Virtual Workshop B — Designing, Pressure-Testing and Implementing Comprehensive FARA and Foreign Influence Compliance Programs

Dec 3, 2026 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Thomas Spulak
Partner
King & Spalding LLP

Evann Whitelam
Partner
Nielsen Merksamer Parrinello Gross & Leoni LLP

Hypothetical Scenarios & Anonymous Polling

In today’s murky enforcement environment, ensure your compliance strategy is comprehensive and defensible.

In addition to speaker-prepared reference materials and 3-hours of CLE accreditation, delegates will walk away with real-world guidance and key takeaways that will shape the main conference discussion to follow. Key topics will include:

  • Mapping the specific FARA and foreign influence risk areas for your organization, including foreign funding, foreign principals, advocacy, lobbying, public affairs, events, media outreach, nonprofit programming and third-party relationships
  • Building client intake, review and escalation procedures to identify risks before work begins
  • Translating outside counsel guidance into practical internal workflow, training and decision tools for non-lawyers in your organization
  • Evaluating registration, exemption, disclosure and information-materials questions in ambiguous fact patterns
  • Managing the reputational consequences of public disclosure and educating foreign principals, funders, affiliates and internal stakeholders on the risks of non-disclosure
  • Monitoring your program and keeping up with shifting enforcement priorities on the state and federal levels and your organization’s evolving risk tolerance