Category: LDA

The 1954 Supreme Court’s View on Lobbying Disclosure

In United States v. Harriss, a Supreme Court case in the news because of the recent NAM effort to challenge provisions of HLOGA, the Court discussed lobbying disclosure, as a general matter (citations omitted): Present-day legislative complexities are such that individual members of Congress cannot be expected to explore the myriad pressures to which they […]

LDA counsel

The Letters to the Editor section of The Hill includes a helpful letter from the Secretary of the Senate/Clerk of the House: In the Feb. 26 edition of The Hill, the article “K Street grows, maybe even beyond disclosure,” referenced disclosure requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1996. The LDA definition of “lobbying activities,” […]