Topics Campaign Finance Though Unsuccessful, Challenge to Trump Executive Order Yields Potentially Noteworthy Representations Regarding FEC IndependenceNew Executive Order Gives President Veto Power Over Some FEC Rulemaking 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 Congressional Ethics Investigations: An Overview of Processes, Challenges, and Implications for Private ActorsFederal Court Dismisses Pre-Enforcement Challenge to HELP Committee Subpoena, Underscoring Limited Options for Congressional Subpoena Targets Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Corporate Political Disclosure Shareholder Proposals Draw Surprising SupportTips for Responding To Corporate Political Disclosure Shareholder Proposals Enforcement Handling Investigations of Members of Congress and Congressional Staff: A How-To Guide for Chiefs of StaffAdministration Targets Lobbying by Federal Grantees with New Presidential Memorandum Foreign Agents Registration Act DOJ Posts (then Takes Down) Seventeen New Advisory Opinions Regarding the Foreign Agents Registration ActDOJ Withdraws Dozens of Regulatory Actions, Keeps FARA NRPM Government Ethics Handling Investigations of Members of Congress and Congressional Staff: A How-To Guide for Chiefs of StaffRecent House Ethics Committee Actions Signal Expanding Scope of Enforcement Litigation Supreme Court Narrows Meaning of TCPA Autodialer DefinitionD.C. Circuit Rules Obstruction of Office of Congressional Ethics Not a Crime, but Questions and Risks Remain Lobbying Compliance When Investor Relations Become Procurement LobbyingLDA’s Registration Thresholds Increase for Lobbyist Employers and Lobbying Firms Pay-to-Play Covington Announces Pay-to-Play Survey (2025 Edition)Three Political Law Landmines for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Investment Firms Political Law Congress Weighs Foreign Agent Disclosure and Registration BillsCovington Announces Political Law Survey (2025 Edition) SEC Pay-to-Play Three Political Law Landmines for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds, and Investment FirmsSEC Enforcement Order Highlights Far Reach of Pay-to-Play Restrictions State Law When Investor Relations Become Procurement LobbyingTexas, Louisiana, and Nebraska Enact “Baby” FARA Laws 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 Exemption and Constitutional Vagueness – What Freedom Path Means for 501(c)(4) OrganizationsTax-Exempt Organizations: Understanding Executive and Congressional Enforcement Priorities
