Richard Briffault, Richard W. Painter and Jennifer Morinigo | May 24, 2023 | Government Ethics
The American Law Institute’s membership voted today to approve Principles of the Law, Government Ethics. The Principles project began in 2009, and is the Institute’s first project on this important topic. Led by Reporter Richard Briffault of Columbia Law School and...
Richard Briffault | June 28, 2022 | Election Administration
Below is the abstract for “Election Law Localism and Democracy,” available for download on SSRN. American federal and state elections are largely run by local officials. Although election law is almost entirely determined by the federal government and the states,...
Richard Briffault, Kathleen Clark, Richard W. Painter and Pauline Toboulidis | May 7, 2018 | Government Ethics
What restrictions, if any, should apply to former government officials who seek or accept private employment? Chapter 5 of the Government Ethics project examines the ethical concerns that arise when public servants move on to private sector employment. Presented below...
Pauline Toboulidis, Richard W. Painter, Richard Briffault and Kathleen Clark | April 27, 2018 | Government Ethics
In the video below, Government Ethics Associate Reporter Richard W. Painter discusses the treatment of gifts to and financial transactions and relationships with public servants. Included below the video is the Black Letter and Comment from the 2018 Annual Meeting...
Richard Briffault and Richard W. Painter | March 15, 2018 | Government Ethics
Richard Briffault and Richard Painter, who serve as Reporter and Associate Reporter for ALI’s Government Ethics Principles project, respectively, address the principles that ought to apply when a public servant leaves public employment for a private-sector position in...
