Month: May 2013

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 5/31/13

PERKINS COIE LAUNCH.  Perkins Coie launched its new “In the Arena:  Law and Politics Update” blog yesterday with posts from Jonathan Berkon on the Ensign case and Brian Svoboda on concurrent investigations. HISTORY V. CFR.  NRO.  “Reform sometimes makes thing worse.” TOTAL FINED.  News here.  “Total, S.A., a French oil and gas company, will pay […]

5-30-13 political law links

GUILTY VERDICT IN NV. Story here. “A Nevada powerbroker who headed a billion-dollar real estate company and pulled the strings of state politics as a prominent lobbyist for more than a decade was convicted Wednesday of making illegal campaign contributions to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid.” ROGERS ON POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Post. “This administration essentially has […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 5/29

READY FOR 16. Politico. “The ‘Ready For Hillary’ super PAC, which seems to have particularly close ties to the Clinton universe, has in recent weeks been beefing up its operation, attracting some major figures in Democratic fundraising before there’s even a candidate.” REID SORRY. Story here. “U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Tuesday he was surprised […]