Topics Campaign Finance Supreme Court Action Revives FCC Media Bureau’s Political Ad GuidanceFourth Circuit Sets Aside FCC Media Bureau Guidance on Lowest Unit Charge; FCC Asks the Supreme Court to Step In City Pay-to-Play Covington Releases 400-Page, 50-State Survey of Pay-to-Play Rules (2022 Edition)Survey of the Pay-to-Play Laws of the United States Congressional Investigations The Procedural Puzzle Complicating the Fauci Contempt ReferralOLC Opinion Would Extend Executive Privilege to Include Private Advisers, Inviting Future Disputes with Congress and New Considerations for Private Parties Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Is a Political Law Shareholder Proposal Under Your Tree? Strategies for Responding in the New YearCorporate Political Disclosure Shareholder Proposals Draw Surprising Support Enforcement New York City Council Poised to Reinvigorate Investigative Authorities and Issue Subpoenas to the Private SectorPractical Advice for Nonprofits and Donors After the Presidential Memorandum on “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence” and Reported IRS Enforcement Changes Foreign Agents Registration Act DOJ Signals it will Move Forward with Significant Revisions to FARA RegulationsState FARA Laws Pose Unique Constitutional Challenges Government Ethics Defense Department Publishes Guidance Page Concerning Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside ConsultantsRegulations Issued for New Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside Consultants Litigation Election Recounts and DisputesCovington's Guide to Ballot Measures Lobbying Compliance Defense Department Publishes Guidance Page Concerning Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside ConsultantsRegulations Issued for New Restrictions on Defense Contractors Retaining Outside Consultants Pay-to-Play SEC Proposes to Repeal Longstanding Pay-to-Play Restrictions on Investment AdvisersElection Year Reminder: Pay-to-Play Risks Are Easy to Miss and Costly to Fix Political Law Covington Launches Election Year ToolkitCovington Announces Political Law Survey (2026 Edition) SEC Pay-to-Play SEC Proposes to Repeal Longstanding Pay-to-Play Restrictions on Investment AdvisersThree Political Law Landmines for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Investment Firms State Law Early Post-NRSC Domino Falls: Minnesota Stops Enforcing Limits on Certain Party In-Kind ContributionsDon’t Forget Your California Major Donor Reports! State Pay-to-Play California Passes New Pay-to-Play Regulations for Contributions by Government Contractors and OthersCovington Releases 400-Page, 50-State Survey of Pay-to-Play Rules (2022 Edition) Tax Tax-Exempt Organizations: Treasury Announces IRS Plans to Revise Form 990Tax Exemption and Constitutional Vagueness – What Freedom Path Means for 501(c)(4) Organizations
