The Dentons Political Law team is a central component of the Public Policy and Regulation practice, fully integrated with Dentons' global compliance team. Be supported by a Chambers USA nationally-recognized practice that helps you interact with governments from the local level to the highest level in the United States and beyond on a range of issues related to politics, elections and government policy-making, including campaign finance, issue advocacy, lobby disclosure, ethics and pay-to-play. Benefit from advice informed by experience from a seasoned and bipartisan team of lawyers and public policy advisors who have served in senior posts in the White House, Congress and many departments and agencies; in state legislatures, and governors and attorneys general offices; as leaders in presidential and statewide campaigns and who regularly serve as a resource to corporations, advocacy groups, candidates and political parties on the critical political issues of the day.

The Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, The Internal Revenue Code, and Foreign Agent Registration Act and similar provisions across the globe and at the state and provincial level require a heightened need for disclosure and scrupulous compliance with ethics and reporting rules, often under intense public and press scrutiny. The Dentons team supports you with your registration, compliance and reporting requirements and related tax issues, and will tailor internal compliance and training programs to ensure sustained success in compliance, advocacy and sales with government at all levels.

Keep up to date on the status of proposed pay-to-play legislation with the Political Law team's blog, a leading online community for analyses on the impacts of pay-to-play regulations issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and on the state level in reference to lobbying, transparency, contributions and gifts.

Rely on the breadth of Dentons' foundation in state and federal lobbying and procurement compliance, corporate political activities, corporate advocacy, campaign finance, election law and government ethics—which few law firms can match—with a team comprised of lawyers and professionals from our Public Policy and Regulation, Corporate, Tax and Litigation groups. Whether you represent large corporations, political action committees (PACs), independent committees, trade associations, non-profit organizations, elected officials and public officers, and political candidates, "SuperPACs", committees, and parties, Dentons' Political Law team can advise on:

• Corporate PAC and political spending oversight, administration and reporting
• Federal and state lobby disclosure, and compliance
• Vendor and procurement lobby disclosure and compliance
• Pay-to-play laws
• FARA registration
• FCPA ,UK Bribery Act and anti-corruption laws
• Federal and state election law
• Super PAC and 501(c)(4) advocacy and solicitation compliance
• Ethics training and compliance
• Congressional, FEC and IRS investigations and proceedings
• Corporate political activities, advocacy and candidate engage

Insights

Political Law Playbook – February 2025

February 26, 2025

Welcome to the February edition of the Political Law Playbook. This month’s federal coverage features new Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) contribution limits, and the resignation and termination of two respective FEC commissioners. In addition, former US Senator Bob Menendez has recently been sentenced after previously being found guilty of bribery, fraud, and illegal foreign-agent offenses.

Political Law Playbook – January 2025

January 30, 2025

Happy new year and welcome to the January 2025 edition of the Political Law Playbook. All of us here at Dentons hope you had a wonderful holiday season. This month’s newsletter comes to you on the heels of President Trump’s inauguration, and with a new administration comes a different political landscape.

Political Law Playbook – December 2024

December 20, 2024

Welcome to the December 2024 edition of the Political Law Playbook, and happy holidays from all of us here at Dentons. This edition’s federal coverage includes the Federal Election Commission’s (“FEC”) recent request for comments on a proposed rulemaking to address contributions made through certain types of electronic payments and the Commission’s assessment of a nearly $100,000 fine against a Senate campaign as part of a conciliation agreement reached with the committee for admitted campaign finance violations.

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