SAM DEWEY

When Congressmen begin to ramp up investigations, it is important to know the risks. If your client faces scrutiny by a congressional committee, make sure you know the committee’s common law regarding informal precedent and practices.

This article explains a recent rule change regarding congressional investigations. The change could have a significant impact on Executive Branch witnesses appearing before Congress as well as any depositions given by private sector executives.

In January of 2019, US House of Representatives adopted House Resolution 6 on January 9, 2019, which dramatically expanded the committees' investigative power. In this article, Sam Dewey explains the implications of H. Res. 9.

Samuel Dewey was a contributing author on this article, which first appeared in the Journal of Law and Public Policy. It discusses Congress's power to enforce its own investigative requests when compared to the Executive Branch's ability to enforce said requests and the possible consequences that can emerge from increased enforcement from the Executive Branch.

Here, Sam gave a talk relating to US democratic oversight of the security sector as well as a discussion on how to effectively use legislative budget authority in security sector oversight. The event took place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, from September 25th to 26th, 2019.

On September 24th, 2019, Sam was a panelist at the Cross-Border M&A and Private Equity Investment Conference: "10 Years of Growth—What Comes Next?" There, Sam (along with his fellow panelists) discussed some of the most pressing issues regarding potential impending crises for vulnerable industries — most particularly, the retail and automotive industries.

Sam presented in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 13th and 14th of 2018 for the Ukrainian Senior Leaders’ Seminar, which was set up by The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv.