Derek Reinbold  //  4/2/17  //  Topic Update


A Chinese company with ownership ties to the Communist Party has ended talks with Jared Kushner’s family over a Manhattan office tower, reports NYT.

President Trump’s company will seek to add a second, lower-priced hotel Washington, D.C. (WaPo).

President Trump is receiving regular financial updates on his businessesreports Max Yoeli of the Brennan Center for Justice.

The Trump Administration has not kept visitor logs for Mar-a-Lago, reports Politico.


Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

A federal district judge in Maryland heard arguments in a case brought by several state attorneys general contending that President Trump's business interests violate the Emoluments Clause.

Update | The Week of November 27, 2017

12/4/17  //  Daily Update

Michael Flynn's work on behalf of the Turkish government figures into Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Trump campaign.

Jeffrey Stein

Columbia Law School

Updates | The Week of October 23, 2017

10/31/17  //  Daily Update

The DOJ reversed its prior concession that the Foreign Emoluments Clause applies to the President. Oral arguments in the first Emoluments Clause challenge lingered on whether the issue is a nonjusticiable political question.