DINNER RULES. WP. “Federal employees are not allowed to accept gifts, including meals, that are worth more than $20, according to the Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the Executive Branch.” ETHICS ORDER BRIEFING. Venable. “What are the practical effects for individuals going into the Administration, and for their former and future employers?” DEBATE […]
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Applause for Gorsuch, more on the lobbying EO, and political law links
APPLAUDING GORSUCH. CCP. “The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP), America’s largest nonprofit defending First Amendment political speech rights, applauds President Trump’s selection of Tenth Circuit Judge Neil Gorsuch as a nominee for the Supreme Court.” MORE ON LOBBYING EO FROM COVINGTON. Here. “While some in the media are claiming that the order is a significant […]
More on that lobbying EO and today’s political law links
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 […]