Monthly Archives: June 2010
Why can’t we use this great song in our campaign video?
Now you know why. Once again, campaign lawyers are provided with another sheaf of paper to wave at political operatives who insist on getting the campaign in trouble for using copyrighted music without permission. Ben Sheffner’s Copyrights & Campaigns has … Continue reading
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Federal Election Commission meeting tomorrow
The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to meet tomorrow and the meeting agenda is here.
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Huge pay to play news today from the Securities and Exchange Commission
Here’s the huge pay to play news from the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The rule adopted by the SEC today includes prohibitions intended to capture not only direct political contributions by investment advisers, but also other ways that advisers … Continue reading
Have you checked your corporate code of conduct recently?
The Post reports that BP’s code of corporate conduct speaks to political donations. BP, the global energy corporation whose massive oil spill is fouling huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, proclaims in its corporate code of conduct that it … Continue reading
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The ethics world post-Eisen
The Post’s Al Kamen notes Norm Eisen’s Prague posting and what’s next for ethics in the White House.
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