Early Returns Podcast with Jan Baran - Brody Mullins: Goldilocks and the Wolves of K Street, A Historical Account of Lobbying in the U.S.
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(Podcast) The Briefing: Trump Train Derailed In “Electric Avenue” Copyright Lawsuit
The Briefing: Trump Train Derailed In “Electric Avenue” Copyright Lawsuit
(Podcast) The Briefing: “Hold On” – You Can’t Use That Music in Your Presidential Campaign
The Briefing: “Hold On” – You Can’t Use That Music in Your Presidential Campaign
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup Podcast - Episode 9: Exploring the DA’s Proof, Michael Cohen’s Cross-Examination, and Jury Scenarios in Trump’s Election Interference Trial
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Analyzing the Latest Updates in the Litigation Against Trump
2024 Elections: The Race for the White House and Congress
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Developments in the Trump Indictments and Recent Supreme Court Issues
(Podcast) The Briefing: SCOTUS to Determine if USPTO Refusal to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL is Unconstitutional
The Briefing: SCOTUS to Determine if USPTO Refusal to Register TRUMP TOO SMALL is Unconstitutional
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - Examining the Latest Updates in the Pending Criminal and Civil Litigation Against Trump
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - The D.C. and Georgia Trump Indictments
AGG Talks: Antitrust and White-Collar Crime Roundup - The Mar-a-Lago Trump Indictment
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 23: "Former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe”
The Freeman Law Project – Episode 22 – Trump v. Vance - The Second Circuit Weigh In
The Freeman Law Project – Episode 21 – The New York Times and President Trump's Taxes
Daily Compliance News: October 12, 2020-the Trump Swamp edition
Everything Compliance-Episode 52-Greenland Purchase Edition
Longtime Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin won’t seek reelection - “Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will not seek a sixth term next year, confirming to WBEZ in an Illinois exclusive that he will leave office in 2027 in a...more
Democratic state lawmakers start to move on promise to ‘be a check’ on Donald Trump - “With six weeks left in the spring legislative session, lawmakers have a range of measures before them that backers say are necessary to...more
On April 3, 2025, during the presidential daily morning briefing, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to the import tariffs announced the day before by President Trump, which targeted several countries. She...more
On April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his tariff policy for numerous countries. In the case of Mexico, exported products that comply with the USMCA regulations are exempt from tariffs, which are...more
We continue to follow the U.S.-Canada trade dispute, in the context of the changing global trade situation, and will continue to update the following as required. This post updates the situation up to and including the U.S....more
Week 12 of the 2025 Iowa Legislative Session featured the final major deadline before legislators’ per diem runs out on the 110th day of session: the second funnel. To survive this deadline, bills must have passed through a...more
On Thursday, April 3, the Senate voted 52-48 on the motion to proceed with debate on H.Con.Res.14, the Senate’s new fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget resolution, triggering a statutorily required 20 hours of debate. Both the House...more
On April 1, Florida held a special election to fill the vacant seats of former Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL-01) and Michael Waltz (R-FL-06), who both resigned to join the Trump administration. Republicans successfully retained...more
Have you noticed the explosion of adjectival (and adverbial) usage? President Trump, perhaps our Adjectiver-in-Chief, never says someone is doing his job, it’s always a fantastic job. No one in the White House is ever in...more
In this episode of Early Returns, Jan Baran speaks with Brody Mullins, co-author of “The Wolves of K Street” and Pulitzer Prize winning Wall Street Journal journalist, about the historical, present and future world of...more
RECENT LOBBYING, ETHICS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE UPDATES - Campaign Finance & Lobbying Compliance - National Democrats filed suit Friday, February 28, 2025, to stave off what they say could be President Donald Trump’s...more
President Donald Trump announced that his imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada will take effect today, March 4, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. EST....more
On February 10 President Trump issued an Executive Order, Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to Further American Economic and National Security, signaling a shift in U.S. enforcement priorities regarding...more
President Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan to be the Director of the CFPB. ...more
The Trump administration has taken significant action this week to overhaul the executive branch’s long-standing policy toward the prosecution of white collar offenses. First, a memo issued by newly confirmed U.S. Attorney...more
President Trump announced his appointment of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant as acting director of the CFPB, replacing former director Rohit Chopra. Secretary Bessant, a former hedge-fund manager, was confirmed as head of...more
Many companies are in the midst of preparing their year-end Annual Reports on Form 10-K and looking ahead to their annual meeting of shareholders. In addition to changes to rules, regulations and disclosure trends, the...more
President Donald Trump hit the ground running last week, showing he wants the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) in line with his administration’s goals....more
“Besides disrupting policy in Washington, the Trump administration is looking to disrupt fundamentally how Washington operates. Thus, even as Trump’s team loses some prominent policy fights, it still sees value in the impact...more
Republicans Maintain Control of House, Achieve Governing Trifecta - The national election produced a historic result in which Donald J. Trump was elected President a second time by winning key battleground states such as...more
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump named Commissioner Andrea R. Lucas as Acting Chair of the EEOC. Since joining the commission in 2020, Lucas has been a strong advocate for addressing the evolving landscape of...more
In this episode of Block and Order, Kyle Lawrence and Moish Peltz dive into the legal drama surrounding President Trump’s meme coin and other crypto-focused executive orders. They also explore DeepSeek AI’s effect on the...more
In a historic move, President Donald J. Trump has signed a presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of the Interior to submit a plan to secure full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. This...more
Tuesday evening, January 27, 2025, Matthew Vaeth, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), distributed a Memorandum to all federal department and agency leaders, instituting a temporary pause on...more
Following a flurry of executive orders signed by President Trump, private employers are reevaluating their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to make important decisions on these programs’ future existence and...more