Political Law 2012: Compliance for Businesses and Congressional Staffers

This event for corporate counsel, compliance officers, lobbyists, and House and Senate staffers, featured Roll Call political law columnist C. Simon Davidson, the Chief Counsels to the House and Senate ethics committees, and the Deputy Chief Counsel to the Office of Congressional Ethics.

Topics Covered

• The STOCK ACT
  An overview of new restrictions on insider trading
• Convention Activity
  Legal and ethical issues surrounding political conventions
• Gift Rule Pitfalls
  Frequently recurring problems under the Congressional gift rules
• OCE Investigations
  Preparing for and responding to an investigation by the Office of
  Congressional Ethics

Congressional Panelists

• John C. Sassaman
  Chief Counsel & Staff Director, Senate Select Committee on Ethics
• Daniel A. Schwager
  Chief Counsel & Staff Director, House Committee on Ethics
• L. Kedric Payne
  Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Congressional Ethics

McGuireWoods Panelists

• C. Simon Davidson
  Partner, Author of Roll Call column “A Question of Ethics”
• Elliot S. Berke
  Partner, Political Law Group Co-Chair
• William J. Farah
  Partner, Political Law Group Co-Chair