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  1. On patent law, Mavs owner Mark Cuban knows the score

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 15, 2012 4:16 p.m.

    When two popular Internet utilities get in a high-priced legal fight and a famously outspoken NBA owner jumps in the middle, it's hard not to keep your eye on the roundball -- especially on the day  March Madness gets underway. 

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  2. Crusading lawyer takes aim at contribution limits

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 14, 2012 5:04 p.m.

    The attorney who has been pushing the FEC to ease a host of campaign finance rules is at it again.

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  3. Stealthy wealthy: How Harold Simmons' political giving has benefited his business empire

    By Bill Allison Mar 13, 2012 11:21 a.m.

     

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  4. Simmons-controlled company fights for protectionist measures

    By Nancy Watzman Mar 13, 2012 11:17 a.m.

    When Titanium Metals Corp., a defense contractor that's part of Harold Simmons's business empire, lobbied for protectionist policies designed to shield it from foreign competition, the fight allied the Texas billionaire and Republican mega-donor with some unlikely political bedfellows, including Sen. Sherrod Brown, a liberal Democrat from Ohio, and a union that overwhelmingly gives to Democrats. 

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  5. Progressive groups threaten corporations on political giving

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 12, 2012 6:29 p.m.

    Today government reform groups put corporations on notice: Try to funnel political donations through entities that can hide them, and expect major public relations consequences. 

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  6. Democratic joint super PAC is a first

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 12, 2012 12:42 p.m.

    Just when you thought you had the shadowy world of super PACs figured out, here comes a new twist: Three big Democratic super PACs -- formed to support President Barack Obama, and House and Senate Democrats -- are banding together to form the first ever joint fundraising super PAC.

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  7. FINRA: Open data not on the table

    By Nancy Watzman Mar 8, 2012 5:45 p.m.

    A quasi-governmental agency that polices the investment industry has come up with a plan to make it simpler for consumers to avoid shady money managers -- but it includes no provisions to make the underlying data available to the public.  

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  8. Super PAC Profile: After split decision in Ohio, 'anti-incumbent' group takes aim at Alabama

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 8, 2012 10:35 a.m.

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  9. How super PACs fared on Super Tuesday

    By Lindsay Young Mar 7, 2012 2:02 p.m.

    We won't know how much the candidates poured into Super Tuesday races until they file disclosure forms with the Federal Election Commission next month but it's not too soon to take a look at the Super Tuesday scorecard for super PACs, using Sunlight's Super PAC tracker.

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  10. Virginia ultrasound law is the image of a few others

    By Ryan Sibley Mar 7, 2012 9:59 a.m.

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  11. Abramoff: 'You've got to trust me.'

    By Kathy Kiely Mar 6, 2012 9:28 a.m.

    Over the weekend, Jack Abramoff disputed one of our blog posts.. Since the convicted former lobbyist neither responded to our call for comment before publication nor called us afterwards to point out what he said was our error, we decided to catch up with him Monday night at the National Press Club to ask a few questions.

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  12. Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia see super PAC influx

    By Joshua Hatch Mar 5, 2012 12:15 p.m.

    Of the nearly $10.7 million dollars in super PAC spending dumped on the super Tuesday states over the last two weeks, three — Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia — account for nearly all of the spending and almost half of the available delegates.

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  13. Super PACs make Super Tuesday even more... Super

    By Joshua Hatch Mar 2, 2012 2:49 p.m.

    Heading into super Tuesday, when voters in 10 states go to the polls, super PACs supporting Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum have dumped nearly $10 million into those races. Following the money reveals that half are key battlegrounds.  

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  14. On eve of Netanyahu visit, a look at Israel's lobbying

    By Lindsay Young Mar 2, 2012 11:50 a.m.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday begins a visit to the United States amid tensions surrounding Iran's nuclear program and a report President Obama will urge his Israeli counterpart to postpone a preemptive strike. In addition to Obama, Netanyahu will call on another U.S. power political player, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

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