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Conflict of Interest In Bailed Out Firms

By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring

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As I make my way from the very enjoyable AALS Mid Year Meeting in Long Beach to the Global Administrative Law conference in Viterbo, Italy, I'll point you to the predictable WaPo takedown of legislators who own stock in bailed out financial institutions.  To me, it just shows that thinking about ethics to even a not very strict punctilio often gets removed from the real world quickly, but your mileage may differ.

Those interested in the government's response to the financial crisismay also want to keep up with TARP Tales.  Terrible website design, comprehensive content.

Full post as published by Conglomerate on June 11, 2009 (boomark / email).

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