OBAMA OFFICIAL ETHICS ALLEGATION. DC. “A non-profit government watchdog group is investigating whether an Obama administration-era appointee violated federal conflict-of-interest laws by taking a job with a company soon after awarding a nearly $650 million taxpayer-funded grant to a related project.” K ST. MOVE. WTOP. “Akin Gump, one of D.C.’s biggest lobbying firms, will leave its […]
Month: February 2017
Expose, ethics, and more political law links
SPOTLIGHT ON MORRIS. HP. “…Brody Mullins published an expose into what it describes as an affair that is ‘shaping up to be one of the biggest U.S. investigations into Washington’s influence business since the bribery and corruption case surrounding lobbyist Jack Abramoff rocked the nation’s capital in the mid-2000s.’” TRADEMARK ETHICS. Fox. “Ethics lawyers from […]
Good morning, here are today’s political law links
PAC BUSES ROLL. DC. “Political action committees that fundraised for President Barrack Obama during the 2012 presidential election, bused protesters to Republican town hall events nationwide earlier in February, according to a Sunday report from The Washington Post.” SUIT UNLIKELY TO WIN. Cleve. “Two important jurisdictional hurdles could prevent a court from ruling on the […]