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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Womble Carlyle political law attorney Larry Norton was quoted in a recent Washington Post article on corporate fundraising for political candidates.
 

The landmark Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decisionopened the doors for greater corporate involvement in political campaigning. Now, three members of the Federal Elections Commission say companies should be allowed to directly raise money for candidates, something that currently is not allowed under federal law.
 

“The idea that corporations could finance and underwrite fundraising for candidates without limit is something that would fully open the spigot,” Norton, the former general counsel for the FEC, told the Washington Post. “If a corporation can host a major fundraising event with entertainment, with food, with everything else that goes into a top-flight event and it can use corporate funds to do so, that's a big change from where we are now.”
 

Larry Norton heads Womble Carlyle's Political Law Practice. He represents corporations, trade associations, non-profit organizations, and others in connection with campaign finance, lobbying, and gift laws. Before joining Womble Carlyle, Norton served as General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission from 2001-2007. He co-authors a blog on political law issues called Political GPS. Norton filed a brief in the Supreme Court in support of the winning party in the Citizens United case.
 

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