Legal News

"Court Issues Injunction Against FEC in SpeechNow.org Case"
BLT reports....

"SpeechNow Seeks Immunity for '527 Groups'"
The Campaign Legal Center has posted this blog post about this amicus brief in the SpeechNow case, which is basically an attack on the reasoning of the related issues in the "Emily's List" case...

Federal District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in SpeechNow case
In an important ruling, a federal district court today denied SpeechNow's request for a preliminary injunction barring the FEC from enforcing the $5,000 individual contribution limit to its PAC...

"CLC Files Amicus in SpeechNow.org 527 Case"
Details here. SpeechNow has opposed CLC/Democracy 21's participation....

Roundup of Press Releases and Stories on Today's Campaign Finance Rulings
Howard Bashman links to early stories. Here is some more: NYTimes Politico (which says the RNC is likely to appeal---no surprise there) SCOTUSBlog on RNC and Speechnow.org CCP on RNC and on Speechnow...

Citizens United, SpeechNow, and the Constitutionality of Contribution Limits to Independent Expenditure Commitees
CU is still hot off the presses, but already on Wednesday the entire United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit is going to hear oral argument in a different but important case, the SpeechNow case...

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Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.