SEC SETTLEMENTS. WSJ (h/t S. Sholk). “Ten investment firms agreed to pay fines totaling more than $660,000 to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission alleging they managed public pension money illegally after their employees made contributions to state political races.” 10 FIRMS VIOLATED PAY TO PLAY RULES. SEC. “The Securities and Exchange Commission […]
Month: January 2017
Friday is I-Day and other political law links
NO REASON TO FEAR. WE. “Today, the United States has more campaign finance disclosure laws on the books than at any time in our history. So many, it seems, that even the most ‘shadowy’ groups are often disclosing their donors. When the best examples of ‘shadowy’ groups we can come up with are Planned Parenthood […]
Cal., Miss., Mont., Penn., and more news in today’s political law links
RESOLVING ETHICS ISSUES. NPR. “President-elect Donald Trump and his lawyer at a Wednesday press conference described the steps the real estate mogul would take separate from his business empire while in office.” TILLERSON AND LOBBYING REPORTS. DC. “But Tillerson didn’t say Exxon never lobbied on sanctions, and those lobbying disclosure forms don’t say what position the […]