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23 Dec 2022, 3:00 am
National/Federal An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars Yahoo News – Adam Liptak (New York Times) | Published: 12/19/2022 The conventional critique of the U.S. [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am
National/Federal Advocates Seek Federal Investigation of Multistate Effort to Copy Voting Software MSN – Emma Brown, Aaron Davis, and Jon Swaine (Washington Post) | Published: 12/12/2022 An effort by supporters of former President Trump to copy sensitive voting software in multiple states after the 2020 election deserves attention from the federal government, including a criminal investigation and assessment of the risk posed to election security, according to election-security… [read post]
8 Dec 2022, 7:08 am
A few of the high-profile cases from the last five years include: Petrobras – $3 billion settlement in July 2018 Cobalt International Energy – $389.6 million settlement in February 2019 WalMart – $160 million settlement in April 2019 Airbus – $5 million settlement in September 2022 Fiat Chrysler – $5 million settlement in February 2022 FirstEnergy – an active case currently litigating in the Southern District of Ohio The $95 million payout covers… [read post]
28 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Bannon Gets 4 Months Jail Term for Defying Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena Yahoo News – Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein (Politico) | Published: 10/21/2022 A judge sentenced longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to four months in jail for defying a subpoena from lawmakers investigating the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. [read post]
26 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance Ohio: “FirstEnergy Cuts Off Its ‘Dark Money’ Spigot in Ohio, Disclosures Show” by Jake Zuckerman (Cleveland Plain Dealer) for Yahoo News Elections Arizona: “Arizona Sheriff Steps Up Security Around Ballot Drop Boxes” by Associated Press for MSN Ethics National: “Social Security Whistleblowers Say They Were Sidelined for Exposing Fines” by Lisa Rein (Washington Post) for Yahoo News Arkansas: “Federal Judge Signs Off on… [read post]
7 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal DataVault Requests US Election Agency’s Advice to Send NFTs as a Campaign Fundraising Incentive Cointelegraph – Turner Wright | Published: 10/4/2022 The legal team behind nonfungible token (NFT) firm DataVault Holdings requested an advisory opinion from the FEC on using NFTs for campaign fundraising efforts. [read post]
6 Oct 2022, 4:00 am
Mail Voting Law Likely to Spur Fresh Confusion, Legal Challenges” by Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer for Spotlight PA Ethics National: “Politics Are Becoming Tougher to Avoid at Work, Survey Finds” by Taylor Telford (Washington Post) for MSN Ohio: “FirstEnergy Fights to Keep Records Tied to Bribery Scheme from the Public” by Jake Zuckerman for Ohio Capital Journal Oklahoma: “Okla. [read post]
30 Sep 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal Brooklyn’s Library Moves to Slip Books Through Red State Bans MSN – Madina Touré (Politico) | Published: 9/24/2022 The front line of America’s culture war now runs straight through the nation’s school libraries, with conservatives in dozens of states outlawing books and instruction and the left working to shield targeted authors. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 6:14 am
“Boies Schiller tripped up in apparent conflict in FirstEnergy derivative suit” — “The weirdest shareholder litigation saga I’ve ever encountered has snagged Boies Schiller Flexner in what appears to be a conflicts kerfuffle. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal An Unusual $1.6 Billion Donation Bolsters Conservatives Seattle Times – Kenneth Vogel and Shane Goldmacher (New York Times) | Published: 8/22/2022 A new conservative group received $1.6 billion from one donor, which among the largest – if not the largest – single contributions ever made to a politically focused nonprofit. [read post]
24 Aug 2022, 11:17 am
Background The FirstEnergy derivative suit arises out of a political scandal in the Ohio, in which members of the Ohio General Assembly allegedly were paid bribes in order to support the passage of legislation (known as HB6) that was financial beneficial to FirstEnergy. [read post]
24 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance National: “‘It’s a Rip-Off’: GOP spending under fire as Senate hopefuls seek rescue” by Isaac Arnsdorf (Washington Post) for MSN Elections National: “Files Copied from Voting Systems Were Shared with Trump Supporters, Election Deniers” by Jon Swaine, Aaron Davis, Amy Gardner, and Emma Brown (Washington Post) for MSN Texas: “Election Staff Abruptly Quits, Upending Rural Texas County” by Paul Weber (Associated Press) for MSN … [read post]
19 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal FBI Arrests Ex-Congressman on Charges of Fraud and Money Laundering MSN – Praveena Somasundaram (Washington Post) | Published: 8/16/2022 Former U.S. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
Campaign Finance National: “Sinema Took Wall Street Money While Killing Tax on Investors” by Brian Slodysko (Associated Press) for MSN Elections National: “Trump-Allied Lawyers Pursued Voting Machine Data in Multiple States, Records Reveal” by Emma Brown, Jon Swaine, Aaron Davis, and Amy Gardner (Washington Post) for Anchorage Daily News Georgia: “Giuliani Is Target in Georgia Criminal Probe of Possible Interference in 2020 Election, Lawyer Says” by Eugene Scott… [read post]
1 Aug 2022, 4:00 am
Louis Post-Dispatch Ohio: “Regulators Block Deposition of FirstEnergy’s Former Ethics Chief” by Jake Zuckerman for Ohio Capital Journal Procurement California: “Alameda County Sued by Anti-Affirmative Action Group Over Public Contracts Policy” by Joseph Geha (Bay Area News Group) for MSN The post Monday’s LobbyComply News Roundup appeared first on State and Federal Communications. [read post]
31 Jul 2022, 5:25 am
FirstEnergy is an electric utility based in Ohio. [read post]
14 Jul 2022, 12:49 pm
Anderson (5:20-cv-01743)] attorneys representing FirstEnergy shareholders in a lawsuit over the House Bill 6 bribery scandal. [read post]
24 Jun 2022, 4:00 am
National/Federal 2022 Primary Results: Alabama Senate runoff, D.C. and Virginia primaries CBS News – Fin Gómez and Aaron Navarro | Published: 6/21/2022 Virginia and the District of Columbia held primaries on June 21 and Georgia also held runoff elections, but perhaps the most closely watched race was the Alabama Republican U.S. [read post]
15 Jun 2022, 2:26 pm
Potomac Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [read post]
13 Jun 2022, 1:05 pm
The FirstEnergy Settlement As I noted in a post at the time (here), in February 2022, the parties to the FirstEnergy bribery-related derivative lawsuit agreed to settle the suit for $180 million, subject of course to court approval. [read post]
