LERNER TO RETIRE. The Hill. “Lois Lerner, the embattled IRS official who first revealed the agency had singled out Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny, is retiring, the IRS said Monday.” ELDRIDGE LAUNCH. Story here. “Sean Eldridge, the husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, has made a long-expected bid for Congress official.” FIRM LAUNCH. Story […]
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Fines in state cases and other political law links, 9/12/13
EMAIL ISSUE. BLT. “Dickstein Shapiro was the unexpected target of ire today by Republican and Democrat members of the House Committee on Government Reform, who assailed the firm for conduct that ‘crosses the line.’” CLINTON CONNECTION. The Post. “The D.C. businessman at the center of an ongoing city corruption investigation secretly spent more than a […]
Political law links, TGIF ed. 7.26
IS YOUR ASSOCIATION EFFECTIVE? APCO. “APCO Worldwide unveiled today the first quantitative study evaluating the effectiveness of trade and professional associations, TradeMarks, announced Bryan Dumont, president of APCO Insight.” SAME SEX COUPLE CONTRIBUTION UPDATE. Politico. “Married same-sex couples may now make joint federal campaign contributions from an individual bank account, as heterosexual married couples have […]