Category: West Virginia

Political law moves and news for Tuesday, March 1st

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date March 1, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, Illinois, IRS, LDA, Maryland, West Virginia

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 […]

Valentine’s Day political law news, what could be more romantic?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 14, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, Illinois, Maryland, Mass., West Virginia

PRISON FOR SCANLON. Michael Scanlon was sentenced Friday. Roll Call. The Times. The DOJ release is here. “To date, 20 individuals, including lobbyists and public officials, have pleaded guilty or been convicted at trial in connection with the activities of Abramoff and his associates. Abramoff pleaded guilty in January 2006 to conspiracy to commit […]

K Street charitable giving; pre-presidential state PACs, and a few political law hits for today

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date February 10, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, LDA, Missouri, Nebraska, State Issues, West Virginia

K STREET CHARITY. Roll Call notes a trend in lobbyists’ donations to charitable organizations. “One note of caution with the figures is that there has been some confusion about which donations lobbying firms are required to disclose.” FUNDBOOK LAUNCH. The Hill notes a new service for local governments here. “Called FundBook, the free monthly publication […]