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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

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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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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Executive Order Adds Ethics Commitments for Executive Branch Appointees

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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...more

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