Election Year Compliance Tips for Nonprofit Organizations
Podcast: A Conversation with Geoff Burgan, Communications Director for the Democratic Attorneys General Association
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Employment Law Now: IV-53- 3rd Anniversary Special: Politics and Employment
III-39 - 2nd Anniversary Special Episode
Investment Management Update- 2014 Election Impact
Polsinelli Podcast - Republicans Gain Control of the U.S. Senate - How That May Impact Health Reform
Supreme Court Preview: NRSC v. FEC - On June 30, 2025, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear what may be the most significant campaign finance case since Citizens United freed corporate entities to spend...more
“Both President Donald Trump and the Democratic Party have plumbed their disapproval ratings recently. While the GOP’s midterm electoral fortunes are likely tied to the success of the president’s governing agenda, Democrats...more
Pritzker calls Texas GOP’s remap effort ‘cheating,’ doesn’t rule out Illinois response “Gov. JB Pritzker is leaving the door open to changing Illinois’ congressional maps to “counterbalance” an attempt by Texas politicians...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently suggested that the Empire State could undertake a mid-decade redistricting of its congressional districts, apparently as a form of political retaliation against Republican-led states...more
The Cozen Lens - • The federal debt has grown dramatically in recent years, with both parties pursuing significant deficit spending, the impacts of which will likely not be fully clear for several years. • President Donald...more
“Elon Musk is the richest man in the world and has repeatedly defied naysayers in accomplishing what was deemed impossible. But even for Musk, establishing a viable and sustainable third political party to rival the GOP and...more
RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES- Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a Republican-led challenge to campaign finance limits on coordinated spending between candidates and...more
Over a month after Canada’s federal elections, the country is still trying to sort out exactly who won and by how much. If this sounds eerily familiar to Bush vs. Gore in 2000, there is a good reason for this...more
“As the Democratic Party struggles to find a coherent and effective approach to oppose President Trump and the GOP’s policy agenda, those looking to throw their hat in the ring for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination are...more
DOJ Declines to Defend Party Coordinated Expenditure Limits Before Supreme Court, Urges Court to Invalidate Limits - On May 19, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) responded to the petition for writ of certiorari...more
Corporations often establish federal political action committees (PACs) to support the election of officials who are aligned with their businesses’ policy goals. PACs are necessary because the Federal Election Campaign Act...more
Individuals and business or nonprofit entities–such as corporations, partnerships and LLCs– that do not receive political contributions (i.e., do not have a PAC), but only make such contributions to California state and...more
House Organizes (Finally!) - After more than three weeks of Democrat members boycotting session to deny quorum and multiple lawsuits playing out in the Court system, the DFL and GOP leaders of the Minnesota House of...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) announced increased federal contribution limits for the 2025-2026 election cycle. Certain adjustments, indexed for inflation, are made in odd-numbered years only....more
Republicans Maintain Control of House, Achieve Governing Trifecta - The national election produced a historic result in which Donald J. Trump was elected President a second time by winning key battleground states such as...more
The Cozen Lens- · If Vice President Harris wins, she will most likely preside over a divided government, limiting her ambitious agenda and setting the stage for a lengthy bipartisan negotiation over tax reform. · A...more
In the final days before the 2024 general election, our Political Law and Government Law & Strategies Practice lawyers analyze the races that will shape the U.S. Congress....more
The November elections are less than a week away, and the outcome will have wide-ranging impacts. Former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) were formally nominated for president and vice president, respectively,...more
The Cozen Lens - · With the polls showing the presidential race deadlocked and few voters remaining undecided, the two candidates are leaning on their respective strength on top issues in their closing arguments to try to...more
On Oct. 1, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) participated in the first and only vice-presidential debate. The event took place in New York City and was hosted by CBS without an in-person audience. The...more
The Cozen Lens - · Despite her relatively short time in Washington, Vice President Harris has developed an extensive network during her time in public service that she will be able to draw upon to staff her administration...more
The Cozen Lens · Election Day is just 41 days away but voting has already begun in some states, mitigating the impact of both candidates’ campaigns as we draw closer to November 5th. · Tech leaders are...more
Since the 1800’s, party conventions have been a crucial part of the presidential campaign cycle, and 2024 was no different. With much fanfare, Republican and Democratic delegates met in Milwaukee and Chicago respectively to...more
Since Vice President Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee for President just over two weeks ago, speculation has swirled about the identity of her pick for the Vice Presidential candidate....more
The Cozen Lens - •Democrats would have to run the board in a bunch of vulnerable races to maintain control of the Senate. Although unlikely, it’s not impossible, as Republicans proved in the midterm elections. ...more