With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions only a few weeks away, Wiley's Rob Walker highlights important campaign finance and government ethics laws and rules, to ensure you and your organization's participation...more
Under new joint guidance issued by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics, Committee on House Administration, and Communications Standards Commission, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives may officially co-sponsor certain...more
We are now in December and the end-of-the-year holiday gift-giving season is upon us. Gifts for family; gifts for assistants; gifts for clients; gifts for friends. Holiday parties, Secret Santa exchanges, and the like. It’s...more
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After months of controversy, the U.S. Supreme Court has adopted its first-ever Code of Conduct for Justices. Each of the nine Justices agreed to the code and signed on to an accompanying joint statement acknowledging that the...more
Congressman George Santos was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2022, representing New York’s Third Congressional District. On May 10, 2023 he was arraigned in Federal District Court in Long Island, NY on a...more
On January 9, 2023, by a vote of 220 to 213, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H. Res. 5 on “Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes.” A number...more
On July 29, 2022 and August 22, 2022, the Committee on Ethics of the U.S. House of Representatives issued statements that it had voted to dismiss separate referrals from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) regarding...more
On August 3, 2022, Representative Jackie Walorski (R-IN) died in a two-vehicle accident in her home district in northern Indiana. Also killed in the accident were two members of Rep. Walorski’s staff – Zachery Potts and Emma...more
On May 25, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed two bills – HB 7001 and HB 7003 – which achieve final implementation of amendments to the Florida State Constitution, first, by extending the period during which certain...more
Revolving Doors, and More -
Is your organization considering hiring from the federal government? Is someone from your organization under consideration for appointment to the Administration or to a federal advisory board?...more
Former government personnel have much to offer contractors, but many companies who want to recruit them too often lack a full appreciation for the labyrinth of ethical statutes and regulations which govern their recruitment...more
Former government personnel have much to offer contractors, but many companies who want to recruit them too often lack a full appreciation for the labyrinth of ethical statutes and regulations which govern their recruitment...more
In the first hours of his new Administration, President Joseph R. Biden issued a new Executive Order (the Order) on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel. The Order includes an Ethics Pledge that every executive...more
I. Biden-Harris Transition Team Ethics Plan and Code of Ethical Conduct - During his candidacy, President-elect Joe Biden was the first presidential candidate to be statutorily obligated to file a transition team ethics plan...more
Wiley's Election Law and Government Ethics of counsel Rob Walker and associate Hannah Miller discuss the Biden-Harris transition ethics plan and changes to government ethics and lobbying regulation that Candidate Joe Biden...more