Lobbying law
Want to fix America’s foreign lobbying law? Learn from past reform failures
Since President Donald Trump's election, at least 44 bills to reform the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) have been introduced...
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Opinion: Congress misses an opportunity to better regulate foreign corporate lobbying
On March 3, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act. The legislation is a...
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Trump’s pardons undercut a decade of foreign lobbying law enforcement. What now?
In 2017, Donald Trump took office proclaiming that he would “drain the swamp.” For a brief moment, he even acted...
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US charges Iranian author with failing to register as foreign agent of Tehran
US prosecutors have charged a prolific advocate of dovish US policies with regard to Iran of secretly serving as a...
Read moreNew US enforcement priorities: What influence actors need to know to stay out of trouble
On Friday, Dec. 4, the American Conference Institute hosted its second annual National Forum on FARA, the Foreign Agents Registration...
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Podcast: Transparency expert Ben Freeman on the trouble with FARA
Ben Freeman literally wrote the book on foreign lobbying. The author of The Foreign Policy Auction, which he describes as...
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US consulting giants reveal $7.5 million in work for Saudi crown prince’s reform agenda
Two of the world's biggest consulting firms have just registered as Saudi foreign agents for work they did for the...
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Barr threatens to treat US companies as Chinese agents
Attorney General Bill Barr put US businesses on notice today that the Justice Department will treat them as Chinese agents...
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Law firm made to register as Turkish agent after getting $15 million over two decades
The longtime legal counsel to the Turkish Embassy in Washington has registered as a Turkish foreign agent in the latest...
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Qatar-funded think tank moves to drop ‘lobbyist’ label
A US think tank funded by Qatar insists that it has changed its structure and mission and should no longer...
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