Pauline Toboulidis, Richard W. Painter, Richard Briffault and Kathleen Clark | April 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...
Taylor Carroll | April 18, 2018 | Government Ethics
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has resigned positons at four entities, sold stock and forfeited options in two companies, and is signing his share of future patent licensing...
Richard W. Painter | March 20, 2018 | Government Ethics
Richard Painter, Associate Reporter for ALI’s Government Ethics Principles project, provides insight on the treatment of gifts to and financial transactions and relationships with public servants in the video below. Project Feature: Government Ethics – Gifts...
Richard Briffault and Richard W. Painter | March 15, 2018 | Government Ethics
Richard Briffault and Richard Painter, who serve as Reporter and Associate Reporter for ALI’s Government Ethics Principles project, respectively, address the principles that ought to apply when a public servant leaves public employment for a private-sector position in...
Taylor Carroll | March 7, 2018 | Government Ethics
The Office of Special Counsel found that President Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from using their office for partisan politics, after she advocated for Republican Roy Moore in Alabama’s...
Nigel Jaquiss | February 21, 2018 | Government Ethics
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission today released new findings that former Gov. John Kitzhaber used his public office for private gain. A 131-page staff investigation found “a preponderance of evidence” that Kitzhaber seven times violated state...