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May 8, 2017  •  

Monday’s Government Relations and Ethics News

Lobbying

Silicon Valley Tech Lobbyists Swarm Brussels” by Harry Cooper and Nicholas Hirst for Politico.eu

Lewandowski Exits Lobby Firm Amid Reports of Foreign Clients” by Jennifer Jacobs and Ben Brody for Bloomberg.com

Canada: “Liberals Removed Lobbyists Who Signed Up for Montreal Fundraiser with Justin Trudeau” by Giuseppe Valiante and Joanna Smith (The Canadian Press) for CBC

Campaign Finance

California: “California Attorney General Targets Political Nonprofits” by Don Thompson (Associated Press) for U.S. News & World Report

Missouri: “Campaign Donation Limits Stay, but Other Parts of Missouri’s New Campaign Finance Law Blocked by Federal Judge” by Kurt Erickson for St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Nelson Mullins Partner Settles with SEC in Pay-to-Play Suit” by Scott Flaherty for American Lawyer

Ethics

Trump Eases Ban on Political Activity by Churches” by Jordan Fabian and Naomi Jagoda for The Hill

The Mystery Behind a Flynn Associate’s Quiet Work for the Trump Campaign” by Matea Gold for Washington Post

Mississippi: “Physician Pleads Guilty to Bribing Mississippi Prison Chief” by Jeff Amy (Assocuated Press) for U.S. News & World Report

Elections

Ivanka Trump’s West Wing Agenda” by Jodi Kantor, Rachel Abrams, and Maggie Haberman for New York Times

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