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SEC Fines TX Investment Adviser for Pay-to-Play Rule Breach – A Texas-based investment adviser was recently fined $95,000 by the SEC after an investigation by the agency found the firm in violation of the Commission’s pay-to-play rule. As we discussed in the August Edition of the Playbook, SEC
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Harris-Walz Campaign Contributions Covered by Federal Pay-to-Play Rules – Banks and other financial institutions are restricted from donating to Vice President Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s presidential campaign ticket due to federal pay-to-play laws. One such law is the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) pay-to-play Rule 206(4)-5,
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Arizona Governor Accused of Alleged “Pay-to-Play” Scheme – The Arizona Attorney General’s Office recently opened an investigative review of Governor Katie Hobbs in regard to an alleged “pay-to-play” scheme involving large corporate and personal donations to Hobbs’s inaugural committee, gubernatorial campaign, and the Arizona Democratic Party. The inquiry commenced
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San Francisco Voters To Decide on Anti-Corruption Ballot Measure – Last month, the San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to place a package of anti-corruption matters on the March 2024 election ballot that would tighten conflict of interest laws, prohibit certain gift-giving and bribery, and implement additional ethics training.
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San Francisco Voters To Decide on Anti-Corruption Ballot Measure – Last month, the San Francisco Ethics Commission voted to place a package of anti-corruption matters on the March 2024 election ballot that would tighten conflict of interest laws, prohibit certain gift-giving and bribery, and implement additional ethics training.
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CA State Court Upholds the Constitutionality of SB 1439’s Expanded Pay-to-Play Provisions – A California Superior Court recently upheld the constitutionality of the state’s controversial new pay-to-play laws, which went into effect at the beginning of this year. The law at issue, S.B. 1439, was initially challenged
After years of tip-toeing through a veritable minefield of pay-to-play (P2P) statutes, regulations and ordinances, individuals and business entities doing business and seeking to do business with state and local government in New Jersey may now be able to breathe a marginal sigh of compliance relief. This regulatory respite is a direct result of a
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Real Estate Developer Convicted of Making Over $1 Million in Bribes to Former LA City Councilman – Three family members of former Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar testified against him last month in a trial against development company Shen Zhen New World I, which was accused of