• S. 698 - Marketplace Fairness Act, provisions related to state taxation of online sales. HR 235 / S. 431 - Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act. HR 2775, Remote Transaction Parity Act of 2015. Legislative proposals related to origin source online sales tax collection.
• Application of the First Sale Doctrine of the Copyright Act of 1976 to foreign goods. Monitor legislative activity regarding potential codification or overturning of the Supreme Court Kirtsaeng decision.
• Abusive short sale practices
• Data driven marketing issues; electronic commerce issues
• Issues and legislation related to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Duration: February 1, 2014 to November 1, 2015

General Issues: Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Telecommunications

Spending: about $220,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Affiliated organizations: Venable LLP