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politics2 years ago

Gorsuch's Property Sale Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a 40-acre property in Colorado to Brian Duffy, CEO of Greenberg Traurig, one of the nation's largest law firms, for $1.825 million in 2017. The sale occurred just nine days after the Senate voted to approve Gorsuch's appointment to the Supreme Court. Gorsuch did not disclose the identity of the buyer on his disclosure forms, but did disclose earning between $250,001 and $500,000 from the sale. Greenberg Traurig has brought cases of all kinds to higher courts, and Gorsuch has sided with lawyers from the firm eight times out of 12 cases tracked by Politico. One of the cases where he sided with the firm was the momentous West Virginia vs. EPA case, which threw a wrench into the future effectiveness of any similar plans to regulate emissions from power plants.

via Gizmodo|
#clean-power-plan#ethics#greenberg-traurig
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch's Property Sale Raises Ethics Concerns

Democratic lawmakers are calling for ethics reform at the Supreme Court after Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a 40-acre property to the CEO of a law firm that had business before the court, without disclosing the buyer on his financial disclosure forms. The report has triggered fresh demands for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics similar to the ones by which lower courts must abide. The revelations about Gorsuch prompted Democrats to call for him to step down or be impeached.

via The Washington Post|
#ethics-reform#financial-disclosure#greenberg-traurig
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch's Property Sale Raises Ethics Concerns

Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a vacation property in Colorado to Brian L. Duffy, the CEO of law firm Greenberg Traurig, one month after his appointment to the Supreme Court in 2017. Gorsuch did not disclose the buyer's identity on his financial disclosure form, which is not required by law, but has led to renewed calls for ethics reforms and greater transparency from the Supreme Court. Greenberg Traurig frequently has business before the court, and Gorsuch's ties to the firm's CEO have raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

via The New York Times|
#ethics#financial-disclosures#greenberg-traurig
politics2 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch's Property Sale Raises Ethics Concerns

The sale of a property co-owned by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch to a prominent law firm executive in 2017 is raising questions about the lax ethics reporting requirements for Supreme Court justices. The financial disclosure report filed by Gorsuch for the calendar year 2017 lists a sale by the Walden Group LLC for a profit of between $250,000 and $500,000, but the section where a buyer could be listed is blank. Lawyers at Greenberg Traurig have appeared in numerous cases that have come before the Supreme Court since Gorsuch joined the bench in April 2017.

via CNN|
#ethics#financial-disclosure#greenberg-traurig
politics2 years ago

Law firm leader purchases property owned by Gorsuch.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch sold a 20% stake in a Colorado property to the CEO of Greenberg Traurig, a law firm with a robust practice before the high court, for $1.825 million in 2017. Gorsuch did not disclose the identity of the purchaser, and since then, Greenberg Traurig has been involved in at least 22 cases before or presented to the court. Gorsuch's dealings with the law firm expose the weakness of the court's disclosure procedures, and Senate Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin has called for Supreme Court ethics reform.

via POLITICO|
#ethics#greenberg-traurig#neil-gorsuch