Category: Minnesota

Political law links for Thurs., April 5, 2012

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 5, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, Louisiana, Mass., Minnesota

STOCK ACT SIGNED. Story here. “President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law Wednesday, which bars members of Congress from profiting from insider information, but Obama made no mention of the high-profile television exposè that provoked the legislation’s resurrection and swift passage.” POST ON VAN HOLLEN. Story here. “President Obama and congressional Democrats are pushing […]

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. […]

Facebook plans, pols getting social, super PAC reporting, and more political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date January 2, 2012
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Iowa, LDA, Minnesota, Montana, New York, New York City, Pennsylvania, Social Media, Virginia, Washington

HAPPY NEW YEAR. Good morning and happy New Year! For 2012 I’ll be continuing the daily morning political law links format. That means one email a day, Monday through Friday, minus some holidays, delivered about 9 a.m. Google’s Feedburner handles all of the details automatically. Sign up for the email using the link in the […]