The Deseret News has an overview of the ethics and campaign finance reforms that could be coming to Utah. All would be groundbreaking changes, if they happen. Currently, there are no limits to state and legislative campaigns. There’s no independent ethics commission and only legislators, not residents, can bring an ethics complaint. The only “ban” […]
Month: January 2010
Year End Foreign Corrupt Practices Act overview
Gibson, Dunn’s 2009 Year End Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update was recently released and it’s available here. I picked FCPA prosecutions as one of 2009’s most important developments in this area of law and the firm’s update reflects the heightened attention to the FCPA. The firm’s update begins: “One can say without exaggeration that this […]
Ca$hing in on President Obama’s likeness
Robin Givhan writes here about a story that first appeared in The Times about a new billboard in New York City featuring President Obama sporting a Weatherproof jacket. The story raises the interesting question of what happens when a politician’s likeness is used in connection with a commercial enterprise. Obama happened to be wearing one […]