RESPECT Act

H.R. 5720, S. 3069, the Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act. H.R. 4436, S. 2340, the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021. H.R. 4827, S. 2553, the Judiciary Accountability Act. S. 789, the Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act. S.2701, H.R.4501, Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2021. S. 2614, the Open Courts Act. S. 4573, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act Communications regarding ethics guidance to government lawyers participating in outside professional organizations. Activity in support of permanently establishing the Office for Access to Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice. Support for authorizing new and filling existing vacant federal judgeships. Legislation regarding diversity jurisdiction - to treat unincorporated entities the same are incorporated ones. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Administrative Conference of the United States' Recommendation 2021-5 titled "Clarifying Statutory Access to Judicial Review of Agency Action," adopted by the agency on September 17, 2021, and forwarded to congressional leaders for their consideration. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Office of Management and Budget Request for Information on Improving and Reforming Regulatory Enforcement and Adjudication; Docket No. OMB-2019-0006; 85 Fed. Reg. 5483 (January 30, 2020)-recommendations for certain amendments to the Administrative Procedure Act and other proposed reforms to the administrative adjudication process. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government lawyers and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, legal professional associations.