The Supreme Court denied cert in Sorich et al. v. U.S., what could have been an opportunity for the Court to narrow the scope of what behavior may be deemed honest services fraud. Justice Scalia offered a dissent from the denial of cert which is available here. In the dissent, he notes disapporvingly the “staggeringly […]
Day: February 23, 2009
Freddie Mac and “Stealth Lobbying”
The Post reports that Freddie Mac is undertaking an internal investigation into alleged “stealth lobbying.” The inquiry inside Freddie Mac follows stories by the AP about the company secretly hiring Republican consulting firm DCI Group of Washington to stop a proposal in the Senate in 2005 sponsored by Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. The legislation would […]
“Lobbyist Reform Coming to Santa Fe?”
The title of this New Mexico Independent article summarizes its topic.