Nobody favors harsh rules except rulers. They use rules to contain others so that they have unrestrained power. Ruling by consensus sounds fine until quick action is needed in a crisis. Action dies ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to use an outside advisory committee led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to cut federal spending is raising eyebrows among ethics-law experts who say its leaders ...

Not addressed in the American Bar Association's opinion on generative AI is whether the technology is considered to be engaging in the practice of law. On July 29, the American Bar Association's ...

Senate leaders are moving to tighten congressional ethics rules, though — with only a one-vote majority — they are treading more lightly and more slowly than their enthusiastic colleagues in the House ...

There are some basic rules for living with others we learn early in life, either in our family, school or religious community. Some of these early rules seem as self-evident commandments, usually ...

Unreported gifts and lavish vacations worth tens of thousands of dollars from politically connected megadonors. Undisclosed real-estate transactions involving family members. Potential conflicts of ...

The problem of client perjury has bedeviled courts and ethicists for decades. The literal language of the current Code of Professional Responsibility 1 seemingly obligates a lawyer, in some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The House Committee on Ethics announced Thursday it will proceed with reviewing Congressman Cory Mills, who "may have entered into ...

Donald Trump took office eight years ago, pledging to “drain the swamp” and end the domination of Washington influence peddlers. Now, he’s opening his second term by rolling back prohibitions on ...