The New York City Clerk’s office recently issued a special report commemorating the first year of enforcing the City’s new lobbying laws. Among other developments, the City penalized lobbyists and their clients over $326,000, more than $301,000 of which was … Continue reading →

Yesterday was supposed to be the day that non-profit organizations receiving aggregate payments of $50,000 or more through government contracts in New Jersey filed their Chapter 271 Annual Disclosure Statements with ELEC for calendar year 2006. Instead, Governor Corzine signed … Continue reading →

Yesterday both houses of the NJ Legislature passed a bill that clarifies that nonprofit entities are not subject to Chapter 271′s annual disclosure requirement. As was previously chronicled here, here and here, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission has … Continue reading →

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued a decision which upholds the constitutionality of Philadelphia’s Campaign Finance Law. The law had been challenged by local officials who alleged that the Philadelphia campaign finance law was preempted by the State’s election law. … Continue reading →

At a meeting held yesterday, the Campaign Finance Board announced its certification of the first phase of the “doing business” database. Pursuant to Local Law 34 passed in July 2007, city candidates are restricted from accepting contributions from persons deemed … Continue reading →