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Criminal Indictment Handed Down for Potential FARA Violations Related to 1MDB Scandal

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On June 10, 2021, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia issued an indictment of American entertainer and businessman Prakazrel “Pras” Michel and Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho on 12 counts, including four for...more

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Biden Administration Prioritizes Increased and Broadened Anti-Corruption Enforcement

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On June 3, 2021, the White House issued a memorandum announcing anti-corruption as a core national security interest. The memorandum explains that, “[c]orruption threatens United States national security, economic equity,...more

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Signs Point to Biden Administration Continuing Trend Towards Increased Enforcement of Foreign Agents Registration Act

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President Joseph Biden on January 20, 2021, made news with his Inauguration Day flurry of executive orders. Potentially lost in the shuffle, however, was the Executive Order on Ethics Commitments, which required “every...more

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Biden’s Executive Order on Ethics Preserves and Strengthens Obama’s Language, while Trump Revokes his Own Ethics Pledge in the...

Trump revoked his own Ethics Order in the final moments of his Presidency, rescinding the lengthy revolving-door restriction on his appointees. Biden’s Executive Order on Ethic Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel...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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Biden-Harris Transition & Inaugural Committee Raise Specific Compliance Issues

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The formal process for selecting the next President of the United States involves multiple steps, but regardless of the route taken, it will conclude with the inauguration of the President at noon on January 20, 2021. Before...more

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