Stan Quoted in Washington Lawyer Article: "Big Changes in Big Labor"

Washington attorney Stanley Brand, founder of the Brand Law Group and vice president of Minor League Baseball, believes the union split will be beneficial for union-side labor lawyers because it is premised on two things: “One is a renewed commitment to and focus on organized workers, which obviously is something you need labor lawyers for. The Change to Win group, which I represent, is trying to reinvigorate the grassroots labor movement through organizing, with various industries as targets. That is going to require the enlistment of labor lawyers.

“The second reason is the energy and resources that some of the individual unions are bringing to bear on this project. I’m talking about the unions that are members of the coalition—the Teamsters, the United Food and Commercial Workers, the SEIU, and the Laborers’ [International Union]—which represent roughly 40 to 45 percent of organized labor. You’ve got a significant segment of the union sector involved in this on a very high level. We haven’t seen this kind of unity and energy in a long time."

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Federal Circuit Accepts SBTC's Amicus Brief

Over the Government's objection, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit accepted an Amicus Brief filed by Jere, Andrew and Paul Seidman on behalf of the Small Business Technology Council. The matter is captioned, Night Vision Corp. v. United States, 2006-5048 and involves the Air Force's refusal to comply with the requirements of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Oral argument has not been scheduled.

Copies of the brief are available upon request.

Stan on MSNBC's Countdown . . . . . Again

OLBERMANN: Give me the legal nuts and bolts here first. You told who, what, when, and why are they investigating?

BRAND: Well, this is what has become standard operating procedure in the modern era. It's the Martha Stewart syndrome. You are not indicted necessarily for substantive offenses, but after you've been given immunity as I understand Barry Bonds was. If you lie or obstruct, you are subject to prosecution. And those, of course, are federal felonies with maximum sentences, possibly of up to five years.

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Stan in Mercury News (and Elsewhere) on Delay

They've penetrated his inner sanctum with a guy who says he was doing things in his office," said Stanley Brand, a Washington lawyer who's defended about two dozen cases involving official corruption charges. "This case is just beginning."

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Stan Quoted in Cleveland P-D on Rudy Plea

Stanley Brand, a Washington lawyer who has defended numerous members of Congress in corruption cases, said guilty pleas by Rudy, Abramoff and former DeLay aide Michael Scanlon typify the way the Justice Department pursues such charges.

"They try to convict people who are lower down in the chain of command to gain their cooperation against higher-ups," said Brand, adding that Ney and DeLay, Republican of Texas, appear to be targets. A grand jury has subpoenaed documents and testimony from Ney's office.

Brand said Ney has been "a goner" since Abramoff's guilty plea identified him as a bribe recipient. Brand, whose clients included former Reps. Dan Rostenkowski, Tony Coelho and Joe McDade, says it often takes years to investigate a congressman.

"The government does not typically name people in an existing indictment and then walk away from them," Brand said. "You have to assume at some point that they are going to charge him. It is just a question of when."

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Stan Quoted in WSJ on Rudy Plea

	DeLay Ex-Aide Rudy Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case

Stan Quoted in Washington Post on Effect on DeLay of Rudy Plea

Stanley M. Brand, a former House counsel with experience in corruption probes, said prosecutors may be trying to surround DeLay by gaining the cooperation of aides higher and higher up his operation. "This is not a good day for Tom DeLay," Brand said.

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Stan is Becoming a Regular on "Countdown" (Discussing Bonds Investigation)

LBERMANN: When the first reports came out that the commissioner was going to form an investigation committee that would consist entirely of four executive vice presidents of baseball, his predecessor as commissioner, Faye Vincent, said, No, you need outside people. Did they get somebody far enough outside in George Mitchell? He is, after all, on the board of directors of the Boston Red Sox.

BRAND: He is, but, I mean, his reputation is as an absolute straight-shooter. He's going to assemble a team of professionals, including people who have been involved in numerous internal investigations. He has said, and I take him at his word, knowing him as I do from my days on Capitol Hill when I worked for Tip O'Neill, that he will go wherever it leads, that the scope is up to him, and that he will have absolutely unfettered access to any area of the game controlled by the commissioner, subject to the commissioner's jurisdiction.

I have every confidence he'll do that.

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Stan Appears on Marketplace Discussing the Minor Leaque Umpires' Dispute

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Stan Appears on Panel at World Congress of Sports

On Wednesday, March 29, 2006, Stan appeared on a panel discussing what's going on in Washington, DC as it relates to the sports world.

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