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Richard Berman

Justice Department Won't Retry Watchdog Whistle-Blower Case

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 01.03.2013 | Politics
Read More: Ross Nabatoff, Thomas Penfield Jackson, Video, False Claims Act, Pogo, Richard Berman, Project on Government Oversight, David Finkelstein, Justice Department, Danielle Brian, Judge John D. Bates, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department said Thursday it will not try again to sue a watchdog group that shared money from a whistleblower settlement wit...

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Are You Going Green or Going for the Green?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Data Centers, Cgi, Going Green, Richard Berman, Tony Greenberg, Aldo Leopold, Taylor Milsal, Electric Cars, Technology News
Tony Greenberg

In our pious zeal to feel better about the mess we're collectively making of the planet, many of us have settled on personal steps to green things up a bit. But are those steps really worthwhile, or just sops to make us feel less guilty?

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What Really Goes On In Organizing Campaigns

Edwin D. Hill | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Labor, Chamber of Commerce, Employee Free Choice Act, National Labor Relations Board, Richard-Berman, Unions, Ibew, Politics News
Edwin D. Hill

The idea that union intimidation is the hugest threat to the right of workers to decide to unionize flies so greatly against the reality of an organizing campaign, that it can't stand unchallenged.

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The Smear Becomes More Clear

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Nonprofits, Richard Berman, Humane Society of the United States, New York Times, Center for Consumer Freedom, Ccf, David Martosko, Animal Cruelty, Factory Farms, Agribusiness, Business News
Wayne Pacelle

It hasn't been a good PR week for multimillionaire PR flack Rick Berman. This past weekend, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune exposed his attack on The Hum...

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Richard Berman: The High Life and Low Road

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Front Groups, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Commission on Public Integrity, Ethics, Richard Berman, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, American Beverage Institute, New York, Politics News
Wayne Pacelle

Today, The Humane Society of the United States joined Mothers Against Drunk Driving in filing a complaint with the ethics commission in New York again...

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Ad Wars: Dr. Evil vs. Unions Over Employee Free Choice Act

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Richard Berman, Center for Union Facts, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Dr. Evil, Smithfield Foods, Business News
Art Levine

There is a savvy, if deceptive, ad blitz against the Employee Free Choice Act led in part by Richard Berman, whose specialty is attacking public interest organizations, including MADD.

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