Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
The VA Primary – A Bellwether For the Country?
What Every Law Firm Leader Can Learn from Law Day and the Perkins Coie Ruling: On Record PR
Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - Brody Mullins: Goldilocks and the Wolves of K Street, A Historical Account of Lobbying in the U.S.
A Look Ahead to the 2024 State AG Elections From DAGA President Sean Rankin — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
(Podcast) The Briefing: Trump Train Derailed In “Electric Avenue” Copyright Lawsuit
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(Podcast) The Briefing: “Hold On” – You Can’t Use That Music in Your Presidential Campaign
The Briefing: “Hold On” – You Can’t Use That Music in Your Presidential Campaign
Crypto & Politics: Insights from Former Congressman David McIntosh
Raising Money for Federal Candidates
State AG Pulse | Everybody Comes From Somewhere
Ambassador Jim Gilmore: From the Popular Virginia Car Tax Reimbursements to Current Foreign Affairs
State AG Pulse | Swinging Through the Rust Belt, the Sun Belt and the South
State AG Pulse | High Profile Candidates, Big Issues Dominate in the NC Race
State AG Pulse | The Election of the Double Haters
Election Year Compliance Tips for Nonprofit Organizations
2024 Elections: The Race for the White House and Congress
Video: Things to Remember in Q1 when Preparing 2024 Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) Reports
California's Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has increased the financial limits for political contributions and gifts to state candidates and officials. These new limits took effect on January 1, 2025, and will...more
Today, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) released increased contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. The increased limits apply to contributions from individuals and non-multicandidate PACs to federal...more
Ohio’s campaign finance reporting deadlines were updated for 2024, please find the latest deadlines and other campaign finance compliance information on the chart here....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
As far back as 1995, The Simpsons established that you don't win friends with salad. Even though you may not make any friends with salad, it still has a monetary value. This dichotomy can actually teach us something...more
On April 3, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the Elections Transparency Act (ETA) (Bill No. A4372/S2866) into law. Sponsored by Senate President Nicholas P. Scutari, Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald, and...more
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
As Congress, the administration and the private sector adapt to a new reality, so shall lobbying. With those changes, it is reasonable to expect government relations professionals to face new compliance challenges. Remote or...more
Although it may feel like the 2020 presidential election year has already been here for months (or years), the calendar finally reads 2020. Before you get too busy with 2020, we wanted to share a few useful tips for your PAC...more
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
Lobbyists registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) are now required to disclose federal and state convictions of certain crimes. ...more
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