Vivendi, through a series of mergers, has come to own a small Los Angeles company called Traffic Market Place that has developed the technology used for pop-under campaigns by X10 and others including Vivendi's own game site, Iwin.com.
Under campaign planning, he listed: "Opposition research on MW".
These are dollars that are protected under campaign finance reform".
Under campaign finance laws, they can spend only about $16 million each in coordination with the campaigns.
Under campaign finance requirements, loans to campaigns must be reported in federal disclosures.
Under campaign finance rules, he could also have given the money to a charity.
But under campaign finance rules, just $7 million of that can be used for the primary.
Under campaign finance regulations, any contributions would be disclosed in federal filings.
Under campaign rules, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee would be allowed to spend $240,000 in coordination with Mr. Nelson's campaign.
Those ads focused on specific policies of the Obama administration like energy, an important distinction under campaign finance rules.
