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‘FAKE NEWS.’ Mark Corallo, who formerly served as the spokesman for President Trump’s legal team, is working for Ashcroft Law Firm on behalf of Malaysian Prime Minster Najib Razak. The contract says...
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• The Petrizzo Group hired Megan Perez away from Capitol Hill, where she serves as the legislative director and health policy adviser for House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers...
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• PETS. The lobbying firm Federal Advocates Inc. signed a slew of new clients recently, including two having to do with federal issues involving animals: The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC)...
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• BGR Group hired Matt Hoffman to serve as a vice president, and he will join the law and lobbying firm on May 14. He most recently worked as a policy director on the Senate Finance Committee. Prior to...
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• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld snagged Sen. Rob Portman’s (R-Ohio) tax counsel, hiring Zachary Rudisill as a partner in the firm’s public law and policy practice. Rudisill had worked for Portman...
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• TECHNOLOGY. The online review site Yelp has added two firms to its K Street roster. Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck and Invariant are now working on “competition issues affecting the Internet.” Among...
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• Cindy Brown has joined Forbes Tate Partners as a partner. She has previously worked at West Front Strategies, served as the vice president for legislative strategies at the Campaign to Fix the Debt,...
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• FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Public affairs firm Mercury, which already represented the Turkey-U.S. Business Council (TAIK), has updated its contract to include the Turkish government in its representation. The...
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• Sard Verbinnen & Co. (SVC) launched a new public affairs arm called SVC Public Affairs with an office in Washington, bringing on former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro and Bruce...
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• David Cohen is rejoining Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck as a shareholder in the firm’s government relations department in its Washington office. He comes from Clear, the company that offers...
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• MARIJUANA. Cannabis companies and groups are increasingly trying to expand their footprint in Washington. Two of them recently hired lobbyists to work on issues related to the industry, according to...
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• Tom Crawford has become the head of FTI Consulting’s global advisory practice, a new entity housed within the firm’s strategic communications arm, based in Washington. Crawford originally joined FTI...
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• Senate and State Department alum Scott Mulhauser is hanging a shingle. His new firm, Aperture Strategies, launched late last month and will focus on strategic advisory and public affairs. He worked...
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• Steptoe & Johnson has snagged George Callas, the former senior tax counsel to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), for its public policy and tax groups. He will also serve as a managing director in the...
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• The Washington office of United Airlines has doubled in recent months, the company announced, hiring Tom Michels away from BlueWater Strategies to serve as its managing director of government...
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The Economic Innovation Group announced that Chris Slevin has joined the organization as vice president. He previously was legislative director to Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) for five years. Before that,...
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• HEALTH CARE. Generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Apotex Corp. signed Florida-based firm Government Counsel to work on issues related to patient access to more affordable generic medicines. H.W. Menn...
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Ernst & Young announced that Lauren Soltani joined the legislative group of Washington Council Ernst & Young as a manager. She was previously legislative director for Rep. Suzan DelBene...
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Former House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) is heading to Squire Patton Boggs, the firm announced on Tuesday. Ex-Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), former chairman of the House Transportation...
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MANUFACTURING. The Vogel Group recently signed SMP Automotive Systems Alabama, which develops and manufactures plastic parts and integrated modules for automobiles. The firm will work on issues related...
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