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| John Breaux, Trent Lott |
Former US Senators Trent Lott and John Breaux have signed on to represent TikTok, the social media platform that is owned by China’s ByteDance.
Their firm, Crossroads Strategies, counsels TikTok on discussions surrounding Internet technology and learning-enabled content platforms.
President Trump wanted to shut down TikTok on national security grounds unless ByteDance sold it to an American company.
After a bid from Microsoft failed, Oracle and Walmart in September announced that Trump tentatively approved a deal in which they would take a 20 percent stake in the newly formed TikTok Global, which would provide services in the US and most of the rest of the world.
That agreement awaits final approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.
The Biden administration will now determine the fate of that TikTok deal.
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.
