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1 Oct 2010, 12:20 pm by Steve Bainbridge
For example, the Commission essentially disregarded numerous commenters who explained that the rule will be misused by special interest investors such as labor union pension funds and state pension funds; Ignored evidence and studies highlighting the adverse consequences of proxy access, including that activist shareholders would use the rule as leverage to further their special interest agendas; Claimed to be empowering shareholders, but actually restricted shareholders’… [read post]
23 Mar 2009, 1:57 pm
Gay rights advocates and others have argued that the churches' support violate federal law restricting political activity by tax-exempt charities. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 1:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Federal Election Commission, 130 S.Ct.876 (2010) Doe v. [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 11:34 am
Indeed if we are doing away with inconsistencies, I'd far rather get rid of the personal mortgage interest deduction which I suspect has done more harm than the corporate.Idle Afterthought: So many people have had their knickers in a twist over corporate personhood since the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission, sanctifyng corporate spending in election campaigns. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 5:04 am by Adam Chandler
Federal Election Commission, a cert. petition challenging FEC restrictions on party-coordinated campaign spending, is “fairly likely to be granted. [read post]
7 Dec 2021, 10:08 am by Steve Lubet
Wegner also served on numerous local elected and appointed committees and state legislative committees including the Carrboro Town Council, Orange County Planning Board, and General Statutes Commission. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 8:06 am
Thisltethwaite continues: Here’s the point: If you are content to think that corporations are people and money is speech, as the Supreme Court decided in the by a vote of 5-4, in their Citizens United v Federal Election Commission decision, then indeed you are sleepwalking through your citizenship and giving over your faith to false prophets. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 11:20 am by Stephen Honig
[Some of that seems the bailiwick of the Federal Elections Commission] “For the SEC, the challenge here is to promote competitive, efficient markets in the face of what could be dominant base layers at the center of the capital markets. [read post]
18 Nov 2010, 9:06 am by South Florida Lawyers
Federal Election Commission, the January decision that lifted restrictions on corporate and union spending in candidate elections, spanned 183 pages and more than 48,000 words, or about the length of “The Great Gatsby. [read post]
1 Nov 2015, 3:53 am by Omar Ha-Redeye
Although he was elected on his own accord, with a platform and a style that is uniquely his, it’s no surprise that his surname evokes memories reminiscent of his father and former Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. [read post]
10 Mar 2016, 9:40 pm by RegBlog
In an effort to curb the ability of broadband service providers to use and disclose Internet consumers’ personal information, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler circulated to the rest of the Commission a notice of proposed rulemaking that would apply the privacy requirements of the Communications Act of 1934—a statute imposing strict limits on the information that telecommunications carriers can share about consumers—to… [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 10:00 am by Steve Vladeck
Under federal law, a military judge “shall be a commissioned officer of the armed forces who is a member of the bar of a Federal court or a member of the bar of the highest court of a State and who is certified to be qualified for duty as a military judge by the Judge Advocate General of the armed force of which such military judge is a member. [read post]
19 May 2021, 12:30 pm by Matt Gluck
When speaking to reporters on Tuesday, McConnell expressed concerns that the commission might interfere with the ongoing federal prosecutions of rioters and that the proposal appears to provide the Democratic-chosen chairman with the authority to hire and fire the panel’s staff. [read post]
24 Mar 2016, 10:45 am by Joe Koncelik
” Pennsylvania Water Withdrawal Regulations Pennsylvania’s water regulatory scheme is unique in that the state water regulatory authority is not entirely dependent on state regulation but also dictated by two federal interstate compact commissions- the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). [read post]
9 Jun 2023, 3:00 am by Shea Denning
The latest charges add to the former president’s legal woes as he was indicted in March in New York state court in connection with allegations that he paid hush-money to adult film star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 4:19 am by Edith Roberts
Yesterday the Supreme Court granted the federal government’s request to stay a lower-court ruling that would have exempted from the government’s entry ban up to 24,000 refugees covered by formal agreements between the U.S. government and resettlement agencies. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 9:53 am
The NAB, along with 46 State Broadcasters Associations and others, had opposed the rules when the FCC proposed them, stating that they were riddled with omissions, greatly underestimated the burden on television stations, and were otherwise duplicative of reporting required by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). [read post]
5 Jan 2009, 1:55 am
  Canadians head back to voting booths for the fourth federal election in six years. [read post]