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• EDUCATION. The advocacy arm of the law firm Squire Sanders has added a lobbying client to its roster in the University of Florida Student Government Association. The client transfer comes from a...
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• CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Charles and David Koch are striking back at their critics, hiring former Sen. Don Nickles (R-Okla.) and his firm, Nickles Group, to lobby on campaign finance issues. Their company,...
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• American Airlines signed up with upstart firm Capitol Strategies Partners, a new venture that was launched in January. The firm announced the client in an email; lobbying disclosure forms are not yet...
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• FINANCIAL SERVICES. Capitol Counsel is urging the reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act on behalf of Chubb Corp., which is estimated to be the eighth largest casualty insurer in the...
View ArticleSmall K Street shops see business boom
Business is booming at Washington’s boutique lobby shops.Of more than a dozen small firms contacted by The Hill, eight said their lobbying revenue was up during the most recent quarter, which ran from...
View ArticleNew king of K Street
The lobby shop Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has dethroned the king of K Street.Akin on Monday reported earning $8.6 million in lobbying revenue from April to June, enough to eclipse longtime...
View ArticleLobby firms beat the midterm blues
Washington’s lobby firms are riding a spurt of momentum into the midterm elections.Despite a campaign season that has kept lawmakers away from Washington, many shops saw their earnings increase in the...
View ArticleK Street's small shops are winning big
Several boutique shops are touting double-digit increases in their lobbying revenue for 2014 as lobbying businesses across Washington tally up their final revenue numbers for the year.“It’s the...
View ArticleLobbying Revenue 2014
Lobbying FirmFull-year 2014Full-year 2013Percent changeAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld35.6233.785%Squire Patton Boggs31.6040.18-21%Podesta Group25.0827.28-8%Brownstein Farber Hyatt &...
View ArticleLobbying Revenue - 2015 1st Quarter
First quarter earnings reports posted this week showed gains for many of Washington’s biggest lobby shops, as compared with the first three months of 2014, prompting optimism on K Street that 2015 will...
View ArticleWashington's lobby firms riding high
Washington's top lobby firms are riding high as they enter an election year where the "establishment" is under attack.Most of K Street’s 20 largest firms by revenue saw their advocacy fees rise in...
View ArticleLobbying suffers pre-election slump
It’s always darkest before the election, at least if you’re a lobbyist. Not even the top firm in the influence industry, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, could escape an earnings slump before...
View ArticleLobbyists expect boom times under Trump
Washington’s lobby firms are primed for President Trump as they seek to leave behind a lackluster 2016.“The political shifting sands means there's going to be more corporate investment in Washington,...
View ArticleLobbying Revenue 2016
Lobbying FirmFull-year 2016Full-year 2015Percent changeAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld36.1739.38-8%Brownstein Farber Hyatt & Schreck25.6125.700%Podesta Group24.0523.174%Van Scoyoc...
View ArticleCash surges to lobby firms in Trump era
K Street started 2017 off with a bang, with many lobby firms racking up six-figure increases to their bottom lines in the first six months of the year. The beginning of President Trump’s administration...
View ArticleRetailers, drug industry surge in lobbying’s top 50
A top trade group for retailers nearly doubled its lobbying spending in the first half of the year amid its successful campaign to kill the border-adjustment tax.Meanwhile, drug companies sent their...
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