NEW EO ALERT. PerkinsCoie. “On January 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order setting new ethics commitments for incoming executive branch appointees (Ethics Executive Order or the Executive Order). Pursuant to the Executive Order, incoming appointees must sign a pledge through which they become contractually obligated to abide by certain ethics standards. These new […]
Month: January 2017
The new lobbying Executive Order and other political law links
EO ON LOBBYING. NPR. “In signing an executive order imposing tough ethics standards on executive branch employees, President Trump followed a path laid by the two Democratic presidents who preceded him, almost word for word.” TOUGHENED LOBBYING BAN. NYT. “Executive branch employees, including those in the White House, will now be barred for five years […]
Ethics, wild wings, and more political law links
NEW ETHICS TEAM. WP. “President Trump announced the addition of a team of ethics lawyers to the White House Counsel’s Office Wednesday, hours after his family business announced that it was hiring a longtime Republican lawyer to ensure the Trump Organization minimizes conflicts of interest.” ETHICS WAR AHEAD. NPR. “Nobody in Washington ever went wrong […]