University of Houston Law Center Law
UH Law/Business Forum
P R E S E N T
F E A T U R I N G
Noon: Registration
12:15 to 1:15 p.m.:
Lunch and Presentation
$15/person includes
One Hour of CLE (pending) and Lunch
Limited seating
Register by contacting
lawalumni@uh.edu or 713.743.2201.
Professor John Jay Douglass
University of Houston Law Center
James Grace, Jr. ’92
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Baker Botts, L.L.P.
One Shell Plaza
910 Louisiana, 32nd Floor
Houston
Parking is available in open lot
across One Shell Plaza on Louisiana
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
O
n January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the U.S.
produced a ruling about the need for open and robust
political spending. Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission’s legacy may make the hundreds of millions spent
in past presidential and congressional elections look like a
pittance. By removing the restraints on what and when for- and
non-profit corporations may “say” during federal campaigns, the
Court has raised the stakes for all such elections. But campaign
finance regulation remains in flux.
The lingering issues following Citizens United include:
May labor unions freely spend on elections? Are foreign
corporations with U.S. operations under the same restrictions
as domestic ones? Does the distinction of “express advocacy”
versus “issue advocacy” in political messages still matter?
These and other questions will be discussed at Campaign
Finance Regulation and the Law Post-Citizens United.
UH Law Center PROFESSOR JOHN JAY DOUGLASS, an election
and campaign finance law scholar, and Baker Botts partner
JIM GRACE ’92, an expert on corporate and government relations
and campaign finance compliance, will lead the discussion
that can change who occupies the halls of Congress and the
White House.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Register by contacting lawalumni@uh.edu or 713.743.2201
by Friday, October 1, 2010.
Office of External Affairs
100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204-6060
FIRST CLASS MAIL
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
HOUSTON, TEXAS
PERMIT NO. 772