3rd Quarter - Report

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD for U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL REFORM

Firm
Client
Income
$150,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

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

Torts TOR

Background on federal civil and criminal enforcement against business, and over criminalization of federal law (no specific legislation); general background on the False Claims Act; general background on legal reform; and H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act, Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act; S. 2564, Protect Asbestos Victims Act of 2018; S. 2815, Litigation Funding Transparency Act of 2018, and other asbestos reform policy.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GORDON HUNTER BATES —
SMITH W DAVIS —
JEFF MCMILLEN —
ED PAGANO —
HANS C RICKHOFF —
BARNEY SKLADANY —
JAMES TUCKER —
VALERIE WHITE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 2564 (115th), S. 2815 (115th), H.R. 985 (115th)

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.