Month: May 2013

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 5-6-13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 6, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FCC, IRS, Kansas

POST ON POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. Here. “In an economy in which the federal government spends one out of every five dollars and influences the spending of many more, it’s no surprise that private-sector players would pay big bucks to find out what it’s going to do next.” I’ll have a lot more on political intelligence news […]

Friday’s political law links, 5/3/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 3, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, LDA, Missouri, New York, Virginia

POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE PROBE. CNBC. “A Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into stock trading after a leak involving a government decision is a ‘very gray area,’ former SEC attorney Jacob Frenkel told CNBC on Thursday.” CLIENT ALERT ON DOMA AND CONTRIBUTIONS. Perkins Coie. “Going forward, same-sex couples who wish to make political contributions out of shared […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 5/2/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 2, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, Delaware, FCPA, Florida, Iowa, Maine, New York City, Virginia

STETSON ON COMPLIANCE. Scott Stetson discusses the importance of a vigorous political activity compliance program here. EDITORIAL URGES SEC ACTION. Seattle Times. “If the owners of a company want to know what political causes it supports, it ought to tell them, because it is their company. People want to know. They want to know what […]