April 26, 2012 open meeting
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Open Meeting Agenda
Draft AO 2012-07, Feinstein for Senate, will be held over until May 10, 2012.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
10:00 a.m.
Amended Agenda
Audio File of Entire Meeting, 27 MB 
I. CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes for April 12, 2012
Agenda Document 12-28
II. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-12
Dunkin' Brands, Inc. by William H. Minor, Esq.
and Stephen R. Klein, Esq.
Agenda Document No. 12-25
(Tony Buckley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
III. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-08
Repledge by Eric M. Zolt
Agenda Document No. 12-21Agenda Document No. 12-21-A (Draft B)
(Held over from the meeting of April 12, 2012)
(Theodore Lutz/Amy Rothstein of the
Office of the General Counsel)
IV. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-09
Points for Politics, LLC by Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Agenda Document 12-29
(Submitted Late)(Joshua Blume/Robert Knop of the Office of the
General Counsel)
V. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-10
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Inc.
by Joseph E. Sandler, Esq. and Elizabeth
L. Howard, Esq.
Agenda Document No. 12-22 (Drafts A, B and C)
Agenda Document No. 12-22-A (Draft D)
(Held over from the meeting of April 12, 2012)Agenda Document No. 12-22-B (Revised Draft of D)
(Submitted Late)Agenda Document No. 12-22 C (Draft E)
(Submitted Late)
(Esther Heiden/Amy Rothstein of
the Office of the General Counsel)
VI. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-11
Free Speech by Benjamin T. Barr, Esq.
and Stephen R. Klein, Esq.
Agenda Document No. 12-24
Agenda Document No. 12-24-A (Draft B)
(Held over from the meeting of April 12, 2012)Agenda Document No. 12-24-B (Draft C)
(Submitted Late)(Neven Stipanovic/Erin Chlopak/Allison Steinle/
Amy Rothstein of the Office of the General Counsel)
VII. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-13
Physicians Hospitals of America by Edward M. Shack, Esq.
(Tony Buckley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
VIII. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-14
Shaun McCutcheon by Stephen M. Hoersting, Esq.,
Dan Backer, Esq., and Jerad Najvar, Esq.Agenda Document No. 12-27
(Submitted Late)(Tony Buckley/Robert Knop of the Office of the General Counsel)
IX. DRAFT ADVISORY OPINION 2012-07
Feinstein for Senate by Marc E. Elias, Esq.,
Kate Sawyer Keane, Esq., and Jonathan
S. Berkon, Esq.
Agenda Document No. 12-23
(Held over from the meeting of April 12, 2012)
(Jessica Selinkoff/Joanna Waldstreicher/
Amy Rothstein of the Office of the General Counsel)
X. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
Minutes for this meeting
Approved minutes (Approved on May 10, 2012)