61. White House officials said that ethics law required them to refer the matter to the Justice Department for a ruling. 62. Yet when someone catches a judge flouting ethics laws, there is no set penalty. 63. Piazza said Clinton, as governor, had once named him to a panel that hammered out state ethics laws. 64. Court documents also note that Loeper repeatedly failed to disclose the relationship with MTB on reports required by state ethics law. 65. Federal ethics laws require officials to stay out of decisions that could benefit them or their families financially. 66. Federal ethics laws and rules prohibit an executive official with an economic interest in a decision from participating through recommendations, advice or rulings. 67. Florida ethics law require the governor to file the form detailing his income, assets and liabilities to the state ethics commission. 68. Hashimoto apologized in Parliament and promised to come up with ethics laws for bureaucrats. 69. He was a proponent of campaign reform and stricter ethics laws. 70. In short, the ethics law says personal business should be done on personal time. |