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In March 2020, as the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States began to emerge, state and local governments took historic steps to shut down all nonessential activity in their jurisdictions. [read post]
2 Apr 2020, 7:58 am by Barbara Moreno
CIVIL LAW Fitzpatrick, Brian T., The Conservative Case for Class Actions (2019). [read post]
7 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bolton Book Details Trump Efforts to Deploy Giuliani in Ukraine Courthouse News Service – Tim Ryan, Jack Rodgers, and Adam Klasfeld | Published: 1/31/2020 In his unreleased book, former national security adviser John Bolton says President Trump asked him to help arrange a meeting between Rudy Giuliani and the president of Ukraine at the time Trump sought to have Ukraine announce investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. [read post]
17 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Court Debates Using Shell Companies to Mask Political Donations Bloomberg Law – Kenneth Doyle | Published: 1/10/2020 A federal appeals court panel heard arguments over the use of shell companies to hide donations in a case that could affect super PAC disclosure in the 2020 election. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 10:57 am by Kent Scheidegger
See this article by Brian Amaral in the Providence Journal. [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal A Trump Hotel Mystery: Giant reservations followed by empty rooms Politico – Anita Kumar | Published: 10/2/2019 House investigators are looking into an allegation that groups, including at least one foreign government, tried to ingratiate themselves to President Trump by booking rooms at his hotels but never staying in them. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Biden Taps Influence Industry Despite Pledge on Lobbyists AP News – Brian Slodysko | Published: 9/3/2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden promised not to accept political contributions from lobbyists during his latest campaign for president. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Cherokee Nation Sending First-Ever Delegate to Congress Newsweek – K Thor Jensen | Published: 8/20/2019 The Cherokee Nation is appointing its first delegate to Congress. [read post]
15 Aug 2019, 10:05 pm by Jeff Richardson
  Speaking of security, Brian X. [read post]
2 Aug 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
District Court Judge Brian Morris ruled the agency did not give proper public notice before it stopped requiring social-welfare groups, labor unions, and business associations to identify donors contributing more than $5,000. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 1:23 pm by Dan Harris
Are you afraid to get your products from China? [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Amazon’s Washington office is led by a former Federal Trade Commission official, Brian Huseman. [read post]
10 May 2019, 9:24 am by Jonathan Spontarelli
National/Federal A Lawsuit About Trump and the NRA Could Upend How the Government Polices Campaign FinanceMother Jones – Nihal Krishan | Published: 5/1/2019 A lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association (NRA) is poised to act as a major test for the FEC chairperson’s new strategy to force the agency to take more aggressive action to police campaign finance law. [read post]
10 May 2019, 3:01 am by Jim Sedor
    National/Federal A Lawsuit About Trump and the NRA Could Upend How the Government Polices Campaign Finance Mother Jones – Nihal Krishan | Published: 5/1/2019 A lawsuit involving the National Rifle Association (NRA) is poised to act as a major test for the FEC chairperson’s new strategy to force the agency to take more aggressive action to police campaign finance law. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 6:04 am by Suzanne Maloney
In a State Department press briefing, Trump’s ambassador-at-large for counterterrorism, Nathan Sales, along with Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, who heads the administration’s new Iran Action Group, boasted that Washington is “stigmatizing” the Revolutionary Guard and insisted that the new designation will “render the IRGC radioactive. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
From the States and Municipalities: Alabama: Ward: Bill allowing lobbyist gifts to lobbyists ‘dead’ in his committeeMontgomery Advertiser – Brian Lyman | Published: 4/10/2019 The Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee delayed a vote on a proposed bill that critics say would represent a major step back from ethics laws passed in 2010. [read post]
7 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
” by Rob O’Dell (Arizona Republic) and Mark Penzenstadler for USA Today Lobbying Alabama: “House Approves Permanent Economic Developer Lobbying Exemption” by Brian Lyman for Montgomery Advertiser Illinois: “Court: Illinois union lobbyist can keep public pension windfall he got for one day of substitute teaching” by Ray Long for Chicago Tribune Rhode Island: “Rhode Island Reaches Lobbying Disclosure Agreement with Mastercard”… [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 7:24 am by Lindsay Offutt
US Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would abolish the electoral college and provide for direct election of the president and vice president. [read post]
1 Apr 2019, 6:00 am by Daniel J. Green
Other employers who may have entered into formal or informal no-poach agreements should evaluate the necessity of such agreements in view of the increased scrutiny they are receiving from the government and individual plaintiffs. __________ [1] The coalition includes law enforcement officials from Maryland, California, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. [read post]
21 Feb 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Rhode Island: Political Donations by Strip-club Industry Made in Lobbying Firm’s NameProvidence Journal – Brian Amaral | Published: 2/15/2019 Mysterious errors in campaign finance records concealed the source of thousands of dollars in donations from the Providence strip-club industry to Rhode Island Gov. [read post]