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Senior executive branch employees sue to challenge the constitutionality of the STOCK Act's online disclosure requirements

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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September 20 2012

The amendment to the STOCK Act passed by Congress on August 2, 2012 and signed by President Obama on August 16, 2012 also contained a section delaying for one month the mandate that all annual financial disclosure formsand periodic transaction reportsfiled by Members, officials and employees of the legislative and executive branches be posted and made available online to the public

Pay-to-play survey now available

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 13 2011

Almost two-dozen states and scores of municipalities have some sort of pay-to-play restrictions on contributions related to current or prospective government contractors

Judging by appearances: revisions to the Code of Conduct for US Judges

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 6 2009

In March 2009, the Judicial Conference of the United States adopted a revised Code of Conduct for United States Judges

FEC deadlocks on $2 for $1 PAC charitable matching program

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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May 6 2009

By a vote of three to three (with four votes necessary for approval), the Federal Election Commission (FEC) failed to reach an agreement last month on an advisory opinion that would have expanded a corporation's ability to encourage PAC participation through a charitable matching program

Pay-to-play re-registration required in Illinois

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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September 11 2009

The Illinois State Board of Elections has completed work on its electronic business registration system

State and local pay-to-play and procurement lobbying laws: pitfalls for the Government contractor

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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October 8 2009

Participation in the Government contract arena, especially at the state and local levels, is not for the unwary

FEC opinion addresses solicitations by parent corporation with different types of subsidiaries

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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March 13 2009

On February 12, the FEC issued an advisory opinion on corporate solicitations to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group and three of its wholly owned subsidiaries: the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Lobbyist gifts to Obama political appointees: they can’t take it anymore

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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March 13 2009

An Executive Order issued by President Obama on January 21, 2009, imposed a "lobbyist gift ban" on political appointees in the executive branch

Bundle of joy: the FEC’s new bundled contribution disclosure rules

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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March 13 2009

On February 17, 2009, the FEC published in the Federal Register final rules and an accompanying Explanation and Justification (E&J) to implement a provision of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) requiring that federal candidate committees, leadership PACs and party committees disclose contributions bundled by federal lobbyists, their employers or their PACs

New House travel regulations: clearing up some issues, raising others

Wiley Rein LLP
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USA
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January 24 2013

On December 27, 2012, the House Committee on Ethics issued new, detailed guidelines and regulations on the acceptance of officially related travel

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