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Municipal Lawyer Ethics Columns

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Communication with Represented Public Officials:The “No Contact Rule” as Applied to the Government Client (Adobe PDF File)
The Story of Dharma: The Three-Legged Ethics Dog (Adobe PDF File)
Review of Annual Disclosure Reports (Adobe PDF File)
The Case for Renaming the Professional Ethics Committee (Adobe PDF File)
Conflicts of Interest Laws Governing Public Servants (Adobe PDF File)
The Legislative History of New York State's Conflicts of Interest Law for Municipal Offices (Adobe PDF File)
The New York City Council's Approach to Ensure Compliance with Conflicts of Interest Laws in the Discretionary Funding Process (Adobe PDF File)
Needed: A New Statewide Ethics Code for Municipalities (Adobe PDF File)
The Obligations of Government Lawyers Under New York's New Rules of Professional Conduct (Adobe PDF File)
Use of Municipal Resources for Personal Purposes (Adobe PDF File)
New Code of Ethics for Wind Energy Companies Doing Business in New York: A Back-Door Approach to Regulating Municipal Ethics (Adobe PDF File)
Running a Local Municipal Ethics Board: Glossary of Municipal Ethics Terms (Adobe PDF File)
Running a Local Municipal Ethics Board: Ten Steps to a Better Board (Adobe PDF File)
Local Ethics Laws: Model Administrative Provisions (Adobe PDF File)
Boards of Ethics: Public Disclosure (Adobe PDF File)
Enacting a Local Ethics Law-Part III: Administration (Adobe PDF File)
Enacting a Local Ethics Law-Part II: Disclosure (Adobe PDF File)
Enacting a Local Ethics Law-Part I: Code of Ethics (Adobe PDF File)
Adopting a Code of Ethics for Administrative Law Judges (Adobe PDF File)
Ethics and the Municipal Legislator (Adobe PDF File)
Applicability of the Hatch Act to Municipal Officers and Employees (Adobe PDF File)
Non-Article 18 Conflicts of Interest Restrictions Governing Counties, Cities, Towns, and Villages Under New York State Law (Adobe PDF File)
Nepotism (Adobe PDF File)
Article 18: A Conflicts of Interest Checklist for Municipal Officers and Employees (Adobe PDF File)
Ethical Considerations for Town Attorneys: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest and Other Potential (Adobe PDF File)
Communicating Ethics to Municipal Employees (Adobe PDF File)
Inspectors General in Mid-Sized Cities-The Yonkers, New York, Experience (Adobe PDF File)
Compatibility of Office (Adobe PDF File)
Running a Local Municipal Ethics Board: Is Ethics Advice Confidential? (Adobe PDF File)
Enforcement: An Indispensable Component in the Success of Municipal Ethics Boards (Adobe PDF File)
A Brief Overview of New York Citys Conflicts of Interest Board: A Model Government Ethics Law (Adobe PDF File)
How to Analyze an Ethics Problem: Recognizing Common Law Conflicts of Interest (Adobe PDF File)
Recusal and Abstention from Voting: Guiding Principles (Adobe PDF File)