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CURRENT ISSUE: July 2010
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IN THIS ISSUE
- The DISCLOSE Act Passes the House
- SEC Adopts New Pay-to-Play Rule - Effective September 13, 2010
- Clerk and Secretary Tweak LDA Reporting Guidance
- No Missing Links: The OCE, Campaign Contributions and Legislative Action
- COGEL 32nd Annual Conference
- Honest-Services Fraud - The Supreme Court Whittles away Prosecutors' Big Stick
- Pay-to-Play Spotlight: New Virginia Pay-to-Play Contribution and Gift Limits
- Illinois Amends Lobbying Law
- Lobbyist Registration and Reporting Coming to Philadelphia in 2011
- District Court Holds That First Amendment Trumps Trademark Rights
- PLI Conference
- Upcoming Events
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Schumer-Van Hollen Is As Much about Prohibitions As about Disclosure
- Citizens United: The Judicial, Regulatory and Legislative Aftermath
- Citizens United, Free Speech and the Tax Man
- Political Law Compliance Does Not Stop at the Border: An FCPA Update
- FEC Revisits a Corporation's Restricted Class
- Pay-to-Play Spotlight: New Jersey Alters Pay-to-Play Regulations
- Upcoming Events
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
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IN THIS ISSUE
- The FEC and Congress Respond to Citizens United
- Colorado's Supreme Court Strikes Down the State's Broad and Onerous Pay-to-Play Law
- States Respond to Citizens United
- Now Is the Time to Consider Changes to the Method of Calculating LDA Expenses
- Iowa Changes Reporting Requirements for Lobbyists and Sponsors of Certain Functions
- Guidance for Corporations from House Ethics Committee Reports on Earmarks, Travel
- Late Independent Expenditure Reports Can Mean Big Penalties from the FEC
- New Jersey Annual Pay-to-Play Report Due March 30
- FEC Fines Corporations and Officers for Using Corporate Emails, Food and Drink for Obama Victory Fund Event
- Upcoming Events
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
January 2010
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IN THIS ISSUE
- Congress Updates LDA Guidance
- New Campaign Travel Rules: Your Corporate Jet Might Not Be Off Limits After All
- FEC Issues Interim Rule and NPRM after Emily's List Case: Does This Portend the Return of the 527?
- New York Warns Lobbying Community on Legislative Receptions
- Pay-to-Play Spotlight: End of 2009 Brings Pay-to-Play Changes in Illinois, Pennsylvania and Dallas
- Pay-to-Play Spotlight: NJ Proposes Pay-to-Play Record Retention Rule
- Changes in the States: Oregon Court Upholds Gift Laws; Legislature Makes Some Gift Law Changes
- Changes in the States: Illinois Amendments to the Lobbying Law Are Temporarily Enjoined
- Changes in the States: Massachusetts Amends Lobbying Law
- Lying to the FEC Catches Up with Former Missouri State Senator
- Mark Renaud Elected to COGEL Steering Committee
- From Their House to Your House: Employment Negotiations and Arrangements with Members and Staff of Congress
- Upcoming Events
- 2010 State Lobbying and Gifts Survey
- FEC, IRS and Lobbying Disclosure Filing Dates for 2010
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IN THIS ISSUE
- FEC Proposes to Expand Coordination Rules; Outcome Could Curtail Grass-roots Lobbying Year-Round
- FEC Fines Two Companies and Their Executives for Reimbursed and Foreign Contributions
- What's on EMILY's "To-Do" List Now? Court Ruling Expands Soft Money Options for Nonprofits
- Pay-to-Play Spotlight: New York and California Expand Pay-to-Play Rules
- States Amend Lobbying and Gift Rules
- House Ethics Committee Chides the OCE and Qualifies the Authority of the House Ethics Manual
- Money and Politics—Anything New under the Sun? (CLE)
- The Gift Minefield
- The Intersection of Public and Private Sector Ethics: How Can They Support Each Other?
- Gift and Pay-to-Play Legislation—Is Simpler Better?
- Advanced PAC Legal Workstorm: Ask Carol Anything
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
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IN THIS ISSUE
- SEC Proposes Pay-to-Play Ban for Investment Advisers
- Texas Begins Regulating Procurement Lobbying; Registration May Be Required
- FEC Permits Joint Venture's PAC to Disaffiliate
- Domestic Subsidiary of Foreign Corporation Pays Fine for State Candidate Contributions
- A Trap for the Unwary: Corporate Aggregation Rules in the States for Political Contributions
- FEC Fines Corporation for Fundraising Expenses Not Paid in Advance
- Pay-to-Play Re-Registration Required in Illinois
- Lobbying, Pay-to-Play, Campaign Finance: What in the World Is Going on in Illinois?
- Upcoming Dates to Remember
- Jan Baran to Co-Chair and Caleb Burns to Speak at the PLI Corporate Political Activities 2009 Conference
- Congressional and Executive Branch Gift Rules
- Money and Politics-Anything New under the Sun? (CLE)
- The Intersection of Public and Private Sector Ethics: How Can They Support each Other?
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