Raising Money for Federal Candidates
Election Year Compliance Tips for Nonprofit Organizations
Video: Things to Remember in Q1 when Preparing 2024 Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) Reports
Early Returns Law & Politics Podcast with Jan Baran - Wes Bizzell: The Role of Corporate America and Associations in Politics
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 3: Private Foundation Approaches to Policy Advocacy Allowed by the Internal Revenue Code
Nonprofit Basics: Election Year Issues for Private Foundations and Public Charities Part 2: Legislative Lobbying Activities by Public Charities
[Podcast] The LD-203 Contribution Report: Content, Context, and Compliance
A Different Kind of Advocacy | Amy & Steve Bresnen | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Staying Compliant: Ensure that your Company is Prepared to Comply with the Lobbying Disclosure Act
The Federal Gift Rules Assistant: What You Need to Know and Why
H.R. 1 – The Impact on the FEC
H.R. 1 – How will the Lobbying Disclosure Act be Affected?
H.R. 1 – Disclosures, Disclaimers, and FEC Certifications: What Corporations, Non-Profits, and Trade Associations Need to Know
A Breakdown of the Biden-Harris Transition Ethics Plan
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance - updated with impact of COVID-19 on NYS lobbying community
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance
Nota Bene Episode 43: Checking In on Congress at the Start of Q3 with Elizabeth Frazee
Konczal: Dodd-Frank Reforms Get Roughed Up in Court
Cybersecurity Lobbying Booming: How Law Firms Can Profit
The California State Assembly is considering legislation to impose registration requirements on agents of foreign principals who advocate before California officials. The legislation comes while the U.S. Department of Justice...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
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
The annual equity report for all Pennsylvania lobbyists and lobbying firms is due July 30, 2022, as required by Act 70 of 2021. The filing discloses either the total value or percentage of equity held by a lobbyist or...more
In this podcast, Wiley partners Carol Laham and Rob Walker discuss the ins and outs of the LD-203 Contribution Report. The LD-203 is due semi-annually with the next one due on August 1, 2022. The report requires all federally...more
With the new year comes an opportunity to review and re-set the political-law compliance for campaigns, PACs, lobbyists, businesses, and individuals. The following checklist provides a brief overview of upcoming dates on the...more
On September 21, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office issued a letter confirming that there is no registration exception for in-house employees whose lobbying activity is incidental to their primary job duties. New...more
Tucked into an obscure corner of Pennsylvania’s Administrative Code by Act 70 of 2021 is a brief paragraph that is now causing significant confusion for Pennsylvania’s lobbying community. Beginning 7 October 2021 and...more
Les Canadiens sont allés aux urnes le 20 septembre 2021; et le prochain gouvernement sera libéral, mais minoritaire. Toute entreprise ou organisation qui envisage de communiquer avec un titulaire d’une charge publique...more
On September 20, 2021, Canadians cast their ballots. The Liberal Party of Canada won a plurality of seats and is expected to be invited to form a minority government. The new cabinet is anticipated to be announced in the...more
Starting this year, Pennsylvania is requiring all registered lobbyists and lobbying firms to file an Annual Equity Report. The report must disclose: (1) how much equity, as a percentage, the lobbyist/lobbying firm holds or...more
As required by Act 70 of 2021, Pennsylvania lobbyists and lobbying firms must file their initial equity reports by October 7, 2021. The reports disclose either the total value or percentage of equity held by a lobbyist or...more
In February 2021, the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission issued substantial fines, totaling $162,500, for the failure of two entities and affiliated individuals to register as lobbyists and file disclosure reports in...more
Last year, new lobbying regulations took effect in New York state that expanded the scope of lobbying and caused some confusion. This year, the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has promised to provide...more
It has been a little over a month since Governor Murphy delivered his State of the State address in Trenton. In that speech, the Governor promised to deliver sweeping ethics reform to Trenton. ...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
Below please find updates on recent lobbying law developments in Texas and Puerto Rico. Texas Requires FARA Disclosure by Lobbying Registrants Texas House Bill 1785, effective September 1, 2019, requires lobbying...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
The Justice Against Corruption on K Street Act, or “JACK Act,” amends the LDA by requiring registrants to disclose whether any individual lobbyist has been convicted of any offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement,...more
Lobbyists registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) are now required to disclose federal and state convictions of certain crimes. ...more
February 15th is fast approaching, which means businesses that engage in lobbying in New Jersey should begin preparing their annual ELEC lobbying report. Any entity that spent at least $2,500 in 2018 on lobbying in New Jersey...more
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
Lobbying reports are quickly coming due. January 31, 2018, is the deadline for the September through December 2017 time period. These lobbying activity and expenditure reports, filed with the Office of the Legislative...more
The Phoenix City Council recently voted to amend the City’s lobbying ordinance in an attempt to reinforce registration regulations and enhance enforcement penalties. This amendment signals important changes for those paid to...more