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Donor Disclosure and Lobbying: What Companies, Trade Associations, and Advocacy Groups Need to Know

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In recent decades, states and localities have implemented increasingly complex lobbying laws that sometimes require groups to disclose their donors or members when registering to lobby. Unfortunately, while focusing their...more

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FEC Emergency Rule Affirms Greater Donor Disclosure Requirements for Nonprofits, But Leaves Unanswered Questions

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On June 8, 2022, the Federal Election Commission (FEC or Commission) approved an interim final rule affirming greater disclosure by nonprofits and others making independent expenditures in federal elections....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Finds California Disclosure Requirement Unconstitutional as Infringement on First Amendment Associational...

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On July 1, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision, holding that California’s blanket demand for charities to disclose donor information to the state Attorney General (AG) is facially unconstitutional.2 In addition...more

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The Impact of Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta on Donor Disclosure Laws

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On July 1, 2021, the Supreme Court struck down a California donor-disclosure law as facially unconstitutional in its decision in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. The law required nonprofits operating or...more

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Supreme Court Invalidates California Schedule B Disclosure Law

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On July 1, the Supreme Court issued a major decision concerning nonprofit donor disclosure laws and the First Amendment. In Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, No. 19-251, the Court held that a California law...more

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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on California’s Attempt To Collect Names of Donors to Nonprofits

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The petitioners appeared to have a more sympathetic bench and went so far as to say the Attorney General of the State of California was “not genuine” in his position. On April 26, the Supreme Court held a lively oral...more

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Political Privacy Update: Supreme Court to Hear Two Donor Privacy Cases From California

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On January 8, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in two donor privacy challenges to California’s compulsory donor disclosure for nonprofit organizations. The first is Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Xavier...more

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IRS Issues Final Regulations on Nonprofit Donor Disclosure Requirements

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On May 26, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final regulations (the “Final Regulations”) relaxing nonprofit donor disclosure requirements under section 6033 of the Internal...more

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The End Of "Dark Money" In Federal Races?

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Late last week, U.S. District Court judge Beryl Howell struck down a Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulation that allowed certain non-profit organizations to engage in independent expenditure activities for the purpose...more

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