Lobbying Relationship

Client

Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.

Clinical laboratory focused on the development of molecular diagnostics. More records

Lobbying firm

AMERICAN CONTINENTAL GROUP

More records

  • Intellectual Property Issues. PTO genetic testing study from the AIA; P.L. 112 - 29 - Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. March-in request letter to NIH; no legislation introduced.

Duration: to

General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $60,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2013: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Commerce - Dept of (DOC)

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?
Manus Cooney Staff Director & Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Chris Israel US Coord for Int'l IP Enforcement Dep. Chief of Staff, Dept. of Commerce Dep. Asst. Sec for Tech Policy, Dept. of Commerce
David Urban Chief of Staff, Senator Arlen Specter
Stephen Pinkos Policy Dir/Gen Counsel, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for IP Staff Director, House Judiciary Committee
Sheryl Cohen Chief of Staff, /Political Director, Sen. Chris Dodd Financial Director, Senator Joe Lieberman
Shawn Smeallie Special Asst. to Pres. Bush for Legislative Affairs Special Asst. to Director for Leg. Affairs at OMB
Trista Roehl LA, Rep. John Shadegg; LA, Rep. Chris Cox LA Rep. Pat Toomey
James Smith Chief of Staff, Rep. Peter Deutsch

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.

Termination
Q4 Report
Amendment
Registration
Q3 Report
Registration

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

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