General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Aristotle International
The Honorable David M. Mason is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Aristotle. He assists campaigns, PACs, and political parties in maximizing their effectiveness while complying with federal and state regulatory requirements.
Mr. Mason served as Commissioner and Chairman (2002 and 2008) of the Federal Election Commission from 1998 until 2008, a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position.
President Reagan appointed Mason as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) where he was instrumental in working with Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and Representative Dick Armey in securing passage of base closing legislation.
Commissioner Mason has testified before Congress over 20 times, addressed international conferences on elections and appeared in or wrote for scores of American print and broadcast media outlets. He is an honors graduate of Claremont McKenna College in Government, graduated with highest honors from Concord Law School and is a member of the California Bar.
Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group
Dan Troy is Managing Director and an expert witness on FDA matters at Berkeley Research Group. Previously he served as Chief Counsel of the US Food and Drug Administration and General Counsel of GlaxoSmithKline PLC.
Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP
The Internet, The First Amendment, and Campaign Finance Regulation
David M. Mason, John K. Abegg
One of the major challenges for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today is determining how...
Criminalizing From the Bench: The Expansion of Section 10(b) in United States v. O'Hagan
Jay V. Prabhu
One of the fundamental tenets of our Constitution is that the federal government may not...
Why Government Is Bad For Ducks
John Povejsil
Environmental policy invariably seems to be created in a melodramatic world of good-guy government officials...
Foreign Entities Whose Web Sites Violate US Laws Relating to Drug Advertising, Securities Offerings or Obscenities May Subject American Affiliates to Prosecution
David J. Goldstone, Daniel E. Troy
Is a World Wide Web on the Internet like a television broadcast station or is...
Statutory Codification of Common Law Property Rights - A Mistake
Erick Kaardal
State legislative property rights advocates, beware! Imagine your state's landowners without any recourse against ordinary...
A Practitioner's View of Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission
Charles H. Bell
The Supreme Court decision in Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee v. Federal Election Commission may...