Mr. McMahon said he had raised conflict of interest issues with Mr. Skilling.
The plane lease received particular criticism because it raised conflict-of-interest questions about the directors.
There was no formal debate within the board about whether the chairwoman's relationship with the architect raised conflict-of-interest issues.
The absence of disclosure that the judge and his former law firm had business dealings with Monsanto in the 1990's has raised conflict of interest questions among some lawyers in the price-fixing case.
The double duty raised conflict-of-interest concerns that persisted until von Eschenbach stepped down from NCI in June.
Burgess also raised conflict of interest questions about Judge Buddie J. Hahn, who presided over the 1989 case and drew the current one.
Then in January 2004, Cheney and Justice Antonin Scalia came under fire for a duck hunting trip in Louisiana that raised conflict of interest questions.
And donations to the foundation from foreign governments have raised conflict of interest questions for Clinton as secretary of state, an office with power over foreign affairs and favors second only to the president's.
But it doesn't address the larger problem of legislative disclosure, and the fact that many lawmakers have significant business and professional interests that may raise conflicts".
Critics call the minister-mayor practice an undemocratic, outdated, power-grabbing ploy that raises conflicts of interest and smacks of carpetbagging.
