Category: LDA

Thursday morning’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date September 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Const Law Issues, Courts & Cases, FEC, Illinois, LDA, Montana, Rule G-42

TODAY’S FEC MEETING. The Federal Election Commission meets today and the meeting agenda is here. PROPOSED SEC RULE IN THE NEWS. The Post. “A proposal before the Securities and Exchange Commission that would require public companies to disclose political contributions has drawn some favorable comments from investors, but it won’t go a long way in […]

Wednesday’s political law links are ready here

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 31, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Florida, IRS, LDA, Washington

GIFFORDS ADVISORY OPINION REQUEST. The Hill. “The Federal Election Commission, in a draft opinion released Tuesday, said Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) should be allowed to use campaign funds for home security.” TARGETED WEB ADS. Politico. “This marks the arrival into presidential politics of a medium that offers the virtues of targeted mailings and robocalls with […]

Political law links for Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 17, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Arizona, California, FEC, LDA, New York

PERRY FUNDRAISING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. Politico. “Adding to the problem, these allies said, is that Perry has never had to raise money under the intense national media scrutiny of a presidential campaign or the more restrictive federal rules — and they question whether some of his early fundraising efforts were fully vetted for compliance with […]