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On March 1, 2016, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a majority and a dissenting opinion. The majority opinion rejected the …

On March 4, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the summary judgment issued by the U.S. District Court in FEC v. Craig for …

On February 23, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a decision in Stop Reckless Economic Instability Caused by Democrats ("Stop PAC"), et al. v. FEC …

On February 16, 2016, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and Nicholas Mezlak filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge the …

On January 25, 2016, the Libertarian National Committee, Inc. (LNC), filed suit against the Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Federal Election Campaign …

On January 21, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a 2014 district court decision that invalidated a Commission regulation governing the disclosure of certain …

On December 21, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia denied plaintiffs Stop Hillary PAC and Dan Backer's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. The plaintiffs had sought …

On December 18, 2015, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Edward Lynch, Sr., Lynch for Congress and …

On December 10, 2015, the Commission moved to amend its complaint against Utah businessman Jeremy Johnson to add John Swallow as a defendant. In June, the Commission had filed suit …

On November 23, 2015, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ("CREW"), and Melanie Sloan filed a Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief in the U.S. District Court for the …

On November 25, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the plaintiffs'' application to convene a three-judge court to hear their constitutional challenges.

The plaintiffs—the Republican …

On October 16, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc filed by Combat Veterans for …

On September 22, 2015, Stop Hillary PAC and Dan Backer filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia challenging provisions of the Act and Commission …

On September 24, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion by Pursuing America's Greatness (PAG) for a preliminary injunction to prevent the Commission from …

On August 27, 2015, Level the Playing Field (LPF), Dr. Peter Ackerman, the Green Party of the United States and the Libertarian National Committee (collectively plaintiffs) filed a new, second …

On August 3, 2015, the Republican Party of Louisiana (LAGOP), the Jefferson Parish Republican Parish Executive Committee and the Orleans Parish Republican Executive Committee (collectively, plaintiffs) filed suit in the …

On August 13, 2015, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (the “Court”) granted the Commission’s motion to dismiss portions of a complaint filed by Citizens for …

On July 28, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court''s dismissal of administrative fine challenges filed by Combat Veterans for Congress PAC.

Background …

On July 27, 2015, Pursuing America’s Greatness (PAG) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging Commission regulations and a recently-issued advisory opinion that restrict …

On July 7, 2015, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the provision in the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) that prohibits …