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Client

Apple Inc

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Lobbying firm

Franklin Square Group, LLC

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  • online privacy; cybersecurity; encryption; financial technology; content moderation; legislation related to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act

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General Issues: Computer Industry, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Health Issues, Banking, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Education, Transportation, Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Telecommunications, Environmental/Superfund, Science/Technology

Spending: about $3,590,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, White House Office, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), House of Representatives, Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.9: Innovation Act

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

S.1137: PATENT Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

S.2733: Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2016

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

H.R.4829: Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act

Sponsor: Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)

S.754: To improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing...

Sponsor: Richard M. Burr (R-N.C.)

H.R.1560: Protecting Cyber Networks Act

Sponsor: Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)

H.R.1731: National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act of 2015

Sponsor: Michael McCaul (R-Texas)

H.R.3309: Innovation Act

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

S.1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

S.1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.4763: Trade Protection Not Troll Protection Act

Sponsor: Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)

S.1770: FAIR Act

Sponsor: Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)

S.2267: Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2014

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.845: Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.1834: Freedom to Invest Act of 2011

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

S.1671: Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act

Sponsor: Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

S.911: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

H.R.2482: Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sponsor: John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

H.R.2471: To amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a...

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

S.23: America Invents Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1249: Leahy-Smith America Invents Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.515: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1260: Patent Reform Act of 2009

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.R.1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.3101: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

S.3304: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

H.R.4148: Hunger Free Schools Act

Sponsor: Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)

S.1145: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.1908: Patent Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

H.R.4040: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008

Sponsor: Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.)

S.2045: CPSC Reform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

S.1693: Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017

Sponsor: Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

H.R.1865: Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.1551: Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Tom Rice (R-S.C.)

H.R.302: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

S.4066: PACT Act

Sponsor: Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)

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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?
Matthew Tanielian Counsel, Senator Robert Torricelli Chief Counsel, Courts Subcommittee, US Senate
Joshua Ackil Spec Assistant, Leg Affairs, Pres Bill Clinton Assoc Dir, Senate Democratic Steering Comm Assist to Chief of Staff, House Min Leadr Gephardt
Brian Peters LA/Press Secretary, Congressman Jay Inslee
Ryan Triplette Chief IP Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Kara Calvert LA, Senator Mike Enzi
Sarah Beth Jansen Counsel-Sen Coburn, S. Comm. Homeland Security; Counsel-Sen Coburn, S. Judic Comm; Legal Clerk, Sen Sessions, S. Subcomm. Admin./Courts; Legal Intern-Rep. Smith, H. Subcomm. Courts/Internet
Troy Perry DIR-MEMBER SERVICES, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ​DIR-MEMBER SERVICES, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
Kara Campbell n/a
Brian Worth n/a
Kara Calvert Campbell n/a
Matt Tanielian n/a
Josh Ackil n/a

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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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