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Essential Ethics is Nielsen Merksamer’s popular bi-weekly newsletter focused on developments in campaign finance, lobby disclosure, and government ethics laws across the nation. View our latest and archived posts below.

MARCH 2, 2018

Latest Developments: New York JCOPE met Tuesday (2/27/18). JCOPE’s only discussion concerned a request for an exemption from disclosure of source of funding from the NY Civil Liberties Union, which was denied. The still-pending lobby…

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Latest Developments: San Francisco Ethics Commission met last Friday (2/16/18). The commission failed to put an amendment to the city’s ethics ordinance on the June ballot (Item 4). The proposal was a watered-down version of the…

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Latest Developments: Oakland Public Ethics Commission met Monday (2/5/18). The Lobbyist Registration Subcommittee of the Commission approved a revised Lobbyist Registration Guide for 2018, which is the first update in 10 years. The guide is…

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