Lobbying Relationship

Client

Motion Picture Association (fka Motion Picture Association of America [MPAA])

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Lobbying firm

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

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  • Intellectual property issues; S. 225, Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Government Issues, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Foreign Relations, Intelligence and Surveillance

Spending: about $1,950,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2014: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, State - Dept of (DOS), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), White House Office, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Natl Economic Council (NEC), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Vice President of the United States

Bills mentioned

H.R.1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

S.995: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1314: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015

Sponsor: Pat Meehan (R-Pa.)

H.R.1890: Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015

Sponsor: Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.)

S.2098: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.4311: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.)

H.R.5515: John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019

Sponsor: William M. Thornberry (R-Texas)

S.413: A bill to establish the China Censorship Monitor and Action Group, and...

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.225: Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Howard Berman Member, U.S. House of Representatives.
Aaron Cooper Chief Counsel IP/ Antitrust Law, Senate Judiciary Cmte.;
" " Counsel, Senator Sarbanes; Leg. Correspondent Senator Lautenberg; Leg. Asst. Representative Andrews. Director for IP and Innovation (2009-10).
Richard Hertling Staff Dir. & Chief Counsel, House Judiciary Cmte.; ​Acting Asst. AG, Office of Leg. Affairs, DoJ; Dep. Asst. AG, ​Office of Legal Policy, DoJ; Dep. CoS & Leg. Dir., Senator Lamar Alexander; Min. Staff Dir., Sen. Gov. Affairs Cmte
Muftiah McCartin Staff Dir. and Dep. Staff Dir., House Rules Comm.; Gen. Counsel, House Select Comm. on Voting Irregularities; Professional Staff, House Comm. on Appropriations; Associate, House Office of the Parliamentarian
Gina Vetere Senior Policy Advisor to Deputy USTR (2006-08);
Layth Elhassani White House Off. Leg. Aff., Sp. Assist. to the President; Off. of Sen. Bennet, Leg. Dir.; House Cmte. on Small Business, Oversight Counsel; Off. of Rep. Velazquez, Leg. Dir.; Off. of Sen. Cantwell, Leg. Counsel; Off. of Sen. Hollings, Legal Counsel
Alan Larson Under Secretary of State for Economic Business & Agricultural Affairs (1999-2005); Assistant Secretary of State for Economic & Business Affairs (1996-1999); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance & Development (1993-1996)
Jonathan Wakely n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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