Month: February 2012

Leap day political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 29, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Louisiana, Montana, New York City, South Carolina

FEC MEETING AGENDA. The agenda for Thursday’s meeting of the Federal Election Commission is online here. SPENDING ON SOLYNDRA. Politico. “House Republicans love hyping the half-billion dollars they say the Obama administration squandered on Solyndra’s loan guarantee.” SUPER PAC RACE DYNAMICS. National Journal. “The super PAC ad campaign gives the onetime House speaker hope that […]

Political law links for Tuesday, 2/28/12

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 28, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, House, IRS, LDA, Minnesota, Rule G-37, Senate, Social Media, Wisconsin

CAMPAIGNS PROTECTING TWEETS. E.politics. “Since the account owner of a protected feed has to approve everyone who wants to follow it, he or she can make sure that it’s restricted only to campaign volunteers.” ALERT ON CFTC PAY TO PLAY RULES. Allen & Overy’s alert on new CFTC rules for swap dealers is online here. […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 27, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, FCC, FCPA, FEC, IRS, LDA, South Carolina

FCPA CHARGES IN NIGERIAN PERMIT CASE. The Post. “Federal regulators have charged a former CEO of Swiss oil services company Noble Corp. and two other executives with bribing Nigerian government officials to get permits for drilling rigs in that country.” FCPA VIEW FROM THE POST. Here. “Led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, businesses have […]