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Glover Park Group has picked up Grubhub for DC representation of labor and issues related to delivery network companies.
The food delivery service this month guaranteed minimum earnings and enhanced benefits for its California drivers following approval of the state’s Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act.
Grubhub, which is in the process of being acquired by Netherlands-based Just East Takeaway in a $7B deal, posted a 53 percent surge in second-quarter earnings to $494M sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic. It lost $9.2M compared to a $1M year-ago profit.
Managing directors Susan Brophy, Paul Poteet, and Gregg Rothschild, along with senior VP Megan Moore handle Grubhub.
Glover Park Group will merge with Finsbury and Hering Schuppener to form Finsbury Glover Hering in early 2021.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
