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AIG Was Spending Taxpayer Money Lobbying Against Mortgage Regulation
AIG Was Spending Taxpayer Money Lobbying Against Mortgage Regulation | Consumerist

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...

Trial lawyer lobbying: Let the meme blossom
Walter's post on lobbying by the U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform prompts us to take another look at the American Association for Justice's lobbying disclosure form for the 3rd quarter...

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...

Lobbying Lawyers
The District of Columbia Bar is sponsoring a program on the ethical implications of lawyers engaged in lobbying activities: Faculty experts...will use hypothetical scenarios to address the following important questions confronting lawyer-lobbyists: When is lobbying governed by ethics rules? What...

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...