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Agency Attorney Role on Conflict of Interest Issues

How Your Agency Counsel Should Advise You on Interests in Contracts

This article explains the role of agency counsel in advising on ethics law issues. 

It does so in the context of California’s prohibition against officials having an interest in contracts entered into by their agency (found in Government Code section 1090). 

How Your Agency Counsel Should Advise You When Agency Contracts Represent a Conflict of Interest