Ethics, Lobbyists, Gifts

Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act Overview

Venable LLP on 3/17/2025

The federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) requires entities that employ one or more in-house lobbyists to register with Congress. Both the employer and the in-house lobbyist are then responsible for filing periodic disclosure...more

From Government Ethics Lawyers: Gifts That Are Better Not to Give or Receive This Holiday Season

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/5/2023

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

Federal Lobbying Ethics: The Gift Rule

Foley & Lardner LLP on 1/3/2023

As a rule, a Member, officer, or employee may not accept any gift, except as the rule provides (relevant exceptions listed below). Members-elect are subject to the Gift Rule when their pay and allowances begin....more

No Good Deed: Minnesota Lobbyists and Gifts

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/27/2021

A Minnesota legislator’s recent misfortune with a power saw serves as a reminder that ethics rules apply to lobbyists in their private, as well as professional, lives. After a state representative accidentally cut off three...more

North Dakota Adopts $10 Food and Drink Exception to Gift Rules

Wiley Rein LLP on 9/27/2021

The North Dakota Ethics Commission implemented an exception to the lobbyist gift ban that now allows a lobbyist to purchase food or beverage valued at 10 dollars or less, excluding gratuity, for a public official in...more

The Federal Gift Rules Assistant: What You Need to Know and Why

Wiley Rein LLP on 5/4/2021

Wiley's Federal Gift Rules app, publicly available in the Apple App Store and on Google Play, is an ideal resource for federal lobbyists, organizations that employ or retain federal lobbyists, and others who must comply with...more

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

K&L Gates LLP on 2/23/2017

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

Executive Order Adds Ethics Commitments for Executive Branch Appointees

Perkins Coie on 1/30/2017

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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