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	<title>Corporate Political Activity Law Blog</title>
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		<title>CFTC Adopts Pay-to-Play Rule</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted a pay-to-play rule pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, which authorizes the CFTC to promulgate certain business conduct rules and standards. The rule makes it unlawful for a swap dealer (“SD”) &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/02/cftc-adopts-pay-to-play-rule/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/02/cftc-adopts-pay-to-play-rule/</link>
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		<title>Bergen County Adopts Pay-to-Play Ordinance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bergen County recently joined the numerous counties in New Jersey in restricting government contracting opportunities for business entities that make political contributions.  Bergen’s “pay-to-play” ordinance went into effect on January 1, 2012. Under the Ordinance, covered individuals or entities may &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/bergen-county-adopts-pay-to-play-ordinance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/bergen-county-adopts-pay-to-play-ordinance/</link>
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		<title>Independent Expenditures Collision Course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/independent-expenditures-collision-course/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/independent-expenditures-collision-course/</link>
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		<title>Not Déjà vu All Over Again? The Prospect for Public Campaign Financing/Pay-to-Play Reform in New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year Governor Cuomo’s state of the state address advocated public financing of State elections. The Governor renewed his call for campaign finance reform yesterday, this time at length and with details. Specifically: “It’s time we make sure that all &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/not-deja-vu-all-over-again-the-prospect-for-public-campaign-financingpay-to-play-reform-in-new-york/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2012/01/not-deja-vu-all-over-again-the-prospect-for-public-campaign-financingpay-to-play-reform-in-new-york/</link>
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		<title>Today: CLE on Pay-to-Play in the Financial Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217; Association (14 Vesey Street, NY, NY) Faculty: Rebecca Gordon, &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/12/today-cle-on-pay-to-play-in-the-financial-sector/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/12/today-cle-on-pay-to-play-in-the-financial-sector/</link>
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		<title>Freedom and its Price: Shareholders Seek Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few years, pay-to-play restrictions have flourished, particularly in the context of contracts related to the management of public pension plan assets and similar government investment accounts.   While some regulations such as MSRB Rule G-37 have been in place for &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/11/freedom-and-its-price-shareholders-seek-disclosure-of-corporate-political-spending/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/11/freedom-and-its-price-shareholders-seek-disclosure-of-corporate-political-spending/</link>
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		<title>Independent Spending in New Jersey&#8217;s Elections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/11/independent-spending-in-new-jerseys-elections/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/11/independent-spending-in-new-jerseys-elections/</link>
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		<title>Comments Submitted on Proposed Independent Expenditure Rules</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/comments-submitted-on-proposed-independent-expenditure-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/comments-submitted-on-proposed-independent-expenditure-rules/</link>
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		<title>Proposed NYC Campaign Finance Board Independent Expenditures Rules: Verification and the Multiple Candidate Problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/proposed-nyc-campaign-finance-board-independent-expenditures-rules-verification-and-the-multiple-candidate-problem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/proposed-nyc-campaign-finance-board-independent-expenditures-rules-verification-and-the-multiple-candidate-problem/</link>
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		<title>Proposed NYC Independent Expenditure Rules: Disclosure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/proposed-nyc-independent-expenditure-rules-disclosure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.corporatepoliticalactivitylaw.com/index.php/2011/10/proposed-nyc-independent-expenditure-rules-disclosure/</link>
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