All political contributions articles
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ArticleDannenbaum Engineering overhauls compliance; fined $1.6M for campaign contributions
Dannenbaum Engineering and its parent company have agreed to pay a $1.6 million criminal fine for a scheme involving illegal campaign contributions. While the fine might not be significant, the compliance lessons are.
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FOR: SEC political disclosure rule
To help companies manage risk, the Securities and Exchange Commission should mandate what smart organizations are already doing: disclosing political contributions.
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AGAINST: Wrong tactic and agency
Requiring public companies to disclose their political contributions is a solution in search of a problem, especially given how little corporate money actually goes into elections.
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Robert Jackson, architect of political spending petition, nominated to SEC
President Trump has nominated Robert Jackson, a professor at Columbia University and proponent of a controversial political spending disclosure rule proposal, to be a member of the SEC.
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New SEC chair gets new demands for political contribution disclosures
With a new SEC chairman, a new push is underway to have a fresh consideration of a disclosure rule covering political contributions made by public companies.
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In a heated campaign season, don’t forget about compliance
Joe Mont takes a look at the campaign trail and the tendency for companies to get political at their own peril, as avoiding regulatory and reputational risk requires policies and audits to ensure compliance with a panoply of federal and state laws.
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When are campaign contributions FCPA violations?
A recent article in the Financial Times by Simon Kuper, titled “How to buy a foreign election” reminded me that the FCPA specifically makes illegal more than simply bribing a foreign government official or some employed by a state owned enterprise to secure an improper advantage. The FCPA also makes ...