An alarm has been set off among lawyers, in New York and across the nation, by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, 1998 WL 309070 (U.S. 1998), concerning Texas’ Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Lawyers are wondering whether they should continue to place client funds in the pooled interest-bearing accounts established under such programs. The answer is: absolutely.
While Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill debate the merits of campaign finance reform, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party are busy at work in federal court seeking to undermine the last remaining vestiges of federal cam
We own the airwaves. We, the public. Not GE, not Disney, not Westinghouse, and not Rupert Murdoch. But we lend them our airwaves for free, as trustees, in return for a pledge to serve the public interest.
The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents' sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
Like the cock of the walk, Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest (and most modest) of campaign finance reforms set before that body.
The Senate killed campaign finance reform last week. Chairman Fred Thompson has the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee once again looking for fund-raising misdeeds. Now the committee is looking into the relationship between the Teamsters and the Democr
An Independent Counsel We Can Live Without
Atty. Gen. Janet Reno seems to be torn over a choice between two investigations into campaign finance abuses in the 1996 presidential elections.
Blaming the Judge
The Washington Monthly
September 1998
Blaming the Judge
By E. Joshua Rosenkranz
Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts: Private Interest in the Public Interest
An alarm has been set off among lawyers, in New York and across the nation, by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation, 1998 WL 309070 (U.S. 1998), concerning Texas’ Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Lawyers are wondering whether they should continue to place client funds in the pooled interest-bearing accounts established under such programs. The answer is: absolutely.
Congress Fiddles While Parties Burn Campaign Finance Laws
While Democrats and Republicans on Capital Hill debate the merits of campaign finance reform, the Republican National Committee and the Ohio Democratic Party are busy at work in federal court seeking to undermine the last remaining vestiges of federal cam
Free TV Speech for Candidates
We own the airwaves. We, the public. Not GE, not Disney, not Westinghouse, and not Rupert Murdoch. But we lend them our airwaves for free, as trustees, in return for a pledge to serve the public interest.
State Should Respect Equal Justice
Is Governor Pataki committed to equal justice under law? Then why has he vetoed all general funding for civil legal services for the indigent?
Legal Pitfalls of Paycheck Protection
The San Diego Union Tribune
May 27, 1998
Legal Pitfalls of Paycheck Protection
By E. Joshua Rosenkranz
The Incumbents' Case for (Some) Campaign Finance Reform
The conventional wisdom is that genuine campaign finance reform is again doomed to defeat in the upcoming weeks, a victim of incumbents' sense that the current rules serve their needs well.
How Was Campaign-Finance Reform Killed? By Twisting What the High Court Said
Like the cock of the walk, Senator Mitch McConnell strutted across the Senate floor, preening his new First Amendment feathers and pecking to death the latest (and most modest) of campaign finance reforms set before that body.
Senators: Look to the Teamsters
The Senate killed campaign finance reform last week. Chairman Fred Thompson has the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee once again looking for fund-raising misdeeds. Now the committee is looking into the relationship between the Teamsters and the Democr
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