Judge Clifford said he had appointed Mr. Groark, a trial lawyer, in an attempt to settle the conflict-of-interest question.

But her appointment has been delayed by a conflict-of-interest question: New Visions has contracts with the Board of Education.

Ms. Matteoni's record is marred by a conflict-of-interest question.

But critics contend that the firm's work for parties on opposite sides of a drug inquiry seems to raise a conflict-of-interest question.

Taubman's acquisition -with several partners, including Leslie Wexner - of Sotheby's, the auction house, in 1983 has raised conflict-of-interest questions.

The McDonald's Corporation has appointed a syndicated financial columnist and television reporter to its board, raising conflict-of-interest questions among some editors.

Her lawyer did not object this month when District Judge D. Kent Savoie proposed to address the conflict-of-interest question first.

Another special prosecutor, James C. McKay, is currently looking into conflict-of-interest questions in connection with Mr. Meese, primarily involving the Wedtech military contracting scandal.

Ginsburg on the Defensive Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg's nomination to the High Court appeared to be on the defensive over conflict-of-interest questions.

A jails official quits amid conflict-of-interest questions.