A Canadian judge was suspended for 30 days without pay and given a formal reprimand for wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in court following the presidential election in the United States.
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A government watchdog filed suit Monday to expose public records on a taxpayer-funded trip Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin took with his wife took to see the historic eclipse.
Read moreAn Oakland City councilwoman must face an administrative hearing on whether she violated city ethics laws by stalling the construction of an apartment building next to her West Oakland home.
Read moreThe government’s former top ethics chief sounded the alarm Friday, saying the first eight months of the Trump administration have been “an absolutely shock to the system” that has plunged the nation into “an ethics crisis.”
Read moreThe Texas Supreme Court suspended a justice of the peace without pay for allegedly lying to a state ethics commission about her abuse of prescription cough syrup.
Read moreThe government’s top ethics chief, who openly called on President Trump to fully divest his assets and criticized him for failing to do so, announced Thursday that he will step down from his post more than five months early.
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The 10th Circuit has tossed former Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline’s lawsuit against the Kansas Supreme Court over his suspension from practicing law due to ethical violations in his investigations of abortion clinics in the state.
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Is a self-driving vehicle capable of making moral decisions? If it is, which moral values should it use to make such choices?
Read moreAn Iowa attorney who attacked his client-turned-girlfriend did not commit legal malpractice against her, a narrowly divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled.
Read moreAmericans think Democrats care more about the middle class than Republicans, although public criticism of both parties remains high, according to a Pew Research survey released Tuesday.
Read moreTwo French government ministers, including the new defense chief, announced Tuesday that they are stepping down as President Emmanuel Macron reshuffles the Cabinet and works to fulfill a campaign pledge to put more ethics into politics.
Read moreLobbyists will no longer be barred from giving gifts to Kentucky General Assembly members, after a federal judge struck down key provisions in the state’s ethics code, which had been considered one of the toughest in the country.
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Journalism advocacy groups on Friday filed an ethics complaint against Greg Gianforte, a Republican who reportedly body-slammed a reporter the night before winning a U.S. House special election in Montana.
Read moreAn Ohio State University cancer researcher fired back at the New York Times in a lawsuit over what he says is a defamatory feature story that led to attacks on his reputation by online commenters.
Read moreA state judge in Seattle has fined an attorney representing Mayor Ed Murray’s accuser in a sexual abuse lawsuit $5,000 for filing frivolous court documents.
Read moreA Texas judge is facing a call for her suspension by a state ethics commission that claims she habitually bought prescription cough syrup on the black market, took marijuana that her bailiff seized from a defendant and paid female prostitutes for sex.
Read moreAn Oklahoma police union filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler, claiming he indicted former Officer Betty Shelby for the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Terence Crutcher too quickly due to public and political pressure.
Read moreSaying that federal sanctions failed to change its unscrupulous practices, a Pennsylvania woman slapped Higher One Holdings with a federal class action over the fees it charges on student debit cards.
Read moreThe California Commission on Judicial Performance on Tuesday admonished Alameda County Superior Court Judge Tara Flanagan and fined her $6,000 for misrepresenting the source of $25,000 in campaign loans during her successful run for the office in 2012.
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