FCPA FINE. National Law Review. “Bio-Rad Laboratories agreed this week to pay a total of $55 million to settle DOJ and SEC claims that its subsidiaries made improper payments to foreign officials in Russia, Vietnam, and Thailand to win business.” SUPER PAC BURN RATE. Buzzfeed. “It’s not unusual for people running a campaign of some […]
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CASES TO WATCH. Politico. “At least a half-dozen major campaign-finance cases winding their way through the courts have the potential to shake up the political landscape in the vein of the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling — or the more recent McCutcheon decision — forcing major changes in the way campaigns are financed and […]
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CHRISTIE ON CFR. NJ.com. “It may offend purists, but Gov. Christie’s proposal to, in effect, deregulate the system by which political campaigns are financed should be seized as an opportunity to write fresh statutes and regulations that are enforceable, fair and able to survive court challenges.” NEED FOR CFR CITED. ADN. “There is a real […]