Beginning November 2023, Google will require any political advertisements featured on their platforms that were made with the use of generative artificial intelligence to display a disclaimer [...]
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has recently approved an initiative for the May 5, 2024 ballot in response to recent scandals there. The proposal would tighten gift giving rules and [...]
Illinois has recently implemented new pay-to-play restrictions effecting vendors who sell automated law enforcement systems to county sheriffs or local police. Under the new restrictions, these [...]
The FEC has decided to move forward with an attempt to create regulations around the use of campaign media using “deepfake” artificial intelligence, potentially in time for 2024. While an [...]
A federal district court in Miami has permanently enjoined Florida’s recent restrictions on sitting lawmakers from lobbying other governments for pay while in office as overbroad, content-based [...]
An initiative attempting to make the ballot for 2024 backed by Consumer Watchdog would require lawmakers to make certain currently private papers public, including records pertaining to their [...]
Lobbying firms reported higher fees than the previous quarter despite Congress’ little legislative output. Together, the heightened attention to the NDAA, the addition of IRA implementation, a [...]
The new Commission on Ethics and Lobbying and Government (COELIG) opened just three inquiries in its first year as an agency, which pales in comparison to its predecessor, the Joint Commission on [...]
While more than 50 election related bills were considered this legislative session in California, with its scheduled adjournment of September 14 on the horizon, that number has now been whittled [...]
The Minnesota Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit challenging a new State law that prohibits foreign influenced corporations from making independent expenditures or ballot measure [...]