Campaign Finance

TPLG advises candidates, political committees, corporations, nonprofit organizations, trade associations, major donors and other participants in the political process on campaign finance laws at the federal, state and local levels. We counsel clients on committee formation, fundraising and contribution limits, political spending, independent expenditures, coordination, advertising and communications, disclosure and the increasingly complex rules governing political activity across jurisdictions. Federal and California law both regulate political fundraising, spending and disclosure through detailed reporting and substantive requirements.

Our lawyers frequently serve as outside general counsel to campaigns and political organizations, working alongside our compliance professionals to provide integrated legal and reporting support. TPLG’s compliance team manages committee registrations, campaign finance reports, reconciliations and day-to-day reporting obligations, while our lawyers advise on the legal and strategic questions that arise as campaigns and political programs evolve.

We also counsel corporations, nonprofits and emerging political businesses on political giving programs, pay-to-play restrictions, campaign advertising and disclosure, and new products or business models that implicate campaign finance laws.