The St. Petersburg Times’s The Buzz has the latest in a controversy involving a website and the Crist/Rubio Senate contest.
Month: October 2009
13 await sentence. The crime? Violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The FCPA Blog has the interesting (and somewhat suprising) news on the thirteen individuals awaiting sentencing for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Who are they? A former congressman, a famous entrepreneur, husband-and-wife movie producers, c-level executives and top managers. Real people who are probably going to jail. Yes, the FCPA is serious, and […]
A new report from U.S. PIRG links lobbying, contributions, and tax reform
A new U.S. Public Interest Research Group report links lobbying expenditures and corporate PAC contributions to opposition to certain tax reform proposals. Huffington Post’s relatively new Lobbyblog notes the report here.