Legal Research

New Congressional Database of Lobbyist Campaign Contributions
Senate Lobbying Contributions Database House Lobbying Contributions Database "The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 requires lobbying registrants...

$959,733 for lobbying, $585,134 in campaign contributions
That's what was spent by the trial lawyers in Albany last year, an off year as elections go. Health care and hospital groups spent more -- in excess of $3 million on lobbying, $931,000 on contributions -- but their attention...

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...

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...

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...

"Donors to Party Conventions Have Spent Over $800 Million on Federal Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Since 2005 "
The latest report from the Campaign Finance Institute....

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation