Month: February 2010

Political cybersquatting for fun and profit

The Hill reports on the cyberissues facing candidates who haven’t secured their domain names (or their Twitter handles, for that matter). “You’ve got to get your domain name registered early, long before you consider running for office,” said Kari Chisholm, a Democratic Web strategist based in Oregon. “If you don’t do that, it is inevitable […]

ACS panel on Citizens United

Yesterday I attended the ACS panel on Citizens United.  BLT has the report.   It was being recorded so I assume it will show up at the ACS link. Joseph Sandler, a former general counsel to the Democratic National Committee and a member at Sandler, Reiff & Young, said the ruling will encourage the trend of […]

The increasing legal costs of campaigns

Roll Call reports on how much campaigns are spending on lawyers.  I don’t know if the story mentions this BLT report because the Roll Call story is behind the pay wall. Citizens United noted: The First Amendment does not permit laws that force speakers to retain a campaign finance attorney, conduct demographic marketing re-search, or […]