Neil Reiff will speak at the Marshall Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary on the impact of the Citizens United decision on the 2010 elections. The event, sponsored by the William and Mary Election Law Society, will be held on November 17, 2010

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.

Neil Reiff discusses the implications of Speechnow.org v Federal Elections Commission in a published comment in JURIST.  In the comment, Mr. Reiff examines the momentum of recent campaign finance decisions and forecasts the impact of recent decisions on the changing political landscape.

Mr. Reiff writes, “The Speechnow.org decision (which also upheld political committee reporting requirements for independent expenditure committees) will bring more independent spending into the light by inducing committees to avoid the subterfuges of “issue advocacy” while subjecting their activity to the reporting regime of federal campaign finance law.”

Read the full comment here.