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Leahy, Grassley Urge Senate Leaders to Strengthen Insider Trading Bill

March 19, 2012 19:31

A Senate bill meant to clamp down on congressional insider trading has been stripped of its most substantive provisions while in the House, a pair of senators said in a letter Monday. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the chair of the...A Senate bill meant to clamp down on congressional insider trading...

Edwards Retains Attorneys Who Represented Former Mistress Rielle Hunter

Anthony Lake
March 16, 2012 13:41

Image source: www.washingtonpost.com/national/us-judge-eyes-bid-by-john-edwards-to-add-defense-lawyers-who-represented-his-mistress/2012/03/15/gIQA59iiDS_story.html As reported in the Washington Post, former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards announced yesterday in court that he...

Capital Formation Legislation - What will the Senate Do?

Blank Rome Government Relations
March 13, 2012 21:53

In rare burst of bipartisanship last week, the House of Representatives passed a capital formation bill – H.R. 3606, the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act” (JOBS Act) – by a vote of 390 to 23. Even the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy in support of...

Breaking Down the White House Privacy Framework--a Video Blog

Foley Hoag
March 05, 2012 10:31

Here is a video discussion I had with LexBlog on the new White House Data Privacy report, “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.”  In this conversation, we discussed the...

Cruise Law & International Cruise Victims Return to Washington DC (Again)

Jim Walker
March 03, 2012 00:32

I returned to Miami from Washington DC this afternoon after attending the cruise safety hearings convened in the House of Representatives and the Senate this week.  These hearings were the sixth and seventh Congressional hearings regarding the issue of cruise ship dangers I have attended...