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Municipal Elections Rules: Easy to Understand, Often Overlooked

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Dallas voters will go to the polls on May 4, 2019, to elect a new Mayor and City Council. A total of nine candidates are seeking to replace Mike Rawlings, who is term-limited. All 14 of the City Council positions will also be...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Post-Election Issues (Inaugurations, Transitions, and Special Elections)

Now that the 2018 midterm elections are over, we must contend with legal issues that arise from activities related to federal, state and local inaugural and transition committees, as well as recounts and runoff elections. As...more

Genova Burns LLC

Plainfield Repeals Local Pay-to-Play Ordinance

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New Jersey is home to a multitude of overlapping pay-to play laws. The State has a default statute covering pay-to-play restrictions at the municipal level. In 2006, however, the State Legislature allowed municipalities to...more

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Additional Pay-to-Play Disclosure Required of Municipal Securities Dealers

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Brokers, dealers, and municipal securities dealers are now required to disclose additional information about their bond ballot contributions under amendments to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s (MSRB) “pay-to-play”...more

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Goldman Sachs Pays First-Of-Its-Kind Settlement to Close Pay to Play Action with the SEC by Grant Nichols

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On September 27, 2012, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $12 million to settle claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) alleging that one of its employees engaged in a pay-to-play scheme. The scheme, as described...more

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