Category: New York

Thurs., 5-8-14 political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 8, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, Florida, Foreign Laws, New York, Ohio, Rule G-37, Rule G-42, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin

MSRB MOVES. Bond Buyer. “The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is revising its proposed rule governing the duties of municipal advisors in response to market comments, and will also propose amending its pay-to-play rule to cover MAs, the MSRB announced Tuesday.” SUPER PAC BENEFIT. HuffPo. “It’s not completely clear how legal this set-up is in this […]

Wed. political law links, 4-30-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 30, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Louisiana, New York, Rule G-37

OSC ANNOUNCEMENT. Press Release. “The FEC referred to OSC evidence that the employee posted dozens of partisan political tweets, including many soliciting campaign contributions to President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign and other political campaigns, despite Hatch Act restrictions that prohibit FEC and other ‘further restricted’ employees from such activity. The employee also participated in a Huffington […]

Good morning, here are today’s political law links, 4-25-14

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date April 25, 2014
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Foreign Laws, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, New York

SUPER PAC SUGGESTIONS. NJ. “Candidates can’t legally talk strategy with a super PAC. But can they write a super PAC’s ad copy? That’s the question raised by a new page on Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s website, in which the New Hampshire Democrat is shopping what appears to be a 30-second ad script for an outside group. […]