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NEW BUSINESS: Lobbying firms are filing a flurry of registrations and terminations ahead of Tuesday’s quarterly filing deadline. Here are a few filings that stand out: An alliance of Hollywood production companies, distributors and other companies has hired Arshi Siddiqui, Geoff Verhoff and Brendan Dunn of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to lobby on coronavirus relief measures “related and specific to the content production industry,” according to a disclosure filing. The American Coalition of Independent Content Producers’ members include Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, A24 Films, Alcon Entertainment and Village Roadshow Pictures, among others.
— Etsy, Eventbrite and Pinterest, meanwhile, have hired Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid to lobby on content moderation issues, according to disclosure filings. None of the companies have major Washington lobbying presences. Eventbrite also retains Invariant, while Etsy has Public Private Strategies and Pinterest retains Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. And Planet Fitness has hired Cicely Simpson of Summit Public Affairs to lobby on pandemic relief. The gym chain also recently brought on former Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) and three other lobbyists at HHQ Ventures.
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HOW THE CAMPAIGN TO HELP THE MEN WHO HELPED GHOSN ESCAPE IS GOING: “The two American men accused of orchestrating the former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn’s escape from Tokyo are making a last-ditch appeal to the Trump administration to avoid being sent to face trial in Japan,” Bloomberg News’ David Yaffe-Bellany reports. “After a federal magistrate in Boston authorized Japan’s extradition request in September, representatives for former Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter wrote to officials in the White House and State Department urging them to reject Japan’s request.
— “It’s a long-shot strategy, but Michael Taylor is presenting himself to the U.S. government as a heroic patriot: He’s playing up his cloak-and-dagger past rescuing children abducted to the Middle East. The final decision on whether to ship the Taylors to Japan rests with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. For months, the Taylors have deployed an expensive team of lawyers and lobbyists to press their case with officials at the Justice Department and the State Department.”
— “That lobbying intensified after the Sept. 4 ruling in Boston. About a week later, the Taylors’ team sent a roughly 25-page letter to an official at the State Department who oversees extraditions, laying out arguments that the father-son duo made in court, along with testimonials from the mothers whose children Michael Taylor helped rescue during his career as a security consultant, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Taylors also sent an approximately two-page long, bullet-point summary to the White House, the person said, following conversations about the case with high-level officials in the Trump administration.”
CANNABIS LOBBY COULD LOSE AN ALLY ON THE HILL: With former Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper leading by substantial margins in polls of Colorado’s Senate race, the cannabis industry may lose one of its top allies on the Hill: Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.). Hickenlooper isn’t viewed as favorably as Gardner among Colorado legalization efforts “in part because he vetoed three cannabis bills toward the end of his final term as governor,” POLITICO’s Natalie Fertig reports.
— “‘John Hickenlooper usually has to get dragged into having the conversation. He's still uncomfortable with it,’ said Kevin Sabet of anti-legalization group Smart Approaches to Marijuana. Sabet added that while he believes Hickenlooper would likely vote similarly to Gardner on marijuana, he believes his job in Washington will be easier without Gardner around. "Would [Hickenlooper] be a champion and focus on marijuana so much? I'm not sure.’”
HOW REPUBLICAN OPERATIVES HELP SHAPE LOCAL NEWS: The New York Times’ Davey Alba and Jack Nicas dug into the “fast-growing network of nearly 1,300 websites that aim to fill a void left by vanishing local newspapers across the country. Yet the network, now in all 50 states, is built not on traditional journalism but on propaganda ordered up by dozens of conservative think tanks, political operatives, corporate executives and public-relations professionals, a Times investigation found.”
— “The sites appear as ordinary local-news outlets, with names like Des Moines Sun, Ann Arbor Times and Empire State Today. They employ simple layouts and articles about local politics, community happenings and sometimes national issues, much like any local newspaper. But behind the scenes, many of the stories are directed by political groups and corporate P.R. firms to promote a Republican candidate or a company, or to smear their rivals.”
