Former National Labor Relations Board member William Emanuel allegedly broke U.S. ethics law by failing to monitor investments that created disqualifying conflicts of interest in five cases, according to a previously unreported inspector general memo and other board documents.
Ethics Enforcement Gaps: The Department of Justice last year declined to press charges against Emanuel, which ethics experts attributed to the high burden of proof in criminal ethics cases. No evidence has emerged, nor has anyone alleged, that Emanuel intentionally sought to profit from his involvement in the five cases.
But hundreds of emails and financial documents show that his conduct ...