Stan Quoted in Wash. Post re: Ney Wire

Members of Congress have been secretly recorded in congressional scandal investigations, including undercover videotaping in the ABSCAM probe in the 1980s. "It is not a routine occurrence, but it happens," said Stanley Brand, a criminal attorney who often defends politicians. "In an era where they are executing search warrants on members' offices and homes, it doesn't come as a shock."

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District Court Rejects Challenge to Election Law Provision

In a case filed by BLG on behalf of a self-financed candidate for Congress, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied our summary judgment motion challenging the constitutionality of the so-called Millionaire's Amendment.

In his analysis of the decision election law guru Bob Bauer opines:

The Court showed no interest, giving him a written opinion but not a particularly considered one.
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Davis tries to spark the Court’s interest by pointing out that, to counter his use of his own, non-corrupting money, the Congress has authorized his opponent to raise money well over the threshold of corruptibility written into the contribution limits. There is here a fair question—why the donor giving well over the limits puts a candidate in less danger of corruption just because his or her opponent is self-financed. The Court can’t rouse itself to even raise an eyebrow.

The Plaintiff is currently considering whether to file a direct appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Stan Quoted in NY Times re: New Lobbying Law

Stanley Brand, a longtime Washington defense lawyer who usually represents Democrats, said the law was a sea change. “It should send shivers down lobbyists’ spines,” Mr. Brand said. “It is a minefield now.”

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