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Political law links, 4-1-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 1, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, New Jersey, New York

GUILTY PLEAS. New Haven Register. “A former Republican congressional candidate and her husband pleaded guilty Monday in a scheme to set up a phony contract to hide the role played in the campaign by ex-Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned a decade ago in a corruption scandal.” VON SPAKOVSKY TESTIMONY ON IRS INVESTIGATION. Heritage. “When […]

Tues. political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 18, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rule G-37, Wisconsin

LABOR SPENDING. HuffPo. “A Koch spokeswoman recently called the brothers’ spending ‘drops in a bucket’ compared to what unions spend.” DEAL STRUCK. FINalternatives.com. “Two of the key players in a pay-to-play scandal that ensnared a number of hedge and private-equity funds have settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission.” FL: LET’S GO TO WORK COMPLAINT. […]

Here are today’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 11, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Foreign Laws, Iowa, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania

BACKER PROFILE. USAT. “Government watchdogs view McCutcheon, argued before the justices last October, as the biggest threat to campaign-finance regulations since the high court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling allowed the use of unlimited corporate and union money to influence candidate races.” PROSECUTORS: GRAY KNEW. Fox News. “D.C. Democratic Mayor Vincent Gray knew about an illicit […]