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03.19.2024Important Changes to the New Jersey ELEC Pay-to-Play Annual Disclosure New Jersey has long had a requirement for business entities that hold government contracts to file a Business Entity Annual Statement (“Form BE”). The Form BE, normally due on March 30 of each year, will be due on April 1, 2024 this year, as the first business day following March 30. If your business entity received payments of $50,000 or more (in the aggregate) as a result of New Jersey government contracts during the 2023 calendar year, the Form BE must be electronically filed.
01.11.2024Political-Law Calendar for 2024 With the new year comes an opportunity to review and re-set the political-law compliance for campaigns, PACs, lobbyists, businesses, and individuals. The following checklist provides a brief overview of upcoming dates on the political-law calendar for 2024.
10.17.2023Political Law With The Simpsons - A Four Part Series By Avi Kelin As far back as 1995, The Simpsons established that you don't win friends with salad. Even though you may not make any friends with salad, it still has a monetary value. This dichotomy can actually teach us something about political-law compliance. We present to you: Political Law With The Simpsons - A Four Part Series.
09.19.2023Assessing the New Jersey Elections Transparency Act Before the 2023 General Election We are now less than eight weeks out from Election Day 2023, and even less time to go before the start of vote-by-mail and early voting. This year is the first in a series of big elections: the entire New Jersey Legislature on the ballot in 2023, before the Presidential election in 2024, and the Gubernatorial in 2025.
05.02.2023Angelo Genova and Rajiv Parikh Named to New Jersey Globe's 2023 Power List Genova Burns would like to congratulate Co-Founding Partner & firm Chairman Angelo J. Genova, Esq. and Partner Rajiv Parikh, Esq. for their inclusion in New Jersey Globe's 2023 Power List, which "identifies New Jersey’s 100 most politically powerful personalities."
03.06.2023Compliance Corner: Calling all NJ Government Contractors—The ELEC Pay-to-Play Annual Disclosure March 30th Filing Deadline is Approaching New Jersey’s annual pay-to-play filing deadline will be here at the end of March. If your business entity received payments of $50,000 or more (in the aggregate) as a result of New Jersey government contracts during the 2022 calendar year, the time has come to begin preparing your Business Entity Annual Statement (“Form BE”).
02.01.2023Angelo Genova To Present At Seton Hall Law Legislative Journal Symposium "Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda Firm Chairman and Co-Founder Angelo J. Genova, Esq. will participate on the Litigation Strategies Panel for the 2023 Seton Hall Legislative Journal Symposium "Ballots and Democracy: A New Scholarly Agenda" on February 24th.
01.12.2023Rebecca Moll Freed Presents "Challenges of Developing and Implementing an Effective Corporate Political Activity Compliance Program" for Lawline Genova Burns Partner Rebecca Moll Freed, Esq. presented a Lawline webcast entitled, "Challenges of Developing and Implementing an Effective Corporate Political Activity Compliance Program" on January 12th.
12.13.2022Gift Rules for Elected Officials and Government Employees Secret Santa, Pass the Parcel, White Elephant, Mystery Maccabee—whatever you call it, this is the season of gift giving. But private individuals, businesses, and elected officials need to think carefully before providing or accepting any gifts or other things of value this holiday season. New Jersey’s gift-and-ethics rules can restrict even such innocuous seeming items as gift baskets, meals, or entertainment—providing anything of value to an elected official or government employee can have important legal and compliance implications.
11.07.2022How to Ensure Political Compliance Before Election Day With only days to go before the momentous 2022 midterm elections, the time is right to review last-minute political-compliance tips.
10.04.2022Harrison Clewell to Participate on Election Law Update 2022 for the New Jersey State Bar Association Genova Burns Associate Harrison Clewell, Esq. will participate on a panel entitled, "Election Law Update 2022: Elections – “The Times They Are A-Changin” for the New Jersey State Bar Association on October 18th.
03.24.2022Jennifer Mazawey and Rebecca Moll Freed Named to ROI-NJ Influencers 2022: Women in Business Listing Genova Burns is pleased to announce that Partners Jennifer Mazawey, Esq. and Rebecca Moll Freed, Esq. have been named to ROI-NJ's Influencers 2022: Women in Business Listing.
03.10.2022Deadline for New Jersey's Annual Pay-to-Play Disclosure is Approaching Does your company do business with New Jersey government entities? Does your company make political contributions to New Jersey political recipients? Does your company have a political action committee/continuing political committee that is active in New Jersey? Do your officers, directors, partners or their spouses make political contributions to New Jersey recipients? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you are most likely required to file an Annual Pay-to-Play Disclosure Form for calendar year 2021.
02.09.2022Pennsylvania Government Contractor Pay-to-Play Disclosure Deadline – February 15, 2022 Under Pennsylvania's pay-to-play disclosure law, any business entity that has been awarded any no-bid contract by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or any of its political subdivisions must file a disclosure with the Pennsylvania Department of State by February 15, 2022.
10.22.2021Rebecca Moll Freed Presents Women in Politics Session "Know What's In Your Toolbox" for NJRealtors® Genova Burns Partner and Corporate Political Activity Law Chair Rebecca Moll Freed, Esq. recently lead a Women in Politics session entitled "Know What's In Your Toolbox" for NJRealtors® on October 13th.
08.31.2021Political Law Update for Banks, Utilities, Insurance Companies and Regulated Industries As summer winds down, we are entering the home stretch for the 2021 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Because of the importance of this election, businesses and individuals who normally sit out politics may find themselves getting involved in political activity. This process can be especially tricky for New Jersey’s regulated industries—banks, utilities, insurance companies, and more—because the rules of the road for their political activity have recently changed.
05.03.2021A Brief Introduction to the History and Theory of Campaign-Finance Law, Part 1 Recently on our blog, we have considered the nuances surrounding pay-to-play laws, election cycles, and refunds of contributions. But, as we continue to cover these and other topics deep in the weeds of political law, it is worth taking a step back to review the history and theory of campaign-finance laws in the United States.
03.04.2021Calling All New Jersey Government Contractors: Is Your Company Prepared for the March 30th Business Entity Annual Disclosure Filing Deadline? New Jersey’s Pay-to-Play Annual Disclosure filing deadline is less than one month away. New Jersey law requires each business entity that received payments of $50,000 or more (in the aggregate) as a result of New Jersey government contracts during the 2020 calendar year to electronically file a Business Entity Annual Statement (“Form BE”) with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (“ELEC”) no later than Tuesday, March 30, 2021.
02.17.2021The Power of Refunds Although refunds can be a powerful tool under New Jersey’s pay-to-play laws, all contributions should still be carefully reviewed for compliance with appliable limits so that a company or individual is not in the position of having to ask for a refund. Many companies think that if somebody makes or approves a contribution that they should not have made or approved, the company will simply request a refund. It’s not quite so simple…
01.28.2021The Importance of Election Cycles In our last blog, we addressed the applicability of reduced pay-to-play limits for government contractors and prospective government contractors. In this blog, as the first month of 2021 comes to a close, it is an opportune time to review the varying time periods applicable to traditional New Jersey campaign-finance limits. While some contribution limits operate on a calendar-year basis, not all contribution limits re-set in a new calendar year.