Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is working to make Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' dream of delivering packages by air a reality.
Amazon Prime Air is using Akin Gump for "federal advocacy with regard and testing of unmanned aerial vehicles in the US."
The Seattle electronic commerce giant believes putting Prime Air into commercial use will take a number of years to advance technology and line up the required Federal Aviation Administration rules and regulations.
It hopes Prime Air will take off in 2015 to provide customers with package delivery in 30 minutes of less.
Greg Walden, one-time chief counsel at the FAA; Ed Pagano, ex-aide to Sen. Pat Leahy, and Michael Drobac, former legislative director for Sen. Norm Coleman, are members of AK’s Amazon crew.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport, which is the UK’s only facility for vertical rocket launches, has hired Alexandria’s Brian Glackin & Assocs. for Washington representation on aerospace and defense matters.
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