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Client Alert: Mid-Year Changes to Idaho and Kentucky Lobbying Laws; Changes in Montana and Oklahoma Coming Later this Fall

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Idaho Governor Brad Little signed HB 398 in April, which contains several notable changes, particularly for nonprofits and organizations engaged in grassroots or grasstops efforts in Idaho. First, there is now a definition...more

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Idaho Expands Lobbying Law to Include Grassroots Activity

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Idaho has enacted House Bill 398, a significant update to its lobbying statute that expands the scope of regulated activity. For the first time, the law explicitly brings grassroots efforts – such as public mobilization...more

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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

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Minnesota Legislature 2025 Recap

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After decisive victories by Republicans at both the state and federal level in the 2024 general election, political prognosticators and pundits alike in Minnesota declared universally that the 2025 Minnesota legislature would...more

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Compliance Notes, Vol. 6, Issue 12 - June 2025

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - Ohio: Language included in Ohio Senate Republicans’ new state budget plan would eliminate the state’s ban on corporations and...more

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State Lobbying Update: Hawaii Expands Lobbying Law to Cover Procurement Activities

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A bill recently signed into law by Hawaii Gov. Josh Green significantly expands the scope of the state's lobbying law to cover procurement activities. When the law takes effect on Jan. 1, 2027, its expanded scope will have...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

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

In-Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's April 2025 Recap

In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's Monthly Round-Up In the April 2025 In-Compliance recap, we cover the following topics: President Trump Directs Attorney General to Investigate ActBlue - FEC Commissioner Allen...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The UK Foreign Influence Registration Scheme – What You Need to Know

On 1 April 2025, the UK government confirmed that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) — which was established under the National Security Act 2023 — will come into force from 1 July 2025. The UK government has...more

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Compliance Notes, Vol. 6, Issue 7

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RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance The Federal Election Commission (FEC) approved two advisory opinions at its March 27, 2025, open meeting....more

Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak

In-Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's March 2025 Round-Up

In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's Monthly Round-Up In this March 2025 issue of In Compliance, we cover the following topics: President Trump Issues Executive Order on Election Integrity - Treasury Department Eliminates...more

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Sens. Grassley and Peters Introduce Foreign Agents Transparency Act to Enable DOJ to Require Retroactive FARA Registration

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On March 13, 2024, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, introduced the Foreign...more

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Compliance Notes - Vol. 5, Issue 31

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Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - At its open meeting the week of September 15, 2024, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) approved a Notice of Disposition of a rulemaking and a draft interpretive rule regarding...more

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In-Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's April 2024 Round-Up

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to adopt a final rule banning noncompete agreements. The FTC defines a "non-compete clause" broadly as a term or condition of employment that prohibits a worker from, or...more

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Compliance Notes - Vol. 4, Issue 36

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

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Compliance Notes - Vol. 4, Issue 10

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Welcome to Compliance Notes from Nossaman’s Government Relations & Regulation Group – a periodic digest of the headlines, statutory and regulatory changes and court cases involving campaign finance, lobbying compliance,...more

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Illinois State Lobbying Law to Apply to Localities and Other Notable Changes

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On October 8, the Illinois governor signed SB0539, which will significantly amend the state’s lobbying law effective January 1, 2022. Most notably, state lobbying law will now apply to all local jurisdictions with...more

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The Future of New Jersey’s “Dark Money” Bill Remains Uncertain Amid Constitutional Challenges

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On October 2, 2019 a federal judge issued a stay on the implementation of what has become known as New Jersey’s “Dark Money” Bill. The law was scheduled to take effect on October 15, 2019 and would require 501(c)(4) and 527...more

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March 2019: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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New Hampshire Moves to Require Corporations to Register as PACs; New York Codifies Placement Agent Ban

Below, please find a discussion of recent developments in New Hampshire and New York. New Hampshire The New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General recently has indicated that, going forward, it will interpret state...more

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Do You Need to Include Local Lobbying on Your Upcoming Federal Lobbying Disclosure?

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 included a surprise for some federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) Registrants: organizations that elect to calculate their lobbying expenses using Method C--the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)...more

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New Post-Employment Restrictions for Certain DoD Officials

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The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (NDAA), signed into law on Dec. 12, 2017, imposes new lobbying restrictions on former military officers grade O-7 and higher and civilians of the same grade...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2018 Political Law Update

As we enter the new year, there are new changes in state and federal lobbying, gift and campaign finance laws. California: In September, Gov. Jerry Brown signed new campaign finance laws that require political committees...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New York Passes Ethics Package Impacting Lobbying and Disclosure

On Wednesday, August 24, 2016, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law an ethics package (the Bill) including campaign finance, lobbying and disclosure amendments. Below, we briefly summarize key provisions that (i) expand...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tennessee Takes Shot at NLRB in New Law Limiting Franchisor Liability

Franchisors in Tennessee can breathe a small sigh of relief thanks to a newly enacted state statute that seeks to limit their potential liability and strike back at the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board....more

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