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24 Nov 2020, 6:54 am by rainey Reitman
We think at EFF that there's a way of speeding things up so we can break these down as quickly as their predecessors. [read post]
20 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Trump Fires Top DHS Official Who Refuted His Claims That the Election Was Rigged MSN – Ellen Nakashima and Nick Miroff (Washington Post) | Published: 11/17/2020 President Trump fired a top Department of Homeland Security official who led the agency’s efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of ballot fraud. [read post]
18 Nov 2020, 5:00 am by John Jascob
By Lene Powell, J.D.As the pieces of a new administration under President-elect Biden continue to fall into place, Democratic control of the Senate looks unlikely, and the progressive wing looks to exert strong pressure on the center, Mayer Brown partners have been analyzing how these political forces might play out for financial services regulation and enforcement.In a presentation on November 12, Andrew Olmem, Michael Levy, and Larry Platt discussed predictions for how a focus on… [read post]
14 Nov 2020, 6:46 pm
  The second focuses on breaking down a task into its component parts and then assessing both the existence of these parts and developing measures for impact or success. [read post]
13 Nov 2020, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
After Hormel attempted to bring scabs in to replace the workers, the sit-down strike began. [read post]
6 Nov 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Ted Cruz is calling on a federal court panel to strike down an FEC rule limiting post-election contributions to pay back money he loaned his 2018 campaign. [read post]
30 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Administration Plans to Nominate Bipartisan Pair to Hobbled FEC Roll Call – Kate Ackley | Published: 10/28/2020 After leaving so many vacancies at the FEC that it could not hold meetings for most of the 2020 campaign cycle, the Trump administration said it planned to nominate a bipartisan pair to the hobbled agency. [read post]
28 Oct 2020, 6:31 am
"Writes Larry Kramer, former dean of Stanford Law School, in one of a collection of essays — "How to Fix the Supreme Court" — in the NYT. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
On the Job and On the Stump, Cabinet Officials Flout Hatch Act Bloomberg Law – Stephen Lee, Megan Boyanton, Andrew Kreigbaum, Shaun Courtney, and Alex Ruoff | Published: 10/14/2020 Under President Trump, allegations of violations of the Hatch Act, which clamps down on political activities of government employees while they are on the job, have come at a rate not seen in previous administrations, but there have been few consequences. [read post]
10 Oct 2020, 7:59 am by David Jensen
Larry Goldstein, who works at UC San Diego, said the state’s stem cell agency fills a void in critical grant funding. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Biden Transition Elevates Former Facebook Exec as Ethics Arbiter Politico – Alex Thompson and Theodoric Meyer | Published: 10/1/2020 Joe Biden’s transition team named Jessica Hertz, until recently a Facebook executive focused on government regulations, as its general counsel and charged her with navigating conflicts-of-interest and other ethical issues for the Biden administration-in-waiting, a move that drew immediate fire from the left. [read post]
6 Oct 2020, 9:35 am by Patrick A. Malone
Larry Hogan (shown, right) acted as the state, for the first time in months, reported that October started with zero Covid-19 fatalities and 76 of Maryland’s 227 nursing homes had active coronavirus cases — down from 130 on Aug. 5, the Washington Post reported. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Tom Malinowski is facing down death threats from QAnon supporters after the House Republicans’ campaign arm falsely accused him of lobbying to protect sexual predators. [read post]
1 Oct 2020, 12:11 pm by Steve Lash
Larry Hogan on Thursday named Rockville attorney Terrence M.R. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 2:34 pm by Tia Sewell
“From a national security perspective, that’s just an outrageous vulnerability,” said Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff at the CIA. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 4:03 pm by Stuart Kaplow
In 2019 scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute reported that sunlight breaks down polystyrene in ocean water over a period as short as decades. [read post]
25 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Behind Trump’s Turkish ‘Bromance’: Lev Parnas, oligarchs and a lucrative lobbying deal NBC News – Aubrey Belford, Adam Klasfeld, Andrew Lehren, and Dan De Luce | Published: 9/22/2020 On January 19, 2017, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavusoglu, sat down with Brian Ballard, a well-connected lobbyist serving as vice chair of Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. [read post]