Category: Mississippi

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 19, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Illinois, Mississippi, Ohio

FINRA SEEKS COMMENT. Thinkadvisor.com. “The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is requesting public comment on its proposal to establish pay-to-play type rules for broker-dealers that closely mirror those the Securities and Exchange Commission has set forth for advisors.” GRAY REJECTED PLEA. Fox. “Outgoing District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray rejected a proposed plea bargain offered by federal […]

Political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 17, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Mississippi

LESSIG FAIL. NPR. “Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig’s pro-campaign finance reform group had extensive investments, but failed to get most of their preferred candidates elected. NPR’s Arun Rath speaks with Lessig for a post-election post-mortem.” REFORMERS WON. HuffPo. “The final passage of Sabin’s reforms are not just playing out in Arkansas, but reverberate across the […]

8.5 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date August 5, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Connecticut, Mass., Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Wisconsin

POLITICAL LAW BRIEFING. Venable has collected some recent additions to its Political Law Briefing site here. CA: INVESTIGATION SHAPING UP. KPBS. “By most accounts, the government is using a timeless tactic in the federal campaign finance investigation of Mexican billionaire Jose Susumo Azano Matsura.” CT: JURY SELECTION STARTS. WTNH. “Jury selection is starting for the […]