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Client Alert: FARA Unit Enters Landmark DPAs to Resolve Lobbyists’ FARA Violations

Earlier this year, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) Unit entered into what appeared to be the first publicly announced deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) to ...
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U.S. Justice Department seeks input on modernization of the FARA for the first time in 15 years

Following its efforts in recent years to enforce the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq. (FARA)) more rigorously and transparently, for the first time in nearly 15 years, ...
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State Legislatures Take on FARA with New FARA-Style Bills

This year has seen a wave of proposed bills in state legislatures across the United States aimed at regulating foreign-influenced political activity at the state level. While stylized to mirror ...