Roll Call reports on a fundraiser that was canceled after the newspaper raised questions about an invitation. House Foreign Affairs ranking member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) canceled a planned fundraiser Monday after Roll Call raised questions about her invitation to lobbyists to join an advisory council that she would consult on foreign policy matters — in […]
Day: April 19, 2010
Longest prison sentence ever for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violation
The Department of Justice issued this press release on the longest-ever prison sentence for a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act handed down today: 87 months.
Typosquatting, cybersquatting, and 441h: #POLC2010’s legal panel
Politics Online 2010 continues this afternoon. I’m now at a panel with Andrew Mirsky, Jason Torchinsky, Neal Seth, and Matt Sanderson. They’re discussing legal issues facing the use of technology in politics. Pictured below: Andrew Mirsky and Jason Torchinsky.