Category: Georgia

Good morning, here are Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 16, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York City, Vermont, Virginia

HEDGE FUNDERS GET ACTIVE. Forbes. “With the formation of the Super PAC, [Louis] Bacon joins a growing rank of hedge funders who have decided to throw their financial weight into politics. This year Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital Management, started his pro-environment Super PAC, NextGen Committee, which has taken on the Keystone XL pipeline, […]

Political law links and Happy Thanksgiving

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 26, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, DC, Georgia, Indiana, Mass., New York

ROBOCALL RULING. WTHR. “A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court’s ruling limiting Indiana’s ban on political robo-calls to in-state telephone calls only.” IPOS AND THE STOCK ACT. Legistorm. “Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) has received special access to initial public offerings since he hired his Morgan Stanley stockbroker in 2003. But as the freshman […]

Tues. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date October 22, 2013
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Foreign Laws, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, Virginia

CONSERVATIVE NOTES SPENDING. The Times. “A new book from a conservative advocate of tighter campaign finance regulations seeks to draw attention to a number of questionable but legal fund-raising activities — some potentially damaging, others certainly embarrassing — that could prove uncomfortable for some on Capitol Hill.” GA: OUTSIDE PROBE. Story here. “Key details of […]