Author: Eric Brown

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 19, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio

FINRA SEEKS COMMENT. Thinkadvisor.com. “The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is requesting public comment on its proposal to establish pay-to-play type rules for broker-dealers that closely mirror those the Securities and Exchange Commission has set forth for advisors.” GRAY REJECTED PLEA. Fox. “Outgoing District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray rejected a proposed plea bargain offered by federal […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 18, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC

TWITTER QUESTIONS I. CNN. “Republicans and outside groups used anonymous Twitter accounts to share internal polling data ahead of the midterm elections, CNN has learned, a practice that raises questions about whether they violated campaign finance laws that prohibit coordination.” TWITTER QUESTIONS II. The Verge. “According to a CNN source, at least two spending groups […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 17, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Mississippi

LESSIG FAIL. NPR. “Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig’s pro-campaign finance reform group had extensive investments, but failed to get most of their preferred candidates elected. NPR’s Arun Rath speaks with Lessig for a post-election post-mortem.” REFORMERS WON. HuffPo. “The final passage of Sabin’s reforms are not just playing out in Arkansas, but reverberate across the […]