Takeaways
- With the 2020 election season
underway, now is a good time to make certain your internal policies
and procedures address applicable campaign contribution laws.
- It is important that employees are
aware that complex federal, state and local campaign laws,
including pay-to-play campaign law restrictions, exist and may
regulate their personal contributions.
- For companies that engage in
government business, including providing financial services,
products, advice or underwriting for government clients or
investors, a misstep under these pay-to-play laws can be quite
costly, including a ban on earning income from government
business.
The 2020 election is upon us, and just like every other type of
payment, making contributions is getting easier. Digital political
ads for the 2020 elections are beginning to appear all over the
internet, and people can now make contributions with just a few
clicks on their phone, or even by just asking Alexa to
