$200 MILLION PLAN FOR OUTSIDE GROUP. The Post. “The effort — spearheaded by a small group of longtime congressional and White House aides — represents Democrats’ response to the electoral drubbing of 2010, when a coterie of conservative and business groups did a far better job than their opponents of adapting to a new campaign finance […]
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Political law links today: J&J FCPA case, disclosure and democracy, no smooth sledding for VT CFR, the Waters case, and more
JOHNSON & JOHNSON & FCPA. Another FCPA settlement announced. DOJ Release. “‘Today, Johnson & Johnson has admitted that its subsidiaries, employees and agents paid bribes to publicly-employed health care providers in Greece, Poland and Romania, and that kickbacks were paid on behalf of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary companies to the former government of Iraq under […]
It’s Friday, Friday… and here’s your pre-shutdown? political law links for today
NO PRISON FOR ABRAMOFF CASE DEFENDANT. “A former Congressional staffer embroiled in the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal will avoid prison time after the judge in the case questioned why Members of Congress have mostly stayed off the hook in the Justice Department’s probe, the Associated Press reported Thursday.” Roll Call. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FCPA FINE. […]