New York may soon set the record in moving from no regulation to overregulation in a bureaucratic nanosecond. The NY State Board of Elections recently proposed for public comment rules on “Disclosure of Independent Expenditures”, pursuant to last year’s legislative … Continue reading →

Interested in attending an informative program on pay-to-play regulations in the financial sector and earning NY and NJ CLE credit? When: Today, Monday December 5, 2011; 6-9PM Where: NY County Lawyers’ Association (14 Vesey Street, NY, NY) Faculty: Rebecca Gordon, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, New Jersey voters went to the polls to elect candidates for local and legislative office.  Despite the fact that all 120 seats in the New Jersey Legislature were up for grabs, in a press release issued last week, ELEC reports … Continue reading →

The NYC Campaign Finance Board conducted a public hearing today to receive comments on proposed rules to require the disclosure of independent expenditures in municipal elections.  We submitted written comments, which includes issues covered in our recent series of blog … Continue reading →

Tomorrow, the NYC Campaign Finance Board will conduct a hearing on the rules it has proposed for independent expenditure (IE) disclosure.  Today we ponder issues that stem from the proposed provision for the verification of IE reports. The proposed rules … Continue reading →

The NYC Campaign Finance Board has scheduled an October 27th public hearing on proposed rules on independent expenditure (IE) disclosure.  This is our third installment commenting on the proposed rules. Disclosure, of course, is at the heart of the proposed … Continue reading →

This is the second installment on the NYC Campaign Finance Board’s proposed rules on independent expenditure (IE) disclosure. The CFB has scheduled a public hearing for October 27. The NYC Charter requires the reporting of expenditures made in support of … Continue reading →

During the next two weeks, we will share our thoughts on the NYC Campaign Finance Board’s proposed rules on independent expenditure (IE) disclosure.  The CFB has scheduled a public hearing for October 27. Today, we look at two aspects of … Continue reading →

After 10 months gestation, the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has proposed rules to implement last year’s Charter revision requiring the disclosure of independent expenditures (i.e., IE) in NYC elections.  We have previously commented (here and, more recently, … Continue reading →

The newly-enacted Public Integrity Reform Act of 2011 directs the NY State Board of Elections to issue regulations by January 1, 2012 setting forth and implementing the requirements under existing law for disclosure of independent expenditures (IE) for advertisements and … Continue reading →