Especially in an election year, due diligence in corporate mergers and acquisitions is incomplete without reviewing political law compliance.
Due diligence often overlooks political law compliance issues, which can result...more
10/7/2022
/ Acquisitions ,
Compliance ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Due Diligence ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Gifts ,
Lobbying ,
Mergers ,
PACs ,
Pay-To-Play ,
Political Contributions
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
The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) recently amended the executive branch gift rules, which became effective on January 1, 2017. The changes include clarifications to existing exceptions that are frequently used as well as...more