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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today that the firm has launched Pay to Play Law Blog (www.paytoplaylawblog.com), a blog dedicated to helping readers monitoring the status of proposed pay to play legislation. Led by partner Stefan Passantino and associate Amol Naik, the blog is set to become a leading online community for analyses on the impacts of pay to play regulations on federal and state levels in reference to lobbying, contributions, and gifts.

"With an ever increasing intensity, state legislatures and even the Securities and Exchange Commission have responded to legitimate voter resentment over various ethics and campaign scandals by passing ever-stricter laws restricting or regulating contributions and/or gifts by business entities doing business with government entities," said Stefan Passantino, chair of MLA's Political Law practice. "This valid desire to 'connect the dots' between political money and state procurements has resulted in increasing complex legislation in which state legislators appear to be engaged in a constant effort to outdo each other in the eyes of their constituents with respect to the transactions they prohibit and the consequences to corporations for failing to comply."

The blog's mission is to draw from the firm's considerable experience and resources to provide insights on pay to play issues as they will affect each state. "Our goal is to inform and foster debate surrounding this emerging field of regulation," said associate Amol Naik. "We intend to post frequently on these topics with respect to state trends, developments and concerns for compliance."

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