Word: conflict-of-interest
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...related case that is likely to go to trial, the U.S. government is suing Harvard and the same two former employees of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) for $102 million, alleging violations of conflict-of-interest policies in the federally-funded program in Russia...
Shleifer’s lawyers tried to establish that, as treasury secretary, Summers had seen no problems with Shleifer’s investments, while the government asked him about warnings he had given Shleifer to carefully check conflict-of-interest policies...
...otherwise would be a reasonable proposal to protect rights of the accused. Cossiga told TIME he believes Berlusconi and Previti should agree not to invoke the statute in their cases if the law is approved. Cossiga added that if ultimately found guilty, Berlusconi should resign. While leaving his conflict-of-interest legislation on the back burner despite a campaign pledge to resolve it during his first 100 days in office, Berlusconi has been busy pushing his "justice reform" package. It appears to have less to do with justice than with procedural maneuvering in the last cases remaining from a series...
...which seems to finally put the firm on the path toward the born-again Andersen that Volcker envisions - tightly focused on accounting and auditing (no more consulting), squeaky clean and conflict-of-interest free. The idea is to resell Andersen to clients as a purveyor of what the auditing business was supposed to provide all along - a Good Housekeeping seal of approval that investors could trust...
...state TV reporter. Still, the private network has its own inherent limits: Mediaset's vice president is the Prime Minister's son, Piersilvio Berlusconi. Mentana thinks Berlusconi Sr. should unload his TV holdings. "It would certainly be better for me," said the anchorman, who has been fending off conflict-of-interest questions since the media baron's entry into politics in 1994. But Mentana's journalistic instincts tell him not to expect breaking news on that front anytime soon...