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We routinely advise clients and conduct ethics compliance reviews and training seminars concerning the laws regulating political activity, fundraising and contributions, bundling, and lobbying registration, disclosure, and certification. We also advise clients on all ethical aspects of interacting with the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch regarding gifts, travel, honoraria, and past employment restrictions. Our firm has helped establish PACs for various corporate, trade association, and leadership committee clients and has advised them on K&L Gates works to ensure that the pertinent ethics rules are adhered to throughout the planning and execution of policy projects. We are committed to avoiding any embarrassments for clients or government decision-makers, especially now given the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, which imposes criminal penalties for the first time. K&L Gates Public Policy and Law Practice: Government Ethics and Election Law For more than 35 years, K&L Gates has provided guidance to clients on campaign finance, lobbying disclosure and other political ethics matters . compliance issues. Our firm was one of the first law/lobbying firms in Washington, D.C. to establish a PAC, and has one of the largest law firm PACs today. To help our clients with the maze of government ethics requirements, the firm has authored “A Guide to Political and Lobbying Activities,” an easy-to-understand guidebook first published over 15 years ago and updates regularly (most recently in February of 2009). We have also authored numerous client alerts and updates on new government ethics rules, such as those issued by the Obama Administration. Our Services: • Lobbying Disclosure Act • Political Action Committees • Federal election law • Ethics compliance reviews and certifications • Congressional and executive branch ethics rules • Investigations
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We routinely advise clients and conduct ethics compliance reviews and training seminars concerning the laws regulating political activity, fundraising and contributions, bundling, and lobbying registration, disclosure, and certifi cation. We also advise clients on all ethical aspects of interacting with the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch regarding gifts, travel, honoraria, and past employment restrictions.
Our fi rm has helped establish PACs for various corporate, trade association, and leadership committee clients and has advised them on
K&L Gates works to ensure that the pertinent ethics rules are adhered to throughout
the planning and execution of policy projects. We are committed to avoiding any
embarrassments for clients or government decision-makers, especially now given the Honest
Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, which imposes criminal penalties for the
fi rst time.
K&L Gates Public Policy and Law Practice:
Government Ethics and Election Law
For more than 35 years, K&L Gates has
provided guidance to clients on campaign fi nance, lobbying disclosure and other
political ethics matters.
compliance issues. Our fi rm was one of the fi rst law/lobbying fi rms in Washington, D.C. to establish a PAC, and has one of the largest law fi rm PACs today.
To help our clients with the maze of government ethics requirements, the fi rm has authored “A Guide to Political and Lobbying Activities,” an easy-to-understand guidebook fi rst published over 15 years ago and updates regularly (most recently in February of 2009). We have also authored numerous client alerts and updates on new government ethics rules, such as those issued by the Obama Administration.
Our Services:• Lobbying Disclosure Act
• Political Action Committees
• Federal election law
• Ethics compliance reviews and certifi cations
• Congressional and executive branch ethics rules
• Investigations
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