Jason Miller posted his paper, “Regulating Robocalls: Are Automated Calls the Sound of, or a Threat to, Democracy?” on SSRN and it’s available for download here. The paper is an excellent overview and analysis of the issues. Of special interest to me was the discussion of the confusing patchwork of state regulation of automated calls. […]
Day: December 31, 2008
Personal Use Issues
Rep. Rangel’s alleged use of political committee funds to pay parking fines is the topic of this CQMoneyline report. Rangel’s campaign committee and his “leadership” political action committee have combined to make 14 separate payments to the D.C. treasurer for “automobile expenses” since March 16, 2007, and a Rangel spokesman confirmed that campaign aides believe […]
Lobbyist v. NYT
A lobbyist is suing The New York Times for an article it published in February 2008, according to this report. Vicki L. Iseman filed the defamation suit in U.S. District Court in Richmond. It also names as defendants the Times’ executive editor, its Washington bureau chief and four reporters. Ms. Iseman is represented by W. […]