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• The Alpine Group promoted Les Spivey, who joined the firm in 2006, from senior vice president to principal. Michael Henry, Courtney Johnson and Jason Schendle have each been promoted to associate...
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American Airlines, one of the “big three” U.S. carriers, hired Nate Gatten away from banking giant JPMorgan Chase. Gatten had been managing director and head of global government relations at the bank...
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GUNS. Sandy Hook Promise, a gun control group founded in the wake of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, hired lobbying firm Guide Consulting Services. Disclosure forms show that...
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. The Music Publishers Association hired Alston & Bird to help press for music licensing reform. Interest is growing in changing how songwriters license their works, as...
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United Airlines has hired Terri Fariello, Exxon Mobil Corp.’s top lobbyist, to lead its own advocacy shop, the company announced on ThursdayThe airline has been searching for someone to lead its...
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Jim Jones, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, and Michael Camuñez, a former Commerce Department official, are launching Monarch Global Strategies, an independent firm that will be consulting companies...
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Scott Nelson is returning to the law and lobby firm K&L Gates after working for former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D). He has been named of counsel at the firm — where he last served as an...
View ArticleReddit hires first lobbyists
The message board site Reddit has hired its first federal lobbyists, according to disclosure forms obtained this week.The move comes while lawmakers are increasingly scrutinizing web platform use by...
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Ed Cox joined Prime Policy Group from Capitol Hill, where he most recently served as a legislative policy adviser to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who leads the Senate Finance Committee.Jon Hrobsky and...
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Prime Policy Group signed three new clients, including a Puerto Rico-based business investment company called Omega Enterprises, to work on issues related to “rebuilding the economy of Puerto Rico; new...
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ALL ABOUT TAXES. There have been more than 30 new lobbying registrations in October alone that mention tax issues. Republicans are expected to release their tax-reform plan at any time, and companies...
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The tech lobbying firm Franklin Square Group hired Sarah Beth Jansen away from the Information Technology Council. Before that, she spent seven years on Capitol Hill working as counsel to former Sen....
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Brian Anderson, a former aide to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R), is launching his own GOP opposition research firm called The Saguaro Group. Anderson left the governor’s office earlier this month and...
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Nancy Zirkin has signed her first lobbying client since leaving her post as the top lobbyist for the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. She’s working for the Center for Responsible...
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CRD Associates has hired Erin Will Morton to establish and lead a global health practice as a senior vice president. Before that, she was the director of external affairs at the TB Alliance in New York...
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TRADE. The government of Mexico has hired FTI Consulting to “provide strategic communications services and public affairs counsel to the Secretariat of the Economy of Mexico” on the negotiations...
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Longtime Walmart lobbyist Ivan Zapien has joined the law and lobbying firm Hogan Levels as a partner in the firm’s government relations and policy advocacy practice. He spent almost 10 years working...
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Former Obama administration official Christopher Fonzone is joining Sidley Austin as a member of its global privacy and cybersecurity practice. From 2013 to this year, he held senior White House roles...
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PUERTO RICO. The law and lobby firm Foley & Lardner filed its registration paperwork for its work on behalf of Whitefish Energy, the two-person Montana company that won a controversial contract to...
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Jonathan Harmon has been elected by the McGuireWoods board of partners to serve as the firm’s chairman. J. Tracy Walker IV has been named as its managing partner. Harmon joined the firm in 1995, and...
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