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Overview
Why You Should Attend
Developments in federal and state lobbying, campaign finance, and ethics rules create significant challenges in corporate compliance challenges, and if you practice in this field, it is critical to have the most up-to-date information at your fingertips. This comprehensive program, led by an expert faculty of senior officials from the Federal Election Commission, the Department of Justice, Congressional ethics committees, state ethics agencies, corporate compliance officers, and private practitioners, will walk you through the latest issues. From federal and state lobbying and pay-to-play laws to practical strategies for developing and running an effective compliance program, the program is a must-attend for attorneys and others representing PACs, lobbyists, corporations, trade and membership associations, unions, politically active individuals, and other political interest groups and activists.
What You Will Learn
- Campaign finance, lobby disclosure and government ethics laws
- How to create effective political compliance programs
- Federal and state ethics agency updates
- Recent case law impacting political activities
- Pandemic-related ethics issues and their fallout
- PAC governance and corporate social activism following the 2020 election
- Civil and criminal enforcement trends
- Pay-to-play and other considerations for government contractors
- Activities through, by and with tax-exempt organizations and independent expenditures
- Limits and disclosure of foreign political activity
Who Should Attend
Attorneys and others representing PACs, lobbyists, corporations, trade and membership associations, unions, politically active individuals, and other political interest groups and activists should attend this program.
Special Feature
Register and receive complimentary access to a preparatory One-Hour Audio Briefing on the Basics of the Federal Election Campaign Act, which will be presented by Co-Chairs Kenneth A. Gross, Jason Kaune, and Jan Witold Baran on September 21, 2021.
Please note: this program does not offer legal ethics credit.