Compliance Connections

The chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should have realized he was in trouble when he and the lobbyist for United Airlines teamed up to make the chairman’s trip to his vacation home in South Carolina more convenient.

The lobbyist asked his client to resume non-stop flight service between the Newark and Columbia airports specifically for the chairman. United refused, but the lobbyist kept up the pressure. About a month later, the lobbyist called and asked the chairman to intervene in a matter before the Port Authority that was important to United. Read more >>