Category: LDA

Political law links for Tuesday, 2/28/12

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 28, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, House, IRS, LDA, Minnesota, Rule G-37, Senate, Social Media, Wisconsin

CAMPAIGNS PROTECTING TWEETS. E.politics. “Since the account owner of a protected feed has to approve everyone who wants to follow it, he or she can make sure that it’s restricted only to campaign volunteers.” ALERT ON CFTC PAY TO PLAY RULES. Allen & Overy’s alert on new CFTC rules for swap dealers is online here. […]

Monday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 27, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, FCC, FCPA, FEC, IRS, LDA, South Carolina

FCPA CHARGES IN NIGERIAN PERMIT CASE. The Post. “Federal regulators have charged a former CEO of Swiss oil services company Noble Corp. and two other executives with bribing Nigerian government officials to get permits for drilling rigs in that country.” FCPA VIEW FROM THE POST. Here. “Led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, businesses have […]

Political law links for 2/24/12

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 24, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, California, FEC, LDA, New Hampshire

MIXED PURPOSE TRAVEL RULES IN THE NEWS. Story here. “The act of presidential piggybacking — coupling official duties, in this case a speech on the economy, with political fundraising — was not pioneered by Obama but is prominently on display this year.” MOLINARI TO GOOGLE. Story here. “Former New York congresswoman Susan Molinari has signed […]