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Lobbying for Lawyers
Lobbying has always been a staple of law firm business here in Washington D.C. where I practice. But increasingly, law firms are grabbing a larger piece of lobbying work, much of which is sheltered from disclosure under the Lobbying Disclosure...

Stanford Law and Policy Review Publishes Symposium on Law of Lobbying
I'm looking forward to getting a look at Vol. 19, No. 1 (2008), featuring these articles: INTRODUCTION Alan B. Morrison PRIVATE ETHICS, PUBLIC CONDUCT: AN ESSAY ON ETHICAL LOBBYING, CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS, RECIPROCITY, AND THE PUBLIC GOOD Thomas M...

A Systematic Analysis of Lawyers' Ethics Based on Dignity and Autonomy
As Abbe Smith and I say in the third edition (2004) of Understanding Lawyers? Ethics: ?This book presents a systematic position on lawyers? ethics. We argue that lawyers? ethics is rooted in the Bill of Rights and in the autonomy...

New Congressional Database on Lobbying Contributions
Under a new reporting system required by last year's lobbying and ethics reform law, Lobbyists and the organizations they work for have "disclosed nearly 100,000 contributions and other payments linked to members of Congress and other top officials" according to...

"Manufacturing Group Files Suit Over Ethics Law"
The Hill offers this report, which begins: "The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is suing the federal government over the new lobbying and ethics law, saying the measure infringes on their constitutional rights for freedom of association...

On the Lobbying Lawsuit
If you're interested in the National Association of Manufacturers' lawsuit against certain onerous disclosure provisions of last year's lobbying law, please check out this post at Shopfloor...

Kentucky lawyers
fraud case ends in mistrial.

Financial Elder Abuse - Financial Exploitation, Elder Abuse Lawyers
Financial Elder Abuse alleging seniors are taken advantage of for their finances.