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The National Center for Transgender Equality has hired Mercury Media LLC to advocate on behalf of a spate of civil liberties–related legislative issues currently being debated on Capitol Hill.
Defense Dept. veteran Laura McAleer has joined the University of Notre Dame as associate VP for federal and Washington relations.
Subject Matter recruits H&R Block's Cedric Grant, who previously was chief of staff to Democratic up & comer Congressman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn.
Alpine Group is representing immigration reform nonprofit IDEAL Immigration Action on Capitol Hill regarding immigration reform matters.
NJOY has continued its lobbying salvo in response to federal regulators’ crackdown on flavored e-cigarette and vaping products.
Electronic cigarette giant NJOY has hired lobbying firm Card & Associates to handle consumer safety and protection issues on Capitol Hill as they relate to the booming e-cigarette industry.
Juul Labs, which faces public backlash over rise in teenage vaping, recruits Empire Consulting to deal with legislative, FDA push to tighten sales of e-cigarettes, vaping products.
Consumer robotics company iRobot becomes the latest U.S. company to retain lobbying support on Capitol Hill in light of the Trump admin’s escalating trade dispute with China.
Digital camera juggernaut GoPro Inc. has hired Whitaker Strategies to lobby on Capitol Hill in light of President Trump’s ongoing trade war with China. (2 reader comments)
Susan Molinari, former Staten Island/Brooklyn Republican Congresswoman, is stepping down as head of Google's DC office and of its Americas public policy unit.
BGR Government Affairs is representing giant drugstore retailer Walgreens in its Washington push. (2 reader comments)
Roberti Global received $1.2M in lobbying payments for the nine months of 2018 to support the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe, which is vehemently opposed by President Trump.
Starbucks hires LOP Strategies, which is headed by its former government affairs director, as federal lobbyist for a raft of corporate social responsibility issues. (1 reader comment)
Henry Waxman, who was a powerful Los Angeles Congressman, is working Washington for a Pennsylvania drug company that is positioning itself as the leader in opioid addiction treatment.
For the first time, lobbying groups representing the U.S. tech sector were seen as the best positioned to drive members’ agendas on Capitol Hill, according to a recent annual research study of Washington policy leaders.
The Motion Picture Association of America has tapped Becker & Poliakoff to tackle copyright issues on Capitol Hill.
Child Rescue Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse, has inked a pact with Eris Group to advocate on law enforcement matters in Washington.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has introduced the “Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act,” which is designed to strengthen lobbying disclosure regulations and ban Americans from lobbying for foreign governments.
T-Mobile has retained Hogan Lovells to lobby on Capitol Hill in support of the wireless giant’s proposed $26.5 billion merger with Sprint.
Sean Moore has joined the US Tire Manufacturers Assn. as director of government affairs in charge of federal affairs and state advocacy efforts.
Virgin Hyperloop One, the high-speed transit venture co-owned by Richard Branson, has retained Atlas Crossing for representation before Congress on transportation issues.
Pinterest has retained lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP to advocate in Washington on copyright issues.
The Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group has hired InSight Public Affairs for help with insurance-related matters on Capitol Hill.
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