As discussed here, today is the filing deadline for ELEC’s 2010 Business Entity Annual Report.  Forms must be filed electronically on ELEC’s website.  In a press advisory issued today, ELEC advised that 2010 reports will be publicly available on ELEC’s website … Continue reading →

Earlier this year, a number of New Jersey municipalities were required to begin the process of adopting stringent pay-to-play ordinances because they accepted transitional aid from the State of New Jersey. Over the past two months, several ordinances have gone … Continue reading →

New Jersey’s Pay-to-Play Annual Disclosure filing deadline is less than two months away.  By March 30, 2011, all businesses that have received aggregate payments of $50,000 or more during the 2010 calendar year must file Form BE  electronically with the … Continue reading →

In November of 2010, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (“DCA”) announced that it will provide transitional aid for nine (9) New Jersey municipalities operating on a fiscal year budget. The program is implemented by the DCA’s Division of … Continue reading →

Last month, Governor Christie unveiled a new agenda for reform. The Governor’s proposals include a ban on dual officeholding, heightened financial disclosure, increased penalties for violating the public trust and comprehensive legislation to expand New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws. The Governor’s plan for … Continue reading →

Financial disclosure reports of New Jersey lobbyist businesses and organizations and their agents are now available online. These reports detail the communication expenditures, salaries and compensation of in-house and hired outside agents. In 2009, total spending reached $57.6 million. The … Continue reading →

Is your business partner using the firm’s account to make political contributions?  Is he or someone else making personal contributions?  How can these activities affect your business?     Under pay-to-play law, a company may find itself ineligible for a government … Continue reading →

If one thinks of campaign finance and pay-to-play reforms as a tool chest, Connecticut seemed to have a wide-variety of intricately designed instruments adopted in response to corruption scandals that led to the resignation of Governor Rowland. On July 13, … Continue reading →

Expanded public disclosure is the goal of A-2595: this bill would require “issue advocacy organizations” to disclose contribution and expenditure information and to include disclaimers on public communications comparable to the current obligations of political committees. The bill aims to … Continue reading →

In a decision released today Appellate Division Judges Stern, Sabatino, and Harris struck down Executive Order No. 7 (“EO 7″) on the grounds that it violated New Jersey’s separation of powers doctrine.  The Court’s reasoning was premised upon the principle … Continue reading →