Sunday, December 31, 2006

Conyers Reaches Ethics Settlement

According to The Hill:

Conyers subsequently hired Stanley Brand, a well-respected defense lawyer with a long track record of defending public officials implicated in corruption cases.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Stan on Marketplace Re: Dems New Ethics Push

Former House counsel Stan Brand says an outside ethics panel would be more likely to take action.
STAN BRAND: The concept, from what I've seen, is to staff this entity with former federal judges and people of stature in the legal community, who will independently look at these allegations and decide whether they merit further review by the committee.
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Stan Quoted re: New H2B Visa Bill

Stan Brand, a vice-president and lobbyist for minor league baseball, said minor-leaguers are elite athletes.

"By definition, they're all among the best in the world, or else the major leagues wouldn't spend money to recruit and train them," he said

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Stan in Washington Post re: Congressional Representation

Some targets also take the proceedings too lightly, which is a serious error, experts agree. "I've become more and more conservative with these things over the years," said Stanley M. Brand, head of the Brand Law Group and a veteran of such encounters. "My advice is to batten down the hatches, assert your rights if you have them, and don't go in and disgorge documents. These investigations are stalking horses for the Justice Department."
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