IF YOU MISSED IT ON FRIDAY: The campaign of Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) “said Friday that it improperly spent $1.5 million of donations intended for the general election during the final weeks of his bitter and ultimately unsuccessful primary challenge to Senator Edward J. Markey,” The Boston Globe’s Victoria McGrane reports. “The spending was a clear violation of federal campaign finance rules, which prohibit candidates from using general election money on expenses for the primary.”
— “In a statement to the Globe, Kennedy said he did not know the campaign had been improperly spending general election funds during the primary, and that the violation came to his attention shortly after the Sept. 1 election. Kennedy said he reimbursed his campaign with $1.5 million of his own money in late September to cover all of the improperly spent funds.”
New Joint Fundraisers
Florida Democratic Majority (Margaret Good for Congress, Cohn for Congress 2020)
Lift Every Voice Victory Fund (Control-Z, The Collective PAC, ColorOfChange PAC, Higher Hieghts [sic] Political Fund)
New PACs
#LegalizeLiberty PAC (Hybrid PAC)
2nd to None PAC (Hybrid PAC)
American Dreams PAC (Super PAC)
Citizens Restoration of Integrity and Service PAC (PAC)
Competent Candidates for the People (PAC)
Democracy Me (PAC)
Georgia 2020 Senate Republican Fund (PAC)
Hot Campaign Merch LLC (PAC)
Keep the Nine PAC (Super PAC)
No Socialism Political Action Committee (Super PAC)
Sentinel PAC (PAC)
The Oklahoma Standard PAC (Leadership PAC: Rep. Kendra Horn)
The Otter Fund (Hybrid PAC)
Veteran’s Party (Super PAC)
New Lobbying Registrations
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld: American Coalition of Independent Content Production
APCO Worldwide LLC: NEQSOL Holding
BGR Government Affairs: Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
BGR Government Affairs: Recess
BGR Government Affairs: Sandvine
Capitol Counsel LLC: C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
CJ Lake, LLC: The Picard Group OBO Lake Charles Regional Airport
CrossFit, LLC: CrossFit, LLC
CURA Strategies: Global Life Technologies
Cypress Advocacy, LLC: B.S.D. Capital, Inc. dba Lendistry
DC Legislative and Regulatory Services, Inc.: Agragene
Forbes-Tate: McCulley McCluer PLLC
Hogan Lovells US LLP: University of Mississippi Medical Center Research and Development Foundation
Holland & Knight LLP: International Materials, Inc.
Jim Massie & Partners, LLC: Climate Leadership Council
John Ladd & Associates, Inc.: Myhre Investments, LLC
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Etsy, Inc.
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Eventbrite
Kountoupes Denham Carr & Reid, LLC: Pinterest Inc.
Kristin Herrmann: Education Counsel (on behalf of the First Five Years Fund FFYF)
Lot Sixteen LLC: IP Renewable Energy Holdings LLC
Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: Brex Inc.
Porterfield, Fettig & Sears, LLC: Finicity
Red Maple Consulting, LLC: North Star Scientific Corporation
Shumaker Advisors, LLC: ViaQuest, Inc.
Squire Patton Boggs: City of New Orleans
Squire Patton Boggs: Daybrook Holdings, Inc.
Squire Patton Boggs: Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
Squire Patton Boggs: Transportation Institute
Subject Matter (fka Elmendorf Ryan): DataRobot, Inc.
Summit Public Affairs: Planet Fitness Holdings, Inc.
The Prenda Group LLC: Ototronix LLC
The Tolman Group: Due Process Institute
The Tolman Group: Tzedek and Associates
New Lobbying Terminations
American Continental Group: Kaman Corporation
Arent Fox LLP: American Airlines Inc
Arent Fox LLP: Foundation Medicine, Inc.
Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: Howling for Wolves
Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: Indian Pueblos Marketing, Inc.
