Undisclosed Private Retainer in Regulatory Testimony State
Class
37386870
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#UndisclosedPrivateRetainerinRegulatoryTestimonyState
Definition
State in which a professional engineer testifies at a regulatory proceeding on a matter directly affecting the interests of a private client who is paying for the engineer's attendance and testimony through a consulting arrangement, without disclosing this financial relationship to the regulatory body or the public — creating a material omission that prevents the regulatory body from properly weighing the testimony's objectivity and the engineer's actual interests.
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Subclass of
Definition
State in which a professional engineer testifies at a regulatory proceeding on a matter directly affecting the interests of a private client who is paying for the engineer's attendance and testimony through a consulting arrangement, without disclosing this financial relationship to the regulatory body or the public — creating a material omission that prevents the regulatory body from properly weighing the testimony's objectivity and the engineer's actual interests.
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A was retained to testify by a coal bed methane company
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Class
Content Hash
373868702aa1ae7f...Last Updated
2026-03-12 16:49
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
145
Discovered In Pass
1
Discovered In Section
facts
First Discovered At
2026-02-28T18:10:26.847462+00:00
First Discovered In Case
145
Generated
2026-02-28T18:10:26.847462+00:00
Was Attributed To
Case 145 Extraction