Two tobacco companies filed a lawsuit challenging new restrictions on advertising and sharing information, according to this report. The companies say in their lawsuit that the law [, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act], which takes full effect in three years, prohibits them from using “color lettering, trademarks, logos or any other imagery […]
Day: August 31, 2009
Microsoft v. Google
This is just one of several reports on the white hot battle between Microsoft and Google on lobbying (and other) fronts. Microsoft has a bitter rivalry with Google, competing head-to-head in such areas as online search and personal productivity applications. At the vendor’s Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans last month, Microsoft Chief Operating Officer […]
Florida Power & Light Rate Case and the Kentucky Derby Party
A controversy has arisen regarding a Florida Public Service Commission employee’s attendance at a Kentucky Derby party at the residence of a Florida Power & Light executive, according to this report. Ryder Rudd, the commission’s lobbyist and governmental affairs director, and his wife attended the party in May at the home of FPL Vice President […]