Mr. Elwood, deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, disputed that declining to make legal opinions public created improper "secret law".
If an arrest is improper under state law, does that mean that a search the police conduct in connection with the arrest is necessarily improper as well, even if the arrest met constitutional standards?
Although the new deals were described as improper, no current law or Treasury rule specifically prohibits them.
David G. Sciarra, an advocate for schools in low-income areas, said "it would be improper under the law for the governor to try to delegate authority to the mayor".
"If the condominium has denied access by the writer to such financial information because litigation is pending, such denial was improper under the law," Mr. Shmulewitz said.
If they are, it seems clear that the secretary of state's decision to reject these votes is improper under Florida law.
Mr. Barr cited the postponement of the employer mandate in the health care law, "improper use of the Patriot Act" and actions on immigration as some of these potential illegalities.
Mr. Nachman, the head of fraud and consumer services, declined to comment on specific cases, but he said it was generally difficult to determine what fees were improper because the law allowed bondsmen to enter into private contracts with the people they bail out.
While the hope of a big payday might provide the motivation to engage in this improper conduct, the law takes this evasion of privacy seriously.
MASN and the Orioles sued in New York State Supreme Court last year, claiming the arbitration was improper because the law firm Proskauer Rose, which represented the Nationals, at times worked for MLB and the teams of all three arbitrators.
