Lobbying Relationship

Client

Overstock.com, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Dow Lohnes Government Strategies LLC

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  • Implementation of S.E.C. Regulation SHO regarding abusive short sale practices; S.E.C. implementation of the short sale study required by Section 417 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-203).
  • 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.
  • S. 336 / H.R. 684 - Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 (Enzi / Womack); provisions related to state taxation of online sales.

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

Spending: about $920,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate,, Government Accountability Office (GAO), House of Representatives,, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Affiliated organizations: Dow Lohnes PLLC

Bills mentioned

S.336: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

H.R.684: Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

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

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

H.R.1540: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Sponsor: Howard P. McKeon (R-Calif.)

S.23: America Invents Act

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

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

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.2701: Main Street Fairness Act

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

S.1452: Main Street Fairness Act

Sponsor: Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.)

H.RES.95: Supporting the preservation of Internet entrepreneurs and small businesses.

Sponsor: Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)

H.R.3179: Marketplace Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.1832: Marketplace Fairness Act

Sponsor: Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)

S.1492: Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act

Sponsor: Harry Reid (D-Nev.)

H.R.4173: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

S.417: State Secrets Protection Act

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

S.3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010

Sponsor: Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.)

S.605: A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate...

Sponsor: Edward E. Kaufman (D-Del.)

H.R.302: To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the...

Sponsor: Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.)

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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?
Eric S. "Rick" Kessler Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell (through 3/06)
Eric S. Kessler Chief of Staff, Hon. John D. Dingell
Peter A. Leon Legislative Director, Hon. Eliot Engel
Jessica M. Lenard Legislative Assistant, Hon. Richard J. Durbin
Michael S. Scrivner Chief of Staff, Hon. Norman F. Lent, Jr.
Stephen C. Sayle Majority Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Majority Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Maj. Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Com. Majority Counsel, House Energy and Commerce C
Haley E. Davis Staff Assistant, Hon. Bill Shuster
M. Robert Carr Member, U.S. House of Representatives
stephen sayle n/a
Rick Kessler n/a
Ralph W. Hardy Jr. n/a
Kenneth D. Salomon n/a
Norman F. Lent III n/a
David Long n/a
Matthew Rizzolo n/a
Higgins Alyson n/a
Christopher T. Murray 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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