Lobbying Relationship

Client

UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL REFORM

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Lobbying firm

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

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  • Legislative initiative to curb DOJ use of Slush Fund

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General Issues: Torts, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Health Issues

Spending: about $239,592 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2008: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), White House Office, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Health & Human Services - Dept of (HHS)

Bills mentioned

H.R.985: Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim...

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

H.R.5063: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016

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

H.R.966: Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2011

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

H.R.5503: Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act

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

H.R.4213: Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2010

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3962: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension...

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

H.R.3590: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Sponsor: Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.)

S.437: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.1346: Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

Sponsor: Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)

S.2035: Free Flow of Information Act of 2007

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

H.R.5913: Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act

Sponsor: Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)

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

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

H.R.3314: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of...

Sponsor: Artur Davis (D-Ala.)

S.813: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.814: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction...

Sponsor: Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)

S.2663: CPSC Reform Act

Sponsor: Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)

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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?
Victor Schwartz n/a
CARY SILVERMAN ESQ. n/a
Victor Schwartz Esq. n/a
Christopher Appel Esq. n/a
CARY SILVERMAN n/a
Chris Appel Esq. n/a
Philip Goldberg Esq. n/a
PHILIP GOLDBERG 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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