Morgan Hurst

Morgan Hurst is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office. She is a member of the Election and Political Law, Congressional Investigations, and Public Policy Practice Groups. She also assists with white collar defense matters.

Morgan maintains an active pro bono litigation practice with a focus on criminal justice issues.

Prior to law school, Morgan was a Paralegal Specialist at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in the National Security & International Narcotics Unit.

On January 2, 2025, the Department of Justice published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(“NPRM”) soliciting public comments on potential amendments to the Department’s regulations
regarding the Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”). The regulatory amendments proposed
by the Department are significant, and they would take the statute in a substantially

Continue Reading Department of Justice Proposes Major Changes to FARA Regulations, Including Sweeping Changes Affecting Multinational Companies

With a game-changing advisory opinion (AO 2024-01), 2024 started out with a bang at the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”). Other consequential opinions, enforcement actions, and regulations continued in the following months, challenging the notion that the divided Commission cannot find consensus.

In this alert, we highlight the FEC’s major

Continue Reading FEC Year in Review 2024