Pay to Play

California Updates Pay-to-Play Law Regulations to Reflect Recent Law Changes

By Andrew Garrahan & Kimberly Railey on April 11, 2025

Posted in Pay to Play, Political Law, Regulatory

Important changes to California’s pay-to-play law took effect January 1, 2025, and now the state’s regulations have caught up to the law.

The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission adopted the new regulations late last month, following statutory revisions to California’s complex pay-to-play law found at California Government Code § 84308…

SEC Enforcement Order Highlights Far Reach of Pay-to-Play Restrictions

By Zachary G. Parks & Samuel Klein on August 26, 2024

Posted in Pay to Play

August 23, 2024, Covington Alert

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week issued a cease-and-desist order that demonstrates the SEC pay-to-play rule’s expansiveness and the SEC’s readiness to enforce it to the letter, even when it is virtually impossible that a political contribution could have influenced a government entity’s…

Updated and Expanded: Covington Announces 2023 Edition of Pay-to-Play Rule Survey

By Robert Kelner, Robert Lenhard, Zachary G. Parks, Derek Lawlor, Andrew Garrahan, Kevin Glandon & Elizabeth Upton on February 9, 2023

Posted in Pay to Play

For over a decade, Covington has published a detailed survey of the “pay-to-play” laws of all 50 states. Now, for the first time, Covington is updating the survey with a new section covering federal pay-to-play rules, in addition to those of the 50 states and many cities and counties. This…