Developments in Federal and State Campaign Finance, Lobbying, and Ethics Laws
Last week Qualcomm and New York State’s Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, announced that Qualcomm will begin posting its political spending on its website. In exchange, the NY Comptroller has agreed to drop the lawsuit it filed against the company.
As described here, last month the NY Comptroller sued Qualcomm on behalf of the state’s pension…
The New York State comptroller filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm on behalf of the New York State pension fund, a major Qualcomm shareholder and the country’s third largest public institutional investor, seeking access to the company’s records to determine how it is spending corporate funds in the political arena.
According to the novel complaint, which…
