Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and his wife, Imelda Cuellar, are facing federal charges of bribery, money laundering, and violations of the ban against public officials serving as foreign agents required to register...more
In 90 seconds, Caleb Burns of Wiley’s Election Law & Government Ethics group will discuss the January LDA due dates and the lobbying expense accounting methodology your organization must select in Q1 2024....more
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As the tide turns toward another election cycle, the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) raises alarms in the campaign space. Wiley Election Law partner Caleb Burns moderates a discussion with fellow Election Law...more
Congressman George Santos was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2022, representing New York’s Third Congressional District. On May 10, 2023 he was arraigned in Federal District Court in Long Island, NY on a...more
California and Maine have introduced legislation that intends to prohibit foreign-influenced entities from making political contributions and expenditures. If passed, these initiatives would broaden existing federal and state...more
Less than a month before Election Day 2022, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that two Illinois state campaign finance provisions imposing limits on judicial candidates likely...more
Please join us in a discussion on current developments regarding FARA, where we will cover:
- An overview of FARA, including reporting requirements and exemptions;
- Recent DOJ enforcement efforts and legislative...more
A corporation will pay a $7,500 civil fine for deducting $181.15 in unauthorized political contributions to a labor union’s PAC from workers’ paychecks.
Corporations with a unionized workforce can process payroll...more
On April 18, the Republic of Ireland announced plans to ban contributions made through cryptocurrencies as part of a broader package of campaign finance reforms designed to prevent undue foreign, and especially Russian,...more
Imagine you own a local bakery. A woman dressed in a suit walks into your store and orders a platter of pastries. You chat while preparing the order. The woman mentions her office is celebrating the retirement of a colleague....more
Effective January 1, federal lobbyist registration in Germany is mandatory, whereas, previous registration had been voluntary. Under the new law, lobbying is defined broadly to include direct and indirect attempts to...more
On September 21, the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office issued a letter confirming that there is no registration exception for in-house employees whose lobbying activity is incidental to their primary job duties. New...more
A Minnesota legislator’s recent misfortune with a power saw serves as a reminder that ethics rules apply to lobbyists in their private, as well as professional, lives. After a state representative accidentally cut off three...more
The North Dakota Ethics Commission implemented an exception to the lobbyist gift ban that now allows a lobbyist to purchase food or beverage valued at 10 dollars or less, excluding gratuity, for a public official in...more
Effective August 1, candidates in Louisiana will be permitted to accept unlimited contributions directly from political action committees. Sponsored by State Senator Ed Price, SB 4 was signed into law by Governor John Bel...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) recently issued an advisory opinion permitting Pray.com to feature members of Congress in the company’s online audio and video content, notwithstanding that those members also may be...more
Originally published in Bloomberg Law - March 17th, 2021. Since the Jan. 6 insurgency at the U.S. Capitol, several corporations and law firms announced they would suspend donations from their political action committees....more
As previously reported in Election Law News, Alaskans narrowly passed Ballot Measure 2 in the 2020 general election. This measure implements an open primary and ranked choice voting in the state, along with other electoral...more
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is back at full strength after three new Commissioners were sworn into office late last month. The new Commissioners – Democrat Shana Broussard and Republicans Sean Cooksey and Allen...more
All federally registered PACs and party committees and all federal campaign committees for candidates participating in the 2020 general election are required to file Post-General Reports with the FEC by midnight EST on...more
I. Biden-Harris Transition Team Ethics Plan and Code of Ethical Conduct - During his candidacy, President-elect Joe Biden was the first presidential candidate to be statutorily obligated to file a transition team ethics plan...more