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Grindr, the West Hollywood gay dating and social network app, has signed on Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for DC representation.
Brownstein will focus on areas such as HIV prevention, family formation, artificial intelligence and age-verification for online users.
It will also deal with matters regarding the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which was authorized in 2023 and credited with saving 26M lives. The Trump administration is withholding $6B in Congressionally approved funding for PEPFAR for fiscal 2025.
Grindr recorded $104M in Q2 revenues (+27 percent) and $16.6M net income (+22 percent).
Will Moschella, co-chair of Brownstein’s government relations unit, heads the five-member Grindr team.
Ballard Partners has signed to a represent the US unit of Rheinmetall, Germany’s biggest defense contractor, on Army procurement issues.
BGR Group signs on to provide lobbying and PR services for Terzo, an AI financial intelligence platform. Douglas Lute, chair of BGR’s international and defense practices, will join Terzo’s board of directors.
Avoq has landed Palantir Technologies, the controversial surveillance company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, as a client.
Anne Kierig, who was senior manager of public policy at Amazon, has joined the American Advertising Federation as VP-government affairs. She takes over for Clark Rector, who is retiring after a 37-year run at AAF.
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which was established in compliance with the executive order signed by President Trump, has hired Valcour LLC, which has close ties with his administration.
