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Wiley Rein LLP

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Reminder: Equity Reports for Pennsylvania Lobbyists and Lobbying Firms Due July 30

The annual equity report for all Pennsylvania lobbyists and lobbying firms is due July 30, 2025, as required by Act 70 of 2021. The filing must disclose either the total value or percentage of equity held by a lobbyist or...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

Holland & Knight LLP

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

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

McCarter & English, LLP

Compliance Note No. 10: ELEC Annual Reports Due in February

Organizations, including partnerships, corporations, committees, associations, trade associations, and labor unions that spent over $2,500 in 2024 on lobbying in New Jersey must file a report with the New Jersey Election Law...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Advocacy Efforts Related to COVID-19: Are You Lobbying?

Is your company or organization complying with lobbying laws implicated by its advocacy efforts in connection with COVID-19 orders, regulatory guidelines and new laws? Communicating with government officials to influence...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Lobbying: Compliance is in the Details

A little known provision in the New York State Lobbying Act imposes a reporting requirement on organizations that are registered with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (“JCOPE”) and submit reports for lobbying activities,...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

JCOPE Promulgates New Lobbying Regulations; Kansas Expands Scope of Lobbying Law

Below, we have summarized recent developments regarding New York and Kansas lobbying requirements. New York Lobbying Regulations - On April 24, 2018, the New York Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) voted to...more

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