Partner Neil Reiff will discuss the future of PACs and Party Committees at a conference themed ‘Political Law After Citizens United – Understanding Major Changes for Campaigning and Lobbying.’  The conference, sponsored by West LegalEdCenter, will be held on July 22, 2010, at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC.

For more information, or to register, visit the Legal EdCenter’s Website.

Joe Sandler spoke at the American Constitution Society’s panel, “Citizens United v FEC: The Decision, Its Implications, and the Road Ahead.”  In his opening statement, Mr. Sandler spoke primarily about the constraints still in place on political committees, especially with regard to express advocacy.  He also emphasized that the role of political parties will not be miniized, because of their ability to coordinate.

The full panel was moderated by William P. Marshall, Visiting Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School and also included:

William Rand Kenan, Jr. of UNC Chapel Hill School of Law
Jan W. Baran, Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
Laurence E. Gold, Of Counsel, Lichtman, Trister & Ross, PLLC; Associate General Counsel, AFL-CIO
James S. Portnoy, Chief Counsel, Corporate & Government Affairs at Kraft Foods
Monica Youn, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law.

Watch it online at the ACS Website.

In “Beware the Fortunetellers” Mr. Sandler and Mr. Reiff discuss the fallout of last week’s Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. FEC.  The authors argue that although the ruling will have vast implications for the future of campaign finance, that future is not as written in stone as many pundits would have the general public believe.