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The Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. FEC

This alert reviews key aspects of last week's landmark Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, in which the Court cleared the way for corporations and labor unions to contribute to political campaigns in a more direct way - and permitted those entities to pay for express advocacy as long as the advocacy is not coordinated with any campaign or political party. It also points to underreported aspects of the ruling, and areas of campaign finance rules that will remain the same.

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Religious Institutions: Update - March 8, 2010

In addition to offering summaries of recent court decisions involving religious institutions that have to do with sovereign immunity and claims for damages under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, this alert reviews some of the key reasons for a faith-based organization to ask a church-state lawyer to review its employment and admissions policies every few years. Among these reasons are maximizing available legal defenses specific to religious institutions, such as the church-autonomy and ecclesiastical abstention doctrines – and religious institutions’ expectations of officers, employees and others that may differ from those of secular organizations.

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NEW FAR RULE ON COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND ETHICS
 

Construction, Accounting, and Taxation

January 30, 2009
 
Allison V. Feierabend- Washington
Christopher Myers- Northern Virginia

Contractors performing any work for the federal government should be aware of the new Federal Acquisition Requisition (FAR) provisions and clauses that require government contractors to establish and implement compliance programs and make mandatory disclosures of certain violations of criminal law, violations of the civil False Claims Act, and significant overpayments. This article discusses the final rule, changes to the December 2007 rule and new requirements. Please click on the below link to view the article.

READ: NEW FAR RULE ON COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS AND ETHICS

Reprinted with permission. New Rule on Compliance Programs and Ethics, Christopher A. Myers and Allison Feierabend, Construction, Accounting, and Taxation, Vol. 19 No. 1 Copyright © 2009 ThomsonReuters. All rights reserved.

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