Energy Policy Advocates, through local counsel Upper Midwest Law Center and James Dickey of Helmuth & Johnson, filed its memorandum of law in an open records lawsuit against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison’s Office has quietly added not one but two privately hired, Michael Bloomberg-funded “Special Assistant Attorneys General” to pursue issues of concern […]
Rhode Island Outside Lawyers Tell Court Nothing to See Here in Rockefeller Meeting Notes re State Seeking “Sustainable Funding Stream”
In case you missed it, the State of Rhode Island’s private attorneys at Sher Edling LLP responded last week to Energy Policy Advocates’ Amicus brief in the First Circuit Court of Appeals. As CLW and other outlets have pointed out, public records obtained by the transparency group Energy Policy Advocates strongly suggest that the State of Rhode Island […]
1st Circuit Allows Amicus Brief Presenting Rockefeller Meeting Notes
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has issued an Order allowing the transparency group Energy Policy Advocates to file its amicus brief, over Rhode Island’s opposition. That brief introduces some remarkable public records, including two independent sets of notes taken at a private meeting (of public officials, with activist donors), documenting […]