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El Salvador Turns to Gephardt Group
Gephardt Group Government Affairs has signed a $420,000 one-year contract to represent the Government of El Salvador, according to lobbying disclosure documents filed with the Department of Justice. The contract began on Aug. 1. It also includes a $16,800 fee... Continue reading
Posted Aug 13, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Legal Groups Lobbying Fiercely
Legal groups have been in the thick of legislative fights to overhaul the financial regulatory system and change liability laws in the wake of the oil spill, though their lobbying spending varies widely. Disclosure reports filed this week show the... Continue reading
Posted Jul 23, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Accounting Change Lowers BP's Lobbying Bill
Updated 4:12 p.m. BP America is revising its lobbying spending for 2010, filing disclosure documents that cut the company's advocacy tab nearly in half for the first quarter and reflect a second-quarter bill far lower than what the company spent... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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White House Ethics Czar Submits Financial Disclosures
White House ethics czar Norman Eisen, now awaiting Senate consideration as the president's nominee to be ambassador to the Czech Republic, has submitted financial disclosure forms showing he continues to receive compensation he is owed from Zuckerman Spaeder. Eisen resigned... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Carmen Group's Change of Address
The Carmen Group is moving to bigger offices at 1899 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., a block from the lobbying firm's current space at 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., on Aug. 1. The new offices are roughly 17,000 square feet, about 15 percent... Continue reading
Posted Jul 21, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Toyota Nearly Doubles Lobbying Spending
Toyota Motor North America Inc. has accelerated its lobbying as the company deals with the fallout of its recall crisis. The car manufacturer spent $1.6 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter of 2010, according to a lobbying... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Johnson & Johnson Picks Up Former Towns Aide
Johnson & Johnson has hired lobbyist Alexander Beckles, a former legislative director to the lawmaker overseeing a congressional investigation into the company's recalls of pediatric medicine, a lobbying registration filed this week shows. Beckles, an independent lobbyist whose other publicly... Continue reading
Posted Jul 16, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Ex-Sen. Mel Martinez Leaving DLA Piper for JPMorgan Chase
Updated 1:15 p.m. Former Sen. Mel Martinez is leaving DLA Piper for a job as JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s chairman of Florida, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Martinez' new position today, in a statement... Continue reading
Posted Jul 12, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Gap Inc. Is Lobbying Again
Gap Inc. has registered an in-house lobbyist for the first time in more than a decade. The retail giant filed registration paperwork with Congress on Wednesday, saying it plans to lobby on legislative and regulatory proposals affecting retailers. Gap's lobbyist,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Alston & Bird's Langowski Jumps to DLA Piper
DLA Piper has added Mary Langowski, formerly a senior public policy adviser at Alston & Bird, to its health care group. Langowski's first day was Monday, said Thomas Boyd, the co-chair of DLA Piper's Regulatory and Government Affairs group. Boyd... Continue reading
Posted Jun 22, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Obama Formalizes Lobbyist Restrictions for Advisory Boards
President Barack Obama is directing federal agencies not to appoint federally registered lobbyists to advisory committees or other boards and commissions, formalizing a policy first announced last fall. In a memorandum today, Obama directed the Office of Management and Budget... Continue reading
Posted Jun 18, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Abramoff's Release Still Casts Shadow
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was released from prison to a halfway house Tuesday. The location of his new home is unclear, but everyone seems pretty sure it's not on K Street. "I'd prefer his halfway house was in Russia, but... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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API's Hayden Jumps to The Williams Cos.
Lou Hayden, the former senior director of federal relations at the American Petroleum Institute, is now the director of federal legislative affairs for The Williams Cos., Inc., a natural gas company a natural gas company that ranked at number 276... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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NRA Adds More Lobbying Firepower
The National Rifle Association, already known as a lobbying powerhouse, has added the former chief of staff to a key “Blue Dog” Democrat to its roster of outside advocates. Vickie Walling, a former chief of staff to Rep. John Tanner... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Small Business Group Joins Health Care Law Challenge
The National Federation of Independent Business is joining 20 states in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care overhaul passed by Congress earlier this year. The group filed its complaint today in U.S. District Court for the Northern... Continue reading
Posted May 14, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Transocean Turns to K Street
The offshore drilling company Transocean, under fire for its involvement in the oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico, this week hired Capitol Hill Consulting Group to represent it in Washington. Transocean has no other registered lobbyists, disclosure documents show.... Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Kagan Sparks a New York State of Mind
When Frank Sinatra sang that making it in New York meant you could make it anywhere, apparently "anywhere" meant the Supreme Court. After their private meetings with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan today, senators were asked about the justices' geographic... Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Kagan Hits the Hill
Posted May 12, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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ABA Will Evaluate Kagan
The American Bar Association will begin to evaluate Solicitor General Elena Kagan's qualifications for a seat on the Supreme Court, the ABA said Tuesday. In a statement, Carolyn Lamm, the president of the ABA, said the group's Standing Committee on... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Report Points at Ex-Government Officials Lobbying for Big Banks
Advocacy groups and unions - including the Campaign for America's Future, National People's Action and the Service Employees International Union - are working together to highlight lobbying by big Wall Street banks through a new report drawing attention to former... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Thailand Hires Akin Gump to Follow Trade Preferences Debate
The Thai Embassy has hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to monitor a debate over a trade preferences program that expires at the end of the year, according to lobbying disclosure documents filed with the Justice Department late last... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Venn Strategies Partners Leave to Launch New Firm
Veteran tax and financial services lobbyists Anne Urban and Sandra Swirski have left Venn Strategies, where they were equity partners, and launched Urban Swirski & Associates on April 1. Urban said the split with Venn came because the partners were... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Chamber Takes Interim Measure to Fill GC Slot
Judy Richmond, a vice president and associate general counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will manage the day-to-day operations of its five-person legal department after Steven Law, the Chamber's chief legal officer and general counsel, leaves next week. Law... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Former Dutko Lobbyists Launch Firm
Two former Dutko Worldwide lobbyists, including the former head of the firm's international global division, have launched a new firm, Blue Star Strategies. Sally Painter and Karen Tramontano worked together at Dutko, and started the new firm Feb. 1. They... Continue reading
Posted Mar 24, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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Duane Morris to Host Brown's First Washington Fundraiser
Updated 8 p.m. Duane Morris and its lobbying arm, Duane Morris Government Relations, will host newly elected Sen. Scott Brown's (R-Mass.) first Washington fundraiser, the firm said in a statement. The fundraiser will be closed to the press, but the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2010 at The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
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