Mid-Year Report — K&L GATES, LLP for STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP (2007)

Firm

K&L GATES, LLP

Client

STARBUCKS COFFEE CORP

Income

$80,000

Expenses

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What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Seek the reduction of import duties (and other non-tariff barriers to trade) related to the U.S. Thailand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Panama FTA, WTO negotiations, Peru FTA, Columbia FTA, Korea FTA, Malaysia FTA, Puerto Rico Coffee Tariff.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY CARNEVALE	CHIEF OF STAFF, REP. GEORGE NETHERCUTT
MICHAEL WILLIAM EVANS	N/A
DANIEL RITTER	N/A
CHAD SEE	N/A
W DAVID THOMAS	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S 349, Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007, work opportunity tax credit provision and tax treatment of deferred compensation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY CARNEVALE	CHIEF OF STAFF, REP. GEORGE NETHERCUTT
MICHAEL WILLIAM EVANS	N/A
DANIEL RITTER	N/A
CHAD SEE	N/A
W DAVID THOMAS	N/A

Contacted: U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.