Tuesday, May 11, 2010 6:16 PM
Rick Berman Group Under Fire
Updated 5/12/10
Two public interest groups have filed a complaint against the American Beverage Institute, saying the group violated New York state law by failing to register to lobby. Rick Berman is executive director of ABI.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving and The Humane Society filed the complaint Tuesday with the New York State Commission on Public Integrity. At issue are advertisements ABI ran in the New York Times and The New York Post in May 2008 against auto ignition interlock devices for people convicted of drunk driving. The state legislature was considering a measure on the devices at the time.
"ABI does not disclose or identify itself as the purchaser of the advertisement," the groups write in the complaint, estimating the ads cost at least $70,000. "ABI has never registered its lobbying activity nor reported its lobbying expenditures related to these advertisements or its subsequent lobbying efforts."
Berman and Company spokesperson Sarah Longwell called the ethics complaint "laughable." She contends the ads were placed in newspapers nationally and not targeted to New York state nor focused on interlock systems for drunk drivers. "They're going to be embarrassed because there's nothing here."
Click here to read the complaint.


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