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Ethics & Conflicts of Interest
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Auditor’s protection order against county commissioner denied
13+ hour, 19+ min ago (257+ words) A petition for an anti-harassment protection order against Stevens County Commissioner Mark Burrows by Stevens County Auditor Lori Larsen was denied in court last week. The petition, filed on July 23 in Stevens County District Court, asked the court to grant…...
In-House Attorneys??? Group Takes Rival to Court Over AI Chatbot Trained on Its Work
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (577+ words) America ı By Samuel Lopez A dispute between two organizations that serve the same corner of the legal profession has spilled into federal court, and it's raising a question the legal-tech world can no longer avoid: who owns the material…...
Lawyer Sanctioned After AI Generates Fake Witnesses in Murder Appeal
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (440+ words) A New Mexico defense attorney’s use of artificial intelligence in a murder appeal has landed him in trouble. The state’s Supreme Court last week held attorney Stephen Aarons in direct contempt of court for submitting a brief with “false testimony…...
Brandon Johnson’s failing record on ethics reform
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (934+ words) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will officially announce his re-election bid this afternoon following the Chicago Bears’ season opener. But when it comes to fighting corruption in city government, the mayor has fumbled the ball. In fact, the Johnson administration has…...
Ex-labor secretary from Oregon drank on job, oversaw 'humiliating' workplace, report finds
16+ hour, 40+ min ago (597+ words) Former U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the one-term Oregon congresswoman tasked by the Trump administration to head the nation’s leading worker protection agency, oversaw harassment within her office, consumed alcohol on the job and had an inappropriate relationship with her security…...
Oregon Ethics Director Cleared as State’s Watchdog Again Closes a Case Without a Violation
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (523+ words) Oregon’s chief government ethics administrator emerged Friday from an outside examination of her own conduct with no violation established, closing an extraordinary case that required the state’s ethics watchdog to look beyond its own offices for someone to investigate the…...
Oregon ethics commission dismisses complaint against director
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (481+ words) The Oregon Government Ethics Commission has dismissed a complaint against its executive director after an outside investigator's preliminary review found that Susan Myers did not violate ethics laws when she reviewed a complaint against a commission member. Jason Robinson, chief…...
Lawyer fined for using AI evidence in murder case
2+ day, 37+ min ago (357+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A defence lawyer appealing against his clientâs murder conviction submitted a brief containing…...
From potato chips to silicon chips: Lobbies cover all in Brussels
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (378+ words) BRUSSELS, Sept 12 — If there is an industry for it, there will be a lobby group representing its interests in Brussels, home to the European Union’s institutions. The biggest spenders are the digital, banking and energy sectors, according to civil society…...
Advancing the War Data Platform
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (481+ words) Data is the new ammunition. Protecting it, understanding it, accessing it, and using it is key to intelligence awareness, battlefield success and management effectiveness. In addition, as the Pentagon announced the clean audit of its War Data Platform (WDP), Deputy…...