Ethics Cloud Forms Early in Labor Board Member Emanuel’s Term

A reported ethics investigation and an ongoing probe by a group of Democratic senators is casting a pall over the first year of labor board member William Emanuel’s (R) tenure.

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a Feb. 5 letter that Emanuel, a former management lawyer appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate in September, participated in a recent case in which his old firm had an interest, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg Law. That move is “in direct contravention” of Emanuel’s “commitments to the Office of Government Ethics” and the ...