According to the McDonnell opinion, public officials aren't breaking the law if they pick up the phone, make an introduction, or organize an event on behalf of a donor who plies them with gifts they simply can't take an "official action," using the power of their position directly and explicitly to make something happen.
On the value-add side, VCs frequently leverage their networks to make introductions to prospective customers, partners and investors on behalf of their portfolio companies.
He also supported the introduction of copyright legislation, speaking to Congress on behalf of the publishing industry, although he was not above pirating other people's work.
And a deep defensiveness, amounting to an embarrassment on behalf of literature, runs throughout this introduction.
Phelps, appearing here on behalf of the watchmaker Omega, required no introduction when he spoke to the 12 members of the United States Ryder Cup team Monday night.
Since the introduction of the research assessment exercise (RAE), an evaluation carried out on behalf of the four UK funding councils every five years, academics have had to do a lot more form-filling to secure funding for future research.
A study on the introduction of a levy or tax on PPPs in Germany carried out on behalf of the Federal States Schleswig-Holstein, Baden-Wurttemberg, and Rhineland-Palatinate recently reignited a discussion on this topic [70].
No opposition to the introduction of the Sanction Framework came from any of the professional boards on behalf of their affiliates (KII).
The investigation began after Politico published a story in 2013 on Whitfield's introduction of the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act and his wife's role as a lobbyist pushing the bill on behalf of the Humane Society.
On behalf of his daughter, he sued.
