Category: Maryland

Political law moves and news for Tuesday, March 1st

FORMER FEC CHAIRMAN MOVES. Former FEC Chairman Michael Toner joined Wiley Rein’s Election Law & Government Ethics Practice as co-chair.  The firm’s release is online here. POLITICAL LAW PRACTICE LAUNCH. McGuireWoods launched a new Political Law Group and the firm’s press release is online here. KOCH ON KOCH. Politico links to Charles Koch’s WSJ piece […]

Seaport lobbying and the LLC loophole in today’s political law links

SEAPORT EARMARKS. “The budget-cutting fervor that killed earmark spending has sent a panic through the nation’s seaports, where billions of federal dollars have traditionally been directed almost entirely at the discretion of lawmakers.”  Roll Call reports. HARMAN DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION COSTS. Who should pay?  The Hill explains.  “Harman is the third wealthiest member of Congress, […]

Politicos not verified on Twitter, Stern is; Wikipedia and political law; other political law links today

GETTING VERIFIED ON TWITTER.  ClickZ’s Kate Kaye explains how Twitter’s account verification system quickly “verified” Howard Stern’s new Twitter account, but Gov. Bob McDonnell isn’t so lucky. POLITICAL LAW ON WIKIPEDIA. I proudly just added an entry on “political law” at Wikipedia.   “Election law” has had an entry on Wikipedia for a while, but why […]