboulidis | Nov 30, 2017 | Data Privacy, Policing
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carpenter v. United States, where the question presented is whether the Fourth Amendment permits the warrantless seizure and search of a user’s cellphone location and movement information.
Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence: 10/26 Roundtable Discussion
by Pauline Toboulidis | Nov 2, 2017 | Sexual Assault, Student Sexual Misconduct
On October 26, co-chairs of the Bipartisan Task Force to End Sexual Violence hosted a hearing-style Task Force Round Table on Promoting Healthy Relationships in K-12 Education and Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence on College Campuses.
Events
by Pauline Toboulidis | Oct 16, 2017 | American Indian Law, Charitable Nonprofit Organizations, Data Privacy, Liability Insurance
Here are some recent and upcoming events featuring topics that may be of interest to our readers.