Category: DC

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 […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 6/4

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date June 4, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Connecticut, DC, FEC, Foreign Laws, IRS, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia

UNION PAYS. WFB. “One of the Democratic Party’s largest political contributors must pay a former employee who was fired from his job because he refused to donate to a union political action committee (PAC).” MORE HEARINGS. The Post. “Congress on Monday held its fourth hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups, this […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 4/17/13

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 17, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, FCPA, Florida, Foreign Laws, Iowa, IRS, South Carolina, Texas

NONPROFIT SCRUTINY. BusinessWeek. “Senate hearings, lawsuits and an Internal Revenue Service questionnaire are placing new scrutiny on nonprofit groups that spend millions of dollars on political campaigns without disclosing their donors.” FCPA CHARGES. DOJ. “Charges have been unsealed against one current and one former executive of the U.S. subsidiary of a French power and transportation […]