ALL NEW NAME. DigiNews. “The American League of Lobbyists has decided to call itself the ‘Association of Government Relations Professionals.'”
KOCH LOOKING. FCPA Blog. “As audit manager, you will be able to lead and perform commercial compliance and financial assurance activities…”
SUPER PAC PIECE. DC. “A super PAC supporting the re-election of Mississippi incumbent Thad Cochran is hitting the senator’s Republican primary opponent for being similar to Todd Akin — the Republican from Missouri who lost his Senate race in 2010 after his infamous ‘legitimate rape’ comment.”
ROAD TO NEW CHALLENGES. Baran and Gedge. “More broadly, McCutcheon is also significant because it reaffirms that state-level experience can bear on the validity of federal campaign finance laws under the First Amendment.”
IL: COOK COUNTY RULES. Chicago Tribune. “Cook County’s chief watchdog wants to tighten up lobbying rules after finding that ‘rogue lobbyists’ are ignoring requirements to register or report their activities.”
MA: I WASN’T A LOBBYIST. WWLP. “Warren Tolman, a Watertown Democrat and candidate for attorney general, for years has been incorrectly described as a lobbyist in paperwork filed by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1199, according to the Tolman campaign and the union.”
MN: LAW BLOCKED. Minnpost.com. “United States District Judge Donovan Frank ruled a group of plaintiffs challenging Minnesota’s ban on large-dollar donations from so-called ‘special sources’ has a ‘substantial likelihood of success on the merits of their claim,’ and ruled Minnesota can’t enforce the law as the case works through the judicial system.”
NJ: PAY TO PLAY QUESTION. NJ.com. “Should government contractors banned by local pay-to-play laws from directly making major contributions to New Jersey and local politicians be allowed to donate to federal political action committees that give to Garden State candidates?”
OK: BILLS SIGNED. KSWO. “Gov. Mary Fallin has signed four bills into law, including three measures that target the state’s campaign finance laws.”
INDIA: MODI MONEY. FT. “It may never really be known how much money Mr Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party spent on the dazzling, high-tech campaign to persuade millions of voters that he was the man to lead India out of its current economic and governmental malaise.”
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