Archive for April 2013

Ernie C. Jolly On April 4, 2013, the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released its anticipated report on the political intelligence industry, an emerging field where operatives research, analyze, and sell market sensitive political information.[1]  Required under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (the “STOCK Act”), the GAO’s report discusses: 1) the extent…

Thomas Ahmadifar On January 25, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“D.C. Circuit”) ruled that President Obama’s three January 2012 appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) were unconstitutional.[1] In Noel Canning v. N.L.R.B.,[2] the D.C. Circuit held that an action by the NLRB against Noel Canning was…