FEC UPDATE -
FEC Declines to Impose New Restriction on Joint Fundraising Committee Television Solicitations -
On October 10, the FEC considered whether joint fundraising committees may distribute television...more
10/31/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
FinCEN ,
Political Advertising ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Contributions ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Solicitation ,
State Elections
Today, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) considered three advisory opinion requests that will have a tremendous impact on fundraising efforts, election advertisements, and the use of campaign funds to pay for childcare...more
At the FEC’s May 1 open meeting, the Commission voted 4-1 to approve a draft advisory opinion requested by Nevadans for Reproductive Freedom (“NFRF”) that authorizes federal candidates and officeholders to solicit unlimited...more
On March 15, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Lindke v. Freed and a per curiam opinion in O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier addressing when a public official may prevent a person from commenting on the public...more
3/28/2024
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Beneficial Owner ,
Business Entities ,
Campaign Contributions ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Deep Fake ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Lindke v Freed ,
New Regulations ,
NSBA ,
O’Connor-Ratcliff v Garnier ,
PACs ,
Political Campaigns ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Media ,
Unconstitutional Condition
The FCC issued a Declaratory Ruling on February 8 to ensure that telephone calls that use artificial intelligence (AI) to generate or mimic human voices are treated as “robocalls” for purposes of the Telephone Consumer...more
3/1/2024
/ Advertising ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Compliance ,
Declaratory Rulings ,
Deep Fake ,
Democratic National Committee ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
New Legislation ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Contributions ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Recount Committees ,
Robocalling ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Social Media ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Transparency ,
Voting Rights ,
Wisconsin
Donald Trump and his allies have insisted that he can and should run as a third-party candidate in the general election if he fails to win the Republican nomination. The authors, practicing lawyers specializing in political...more
3/7/2023
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Donald Trump ,
Election Laws ,
Electoral College ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
General Elections ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Candidates ,
Presidential Elections ,
Primary Elections ,
SCOTUS