McDermott, Will & Emery’s Bobby Burchfield‘s comments on Citizens United are included in this Hill analysis.
Month: February 2010
Proposal for registration of placement agents in California
The Central Valley Business Times has an update on California legislation to require the registration of placement agents. Placement agents would be subject to strict gift limits, campaign contribution prohibitions, and be prohibited from receiving compensation contingent upon any California public pension investment decision. The placement agents, their firms and employers would be required to […]
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutions in the news
The Post examines the increasing attention to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act matters in this article today. Long a priority of the FBI and the Justice Department, efforts to police corrupt business payments have intensified in recent weeks, with multimillion-dollar corporate settlements and coordinated arrests of individual executives accused of attempting to grease the skids.