The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission cannot regulate the practice of law by former public attorneys, an en banc court ruled. The Ethics Commission based its opinion on the January 1999 state Supreme Court decision in P.J.S. v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission, in which the high court held that the commission could investigate an alleged conflict of interest by a lawyer who was a part-time city solicitor. But in a recent decision, the Commonwealth Court said the commission misinterpreted P.J.S..
October 28, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission cannot regulate the practice of law by former public attorneys, an en banc Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The commission last March issued an opinion ruling that “Section 1103(g) of the [Public Official and Employee Ethics Act] applies to restrict a former public official/public employee who is an attorney, even as to legal representation before the governmental body,” for one year after public employment.
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