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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

President Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing Ethics Pledge

On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order, “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel,” requiring certain appointees to sign an ethics pledge (Biden Pledge). Similar to presidential ethics...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Rescinds Executive Order on Ethics as President Biden Issues Sweeping Ethics Requirements for Administration...

For those individuals leaving the Trump administration or interested in serving under the Biden administration, two important developments will impact those decisions. In one of his final acts as President, Donald Trump...more

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Biden Executive Order Significantly Broadens Ethics Requirements for Appointees

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In one of his first official acts, President Biden signed an executive order that sets stringent ethics rules for incoming executive branch appointees. The Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 30

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

DirectEmployers Association

OFCCP Week In Review: October 2020 #4

The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 25

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 23

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance into the Weeds-Governance Lessons from the Post Office

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode Matt comes in smoking hot over the...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 16

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes, and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 12

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Arizona: The Secretary of State’s Office found reasonable cause that the Goldwater Institute violated a law requiring lobbyists to register with the state after Goldwater testified...more

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Compliance Notes – Vol. 1, Issue 5

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Arkansas: The State Ethics Commission issued a letter of caution and a $100 fine to Independent State House candidate Roderick Talley for failing to file campaign finance reports...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance-Episode 28, the Cohen and Friends Edition

This week the gang sticks a roundtable Q&A, with a focus on the Michael Cohen imbroglio. Jay Rosen considers the lessons to be learned in hiring third-parties. Matt Kelly considers issue from the COSO angle: the control...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 82-Cohen Redux

In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a continued deep dive into the travails of Michael Cohen, AT&T and Novartis for their hire of Cohen’s company Essential Consulting. After last week’s emergency podcast on the topic, we...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 81, Cohen risk is now a Thing

In this first emergency Compliance into the Weeds podcast, Matt Kelly and myself review the information that Michael Cohen was paid by several US and international multi-national organizations for insight on and influence...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2018 Political Law Update

As we enter the new year, there are new changes in state and federal lobbying, gift and campaign finance laws. California: In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed new campaign finance laws that require political committees...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Everything Compliance-Episode 14

Show Notes for Everything Compliance-Episode 14 Topics from Matt: 1.Trump Administration & FCPA enforcement— we have two declinations now; maybe a compare-and-contrast, and speculation on what a tough Trump Admin...more

The Volkov Law Group

Understanding Special Counsel Mueller’s Authorization

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Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein’s appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller last week was a blockbuster development in the investigation of the administration....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

The Trump Administration: The Business Impact

If we do not speak up, there may not be an opportunity later. ...more

NAVEX

AG Jeff Sessions Left Compliance Officers with More Questions than Answers … and an Invitation

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions was a keynote speaker at the 2017 Ethics & Compliance Initiative’s Annual Conference last week. Whatever your politics are, it was important that we hear from him on his priorities for...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trump’s Executive Order on Ethics

Takeaways - Trump’s Executive Order on Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees supersedes and revokes Obama’s Executive Order. It requires appointees to sign a similar Ethics Pledge relating to receipt...more

K&L Gates LLP

You're Hired: President Trump Introduces Ethics Pledge For His Appointees With Serious Departures from Obama's Ethics Pledge

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On January 28, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that requires all full-time political appointees to sign an ethics pledge (the “Trump ethics pledge”) that “contractually” binds them to certain ethical...more

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Employees, Political Advocacy and the NLRB – What Can an Employer Do?

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In the first few weeks of the Trump Presidency, there have been numerous marches, protests and other forms of political advocacy expressing views both in support of and in opposition to the President’s various appointments,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Law & Governance Update - February 2017

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THE #1 FIDUCIARY DUTY ISSUE OF 2017 - Positioning boards to exercise heightened engagement within the current “climate of uncertainty” is possibly the most important health system governance challenge of 2017. To...more

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External Perception of Your Internal Culture Is a Big Deal: What Uber’s Problems Have Taught Us about Reputation

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Ethics and compliance officers might often feel like your company’s corporate culture gets tied into knots, with so many groups imposing demands on your organization’s behavior. But really, a better turn of phrase here...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"President Trump Issues Executive Order Requiring Ethics Pledge"

On January 28, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees” (the Order). This Order requires every full-time political appointee to sign an Ethics Pledge...more

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