1st Quarter - Report

U.S. CHAMBER INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL REFORM for U S CHAMBER INSTITUTE FOR LEGAL REFORM

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$4,680,000
Expense method
C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Potential legislation dealing with the Medicare Secondary Payer provisions of the Medicare statute

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Pharmacy PHA

Potential impact of H.R. 3580 (P.L. 110-085), the drug labeling and preemption provisions of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act General Background on Drug Labeling Rules and Federal Preemption

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: H.R. 3580 (110th)

Environment/Superfund ENV

H.R. 2635, the litigation-related provisions of the Carbon-Neutral Government Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: H.R. 2635 (110th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

H.R. 3931, H.R. 5463 -- all provisions of the Securities Litigation Attorney Accountability and Transparency Act General background on securities litigation and P.L. 104-67, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act General background on U.S. Capital Markets Competitiveness and Regulation

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CHERYL EVANS —
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: H.R. 3931 (110th), H.R. 5463 (110th)

Torts TOR

H.R. 3013, S. 186, all provisions of the Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act S. 1267, H.R. 2102, all provisions of the Free Flow of Information Act S. 221, all provisions of the Fair Contracts for Growers Act General background on legal reform issues S. 1135, all provisions of the Fair Arbitration Act H.R. 2419, the arbitration-related provisions contained in section 11102 of the Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act H.R. 2135, the arbitration-related provisions of the Competitive and Fair Agricultural Markets Act H.R. 3915, the arbitration-related provisions contained in section 206 of the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act S. 1782, H.R. 3010, all provisions of the Arbitration Fairness Act Mass tort litigation/medical screening reform (no specific introduced legislation) General background on discovery reform (no specific introduced legislation) General background on the preservation of the attorney-client privilege P.L. 109-2, all provisions of the Class Action Fairness Act S. 2449, all provisions of the Sunshine in Litigation Act S. 2636, the arbitration-related provisions of the Foreclosure Prevention Act S. 2554, H.R. 5129, the arbitration-related provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 2008 H.R. 5312, all provisions of the Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act H.R. 1519, the arbitration-related provisions of the American Homebuyers Protection Act H.R. 1443, the arbitration related-provisions of the Consumer Fairness Act H.R. 2061, the arbitration-related provisions of the Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act H.R. 3393, the arbitration-related provisions of the Reservist Access to Justice Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STANTON ANDERSON —
JON ESKELSON Legislative Assistant, Sen. Richard Lugar
CHERYL EVANS —
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: H.R. 3010 (110th), H.R. 3393 (110th), H.R. 3915 (110th), S. 2449 (110th), S. 1135 (110th), H.R. 2061 (110th), H.R. 2419 (110th), S. 2554 (110th), S. 1267 (110th), H.R. 2135 (110th), S. 221 (110th), H.R. 1519 (110th), H.R. 5312 (110th), S. 1782 (110th), H.R. 3013 (110th), S. 186 (110th), H.R. 5129 (110th), H.R. 2102 (110th), H.R. 1443 (110th), S. 2636 (110th)

Telecommunications TEC

H.R. 3773, the lawsuit immunity-related provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 S. 2248, the lawsuit immunity-related provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2007

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: S. 2248 (110th), H.R. 3773 (110th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 4040, all provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act S. 2045, S. 2663, all provisions of the CPSC Reform Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: H.R. 4040 (110th), S. 2663 (110th), S. 2045 (110th)

Government Issues GOV

S. 1638, H.R. 3753, all of the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act S. 2353, all of the Fair Judicial Compensation Act S. 2041, H.R. 4854, all of the False Claims Act Correction Act S. 2450, all provisions of the untitled bill designed to amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine General background and information on Federal preemption H.R. 1, P.L. 110-53, preemption-related homeland security and railroad provisions of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
LISA RICKARD —
MATTHEW WEBB —

Bills named: S. 1638 (110th), S. 2041 (110th), H.R. 4854 (110th), H.R. 3753 (110th), S. 2353 (110th), S. 2450 (110th), H.R. 1 (110th)

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.