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    Default Local Government Contracts and Conflict of Interest

    My question involves police conduct in the State of: tn. My family owns a 40 year towing business and we had the monopoly on the city towing because we are the biggest towing business in our area. But over the past 3 years, the city police has hired a police officer that also owns a towing business and we've seen a drastic decrease in our business in that area. It's frustrating because it seems like an obvious conflict of interest, but we're having trouble finding written laws in this area. We want to hire an attorney but we need those laws. any advise?

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    Default Re: Conflict of Interest

    Try looking up the city's charter. Might be something in there.

    Conflict of interest - sure. But might not be an illegal conflict of interest.

    Besides, as a practical matter, if you are going up against Podunk's good-ole-boy network, local attorneys aren't likely to be interested in bucking the system.

    Seen that many times.

    I suggest you leave it up to an attorney to find you a cause of action, preferably an attorney located away from your city who isn't tied to the local good-ole-boy network.

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    Default Re: Local Government Contracts and Conflict of Interest

    A key question: does the other guy charge less for tows than you do? If he does, then you may have a hard arguing that the police going with the other company is due to a conflict of interest.

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