by Stephen Klein | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last year, when news broke of felony charges against then-president of the Los Angeles Board of Education Ref Rodriguez, I scratched my head. With news this week that Rodriguez will plead guilty, serve three years’ probation, pay a $100,000 fine and resign his office,...
by Pillar of Law | Dec 4, 2017 | Political Speech
BALTIMORE, MD – Pillar of Law Institute attorneys Stephen Klein and Benjamin Barr filed a federal lawsuit in Maryland today on behalf of Dennis Fusaro against Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt and the Maryland State Board of Elections. The case challenges the...
by Stephen Klein | Oct 13, 2017 | Political Speech
As far as campaign finance advocacy groups go, Represent.Us is the flashiest. Their messaging includes everything from graphic-intensive YouTube videos about “corruption” to bloviating by Martin Sheen (who played a president on a television show once, and is thus...
by Pillar of Law | Sep 13, 2017 | Political Speech
WASHINGTON, DC – Following President Trump’s nomination of James “Trey” Trainor III to serve as commissioner at the Federal Election Commission (FEC), Pillar of Law Institute President Benjamin Barr released the following statement: “Trey Trainor is an excellent...
by Pillar of Law | Aug 3, 2017 | Political Speech
ANNAPOLIS, MD – A jury reached verdicts of not guilty on both counts in the trial of Dennis Fusaro and Stephen Waters today in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, ending a prosecution based on automatic phone calls—or “robocalls”—that were made before the 2014...
by Stephen Klein | Jul 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
The media, along with the campaign finance regulation community, has worked itself up into quite a frenzy with the revelation that Donald Trump, Jr. had a meeting with a Russian in June, 2016. Of course, they insist, there is more to it, and that Trump may have...
by Pillar of Law | May 30, 2017 | Political Speech
CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Attorney General voluntarily dismissed appeal in the case Ball v. Madigan today, declining to pursue the case at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The appeal followed a summary judgment ruling from U.S. District...
by Pillar of Law | May 16, 2017 | Political Speech
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Pillar of Law Institute attorneys Benjamin Barr and Stephen Klein joined a team of attorneys to defend Dennis Fusaro and Stephen Waters against charges from the Maryland State Prosecutor that they produced an illegal “robocall,” an automatic phone...
by Stephen Klein | May 15, 2017 | Political Speech
I have written an article for the recent edition of the Washburn Law Journal, entitled “‘“The Centre Cannot Hold’”: Campaign Finance Disclosure Beyond 2016.” I lay out the current legal landscape surrounding campaign finance disclosure, with criticism of the campaign...
