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employees, their partners, and their associates).

41. For a discussion of how these regulations affected the work of Kenneth Starr, see David Halperin, Ethics

Breakthrough or Ethics Breakdown? Kenneth Starr’s Dual Roles as Private Practitioner and Public Prosecutor, 15 Geo. J.

Legal Ethics 231 (2002).

42. 18 U.S.C. § 207 (2012). See Thomas D. Morgan, Appropriate Limits on Participation by a Former Agency Official

in Matters Before an Agency, 1980 Duke L.J. 1 (discussing the history of the Ethics in Government Act).

43. 18 U.S.C. § 216 (2012).

44. See, e.g., In re Rest. Dev. of P.R., Inc., 128 B.R. 498 (Bankr. D.P.R. 1991); Kessenich v. Commodity Futures

Trading Comm’n, 684 F.2d 88 (D.C. Cir. 1982).

45. See, e.g., Disc. Counsel v. Eilberg, 441 A.2d 1193 (Pa. 1982) (lawyer who violated 18 U.S.C. § 203(a) suspended

from practice for five years).

46. See, e.g., National Conference of State Legislators, The State of State Legislative Ethics: A Look at the Ethical

Climate and Ethics Laws for State Legislators (Ctr. for Ethics in Govt. 2002); Mark Davies, Considering Ethics at the Local

Government Level, in Ethical Standards in the Public Sector, supra note 30, at 127-155.

47. See, e.g., Cal. Govt. Code § 87406(d)(1) (2017) (one-year ban on acting as an attorney for any person before the

agency that formerly employed the lawyer); N.Y. Pub. Off. Law § 73(8)(a)(i) (2002) (two-year ban on appearing or

practicing before state agency that formerly employed the person in any matter).

48. See, e.g., Ark. Code § 19-11-709(b)(1) (2017) (permanent disqualification); Ind. Code § 4-2-6-11(c) (2017)

(permanent disqualification).

49. See, e.g., Ohio Rev. Code § 102.03(2) (2017) (regulating practice of former commissioners and attorney

examiners of the public utilities commission); Tex. Water Code § 26.0283 (2017) (regulating assistance by former

employees of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission); Or. Rev. Stat. § 244.045(2) (2001) (regulating

former deputy and assistant attorneys general).

50. See, e.g., Robert C. Newman, New York’s New Ethics Law: Turning the Tide on Corruption, 16 Hofstra L. Rev.

319 (1988).

51. E.g., Tex. Water Code, supra note 50, provides that the Texas Water Commission “shall deny an application . . .

for a permit” if a former employee provides assistance to the applicant.

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