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We additionally provide detailed authorities ethics and political legislation compliance programs and training to corporations and organizations – both to facilitate adherence as well as to supply a defense against legal, administrative, and civil enforcement proceedings. Steptoe’s campaign finance and political regulation shoppers include corporations, commerce associations, labor organizations, political committees, individuals, and tax exempt entities. Our shoppers call on us for recommendation on all features of federal, state and native campaign finance, pay-to-play and lobbying legislation, and reward, journey, and leisure restrictions. Additionally, our team has important expertise advising purchasers on the federal govt and legislative department ethics rules, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), the “revolving door” and different publish-employment restrictions, and associated civil and criminal litigation and enforcement matters.

Caplin & Drysdale’s Political Law Group has an established practice representing people, lobbyists, consulting firms, advocacy teams, public affairs companies, political consultancies, and suppose tanks in addressing their FARA compliance obligations. In recent years, the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”), the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, House Committee on Ethics, Office of Congressional Ethics (“OCE”), and state regulators have introduced a substantial variety of legal and civil political-law instances and investigations in opposition to authorities officials, firms, nonprofit advocacy teams, and their officers.

The Bachelors in Political/Legal Studies degree program combines coursework in political science, ideas and theory with legal studies — an interdisciplinary strategy to the meanings and values of legality. It focuses on the liberal arts of law and political thought and … Read More