Corporations, trade associations, non-profits, other organizations, and individuals face significant penalties and reputational harm if they violate state laws governing corporate and personal political activities, the registration of lobbyists, lobbying reporting, or the giving of gifts or items of value to government officials or employees. To help organizations and individuals
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Covington Releases 400-Page, 50-State Survey of Pay-to-Play Rules (2022 Edition)
Companies doing business with state and local governments or operating in regulated industries are subject to a dizzying array of “pay-to-play” rules. These rules effectively prohibit company executives and employees (and in some cases, their family members) from making certain personal political contributions. Even inadvertent violations can be dangerous: a…
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Survey of the Pay-to-Play Laws of the United States
By Zachary G. Parks & Kevin Glandon on
Companies doing business with state and local governments or operating in regulated industries are subject to a dizzying array of “pay-to-play” rules. These rules effectively prohibit company executives and employees (and in some cases, their family members) from making certain personal political contributions. Even inadvertent violations can be dangerous: a …
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Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana Statute Regulating Interstate Political Robocalls
By Derek Lawlor on
Posted in Campaign Finance, Enforcement
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that the application of Indiana’s telemarking statute to interstate political calls was not preempted by federal law. You can read more details on the case, Patriotic Veterans v. Indiana, on Covington’s Inside Privacy blog. One important takeaway from the case is…
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U.S. Supreme Court Passes on First Political Law Cases for this Term
October always means one thing for court-watchers: the start of a new U.S. Supreme Court term. On the first Monday of that month (when the Term traditionally begins), the Supreme Court typically releases an Orders List denying many of the thousands of petitions for certiorari that have piled up over…
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