Ronald Jacobs

May 23, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Compliance is an essential component to any political activity. The risks of noncompliance involve not only civil and criminal sanctions, but also reputational harm and bad publicity.

By Ronald Jacobs, Lawrence Norton

6 minute read

May 09, 2012 | Inside Counsel

Interacting with the government has become more and more prevalent in all sectors of the economy, whether through the use of outside lobbyists or a companys own employees.

By Ronald Jacobs, Jeffrey Hunter

11 minute read

April 25, 2012 | Inside Counsel

In the wake of Citizens United and other deregulatory court cases, corporations and unions are now permitted to spend their own funds on express advocacy or electioneering communications.

By Ronald Jacobs, Alexandra Megaris

6 minute read

April 11, 2012 | Inside Counsel

It used to be that personal political activity was personal, as long as it did not involve company resources, and corporate political activity was corporate.

By Ronald Jacobs, Scott Gluck

6 minute read

March 28, 2012 | Inside Counsel

The big story for the 2012 elections has been the rise of super PACs, or, independent expenditure committees

By Ronald Jacobs

11 minute read

March 14, 2012 | Inside Counsel

With the 2012 election in full swing, Americans are closely following the brewing civic debate over corporate political participation.

By Ronald Jacobs, Janice Ryan

12 minute read