Aronnax Public Strategies LLC: Pueblo of San Felipe
Ballard Partners: Building a Better America
Ballard Partners: TL Management
Bose Public Affairs Group: National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grade Reform
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Aris Mortgage Holding Company LLC
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP: Aspira (F R A Active Network LLC)
Broydrick & Associates: Cranberry Research Coalition
Broydrick & Associates: Curium US LLC
Butzel Long, P.C.: Construction Specialties Inc./CS Groups
Butzel Long, P.C.: ElringKlinger USA, Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP: American States Utility Services, Inc.
Covington & Burling LLP: Volvo Group North America LLC
Crossroads Strategies, LLC: Sensiva Health, LLC
Cypress Advocacy, LLC: ForwardLine Financial
Dentons US, LLP: Auto Care Association
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young): Hunt Companies Business Services, LLC
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young): PetSmart, Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP (Washington Council Ernst & Young): Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P. II.
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP: Bluebird Strategies (on behalf of Thermo Fisher Scientific)
Foley & Lardner LLP: Cadiz, Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP: EnerBlu
Foley & Lardner LLP: Stein Mart G2G Consulting: Dascena
GM Strategies: CENGAGE Learning
Greenberg Traurig, LLP: Yoti, Ltd.
Invariant LLC: Kabbage A.G.
Holland & Knight LLP: Ascendant Resources, Inc.
Holland & Knight LLP: National Strategies, LLC (on behalf of Taser International, Inc.)
Holland & Knight LLP: Vizient Inc (Formerly VHA Inc )
K&L Gates LLP: Eugene Civic Alliance
K&L Gates LLP: Galactic Ventures
K&L Gates LLP: Indian Springs Calistoga
K&L Gates LLP: NOKA LLC d/b/a NOKA Organics
Kadesh & Associates, LLC: City of Compton
Kaffes and Associates LLC: AHEPA Management Company, Inc.
Kasirer LLC: Willdan Group, Inc.
Leavitt Partners, LLC: Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)
McAllister & Quinn, LLC: Nanoshift
McAllister & Quinn, LLC: Orange County Industrial Development Agency
McDermott+Consulting LLC: Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
McDermott+Consulting LLC: ZOLL Medical Group
McGuireWoods Consulting (A Subsidiary of McGuireWoods LLP): Gila River Telecommunications, Inc.
McGuireWoods Consulting (A Subsidiary of McGuireWoods LLP): Hospitality, Travel, and Events Recovery Coalition
Mothers Against Drunk Driving: Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Motorcycle Riders Foundation: Motorcycle Riders Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth Lavach: Ultralife Corporation
New Century Government Affairs (f/k/a Terrence C. Wolfe): Florida Association of Student Educational Tours
New Century Government Affairs (f/k/a Terrence C. Wolfe): GDKN Corporation
New Century Government Affairs (f/k/a Terrence C. Wolfe): The Cormac Group, LLC on behalf of Bank Mobile, Inc. Ogilvy Government Relations: Johnson Matthey Inc
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: AdvaMed
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Alliance of Dedicated Cancer Centers
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Aurora Healthcare
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Envision Healthcare
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Epic Systems Corporation
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Gundersen Health System
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: MDVIP
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: ThedaCare Health System
Olsson, Frank, Weeda, Terman & Matz, PC: University of Washington Medicine
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP: Secure Test Coalition (an Informal Coalition)
Prime Policy Group: Heaven Hill Brands
Prime Policy Group: Heritage Crystal Clean
Republic Consulting, LLC: Survivability Solutions, LLC
Republic Consulting, LLC: The Portable Factory SC, Inc.
Shumaker Advisors Florida, LLC: Tampa Museum of Art Foundation
The Conafay Group, LLC: United States Pharmacopeial Convention
The Nickles Group, LLC: American Trucking Associations
The Normandy Group, LLC: Alliance Data
Van Scoyoc Associates: Computer Systems Center Inc.
Van Scoyoc Associates: Memsel Manufacturing Co.
Van Scoyoc Associates: Zebra Technologies
Watkins & Eager PLLC: Mississippi Association of Affordable Housing Providers
Wynne Health Group: NASH Alliance
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