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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Ethics Changes for Trump Administration Appointees

In one of the first actions of his second term, President Trump rescinded the Biden ethics executive order for political appointees in the presidential administration. Unlike in 2017, President Trump has not yet issued his...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

Perkins Coie

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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