Conflict of Interest

Statement: CfA Lauds Judge for Raising Attorney Misconduct in Slush Fund Ruling

Weeks after CfA filed a complaint with the DC bar against Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the sole signatory to the $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization” settlement fund, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams issued a ruling finding the lawsuit that led to the settlement was a sham because the parties were not adverse.

Watchdog Urges State Financial Officers Foundation to Drop President Over Insider Scheme

CfA sent a letter to the State Financial Officer’s Foundation (SFOF), urging it to remove Board President Seth Metcalf from his position, citing court records which reveal Mr. Metcalf engaged in a years’ long effort to induce the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System to hire his unqualified company, QED Systemic Solutions, LLC to manage nearly 70% of the pension fund’s assets.

Watchdog Calls for Congressional Inquiry into Department of the Interior Ethics Failures

Today, Campaign for Accountability urged Congress to open an inquiry into serious and escalating ethics violations involving Karen Budd-Falen, the third highest-ranking official at the Department of the Interior (DOI), and into the apparent failure of DOI’s ethics office to prevent or address those violations.

Campaign for Accountability Asks CFTC to Reject Kalshi Proposal Allowing Betting on US Elections

Today, Campaign for Accountability (CfA) submitted a comment to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) asking it to reject betting company KalshiEX, LLC’s proposal to allow events contracts based on the result of US elections.

Campaign for Accountability Files Bar Complaint Against Lane Ruhland Alleging Potential Legal Ethics Violations for Working for the Campaigns of Both Kanye West and Trump

News reports indicate that Ms. Ruhland simultaneously represented and engaged in legal work on behalf of two parties with directly adverse interests, the presidential campaigns of Kanye West and Donald J. Trump. Such representation appears to violate Ms. Ruhland’s ethical obligations under Wisconsin Bar Rules to avoid representing parties where there is a conflict of interests between the parties.

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