Month: June 2013

Wednesday’s political law links, 6-12-13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 12, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, Foreign Laws, New York, Pennsylvania

RENZI CONVICTED. Politico. “A federal jury on Tuesday convicted former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi on more than a half dozen corruption charges accusing him of using his office for personal financial gain and looting a family insurance business to help pay for his 2002 campaign.” CA: FORMER CANDIDATES FINED. LA Times. “Two former state lawmakers […]

Tuesday’s political law links, 6/11/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 11, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Colorado, DC, FEC, IRS, LDA, Virginia

FEC MEETING. The agenda for Thursday’s Federal Election Commission meeting is online here. POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE ALERT. The Post. “Hundreds of federal employees were given advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement, a period when trading in the shares of those firms spiked.” […]

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links, 6/10/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 10, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, DC, FEC, IRS, Wisconsin

JACKSON’S RECOMMENDED SENTENCE. Story here. “Prosecutors Friday recommended four years in prison for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., following his guilty plea this year on criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.” 31 DAYS OF THE IRS SCANDAL. TaxProf Blog. COMMISSION NOMINEES SENT TO THE […]