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Lobbying Disclosure Act ("LDA") Reports Due This Month

By: Jan Baran and Austin Graham July will be a big, beautiful and busy month for federal lobbyists. Two separate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) filings are due later this month: quarterly lobbying reports (LD-2) for the second...more

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A.

Lobbyist Expansion – A Brief History

The 2023 Legislature passed a suite of new laws that expanded who must register as a lobbyist, particularly in regards to lobbying local governments. (A description of those changes can be found here.) While the prior law...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

NY Ethics and Lobbying Commission Adopts Emergency Lobbying Rules

New York’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (“the Commission”) announced the following adopted emergency rules on June 4, 2025: (i) the Commission adopted an emergency amendment of Part 943 of Title 19 NYCRR to...more

Nossaman LLP

Compliance Notes, Vol. 6, Issue 11 - May 2025

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES- Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Donald Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate ActBlue for potentially illegal campaign donations, but his...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Declares End of $2.75 Billion Digital Equity Act Programs

On May 8, 2025, President Donald Trump declared in a post on his Truth Social platform that the Digital Equity Act was unconstitutional and that he would be ending the "Digital Equity Program" immediately. The President...more

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Compliance Notes, Vol. 6, Issue 9 - May 2025

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance The Federal Election Commission (FEC) will soon lose its ability to enforce and regulate campaign finance laws, NOTUS reported...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Revolving Door Rules: What You Need to Know Before Hiring from (or Heading to) Government

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Hiring from or heading to the federal government? Don’t get tripped up by post-employment or conflict of interest rules. Wiley's Robert L. Walker breaks down the “revolving door” restrictions every organization should know –...more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - Brody Mullins: Goldilocks and the Wolves of K Street, A Historical Account of Lobbying in...

In this episode of Early Returns, Jan Baran speaks with Brody Mullins, co-author of “The Wolves of K Street” and Pulitzer Prize winning Wall Street Journal journalist, about the historical, present and future world of...more

Venable LLP

Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act Overview

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The federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) requires entities that employ one or more in-house lobbyists to register with Congress. Both the employer and the in-house lobbyist are then responsible for filing periodic disclosure...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

New York’s Highest Court Rules State Ethics and Lobbying Regulator Passes Constitutional Muster

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By the narrowest of margins, the New York Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (“COELIG”) fended off a separation of powers challenge brought by former Governor Andrew Cuomo. The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision...more

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New York’s Highest Court Upholds the Constitutionality of Ethics Commission

In a 4-3 decision, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of New York State’s Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG). The commission’s constitutionality had been challenged by...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Droit politique : Comment se conformer aux règles et aux exigences en évolution dans un environnement complexe

Les entreprises qui font affaire avec le secteur public canadien sont assujetties à un nombre croissant d’obligations de conformité en raison de l’évolution des règles relatives à l’intégrité des fournisseurs, à l’influence...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Political Law: Staying Compliant Amid Complexity

Businesses that deal with Canada’s public sector face growing compliance obligations as rules related to supplier integrity, foreign influence and election finance evolve. These changes reflect policymakers’ efforts to...more

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U.S. DOJ Proposes FARA Amendments to Narrow Exemptions for Commercial Lobbying

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Background On Thursday, January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to amend and clarify the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), starting...more

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Hiring From the Federal Government: A Top 12 List

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With the change of Presidential Administrations and with a new Congress, many current federal government officials and employees – whether elected, appointed, or hired – are exploring employment opportunities in the private...more

Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: In Trump's Image

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The Cozen Lens- •Even if this year’s Republican Party platform is shorter than usual, former President Trump’s influence is evident in not only the policies it proposes, but perhaps more so in the ones it avoids. •In a...more

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Changes to Lobbying Disclosure in Minnesota

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Effective January 1, 2024, Minnesota’s lobbying and public disclosure law will vastly increase the number of political jurisdictions that trigger disclosure requirements in a manner that will increase the number of persons...more

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