MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
What was lobbied
5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT
H.R.1249 - America Invents Act (patent reform act) H.R.3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act S.968 - Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 General lobbying on the following issues: standard essential patent issues under the jurisdiction of the International Trade Commission; and piracy of copyrighted works and trademarked goods.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
S.21-Cyber Security and American Cyber Competitiveness act of 2011 S.413 - Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 S.799-Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 S.911-Strengthening Public Safety and Enhancing Communications through Reform, Utilization and Modernization Act (SPECTRUM Act) S.1011-Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011 S.1207 - Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2011 S.2008/H.R.3675 - Next Generation Television Marketplace Act S.2151/H.R.4263 - SECURE IT Act S.3333 -- Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012 S.Res446 /H.Res.57 - concerning the exercise of control over the Internet by the United Nations and other international governmental organizations S.Con.Res.50H.Con.Res.127 - Concerning actions to preserve and advance the muti-stakeholder process governance model under which the Internet has thrived H.R.2577-SAFE Data Act H.R.3523 -- Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 H.R.6671 - Video Privacy Protection Act Amendments of 2012 General lobbying on the following issues: Cybersecurity: privacy; Data Breach; location based service issues associated with the Communications Act of 1934; Internet Governance; retransmission consent; broadband competition; video competition; program access; mobile payments (applications and products); FM radio chips in wireless devices; data roaming; LTE deployment; spectrum policy (holdings, allocations; auctions, including 600 Mhz auction structure, D-Block reallocation and FirstNet buildout plan), receiver performance and interference.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
H.R.1002/S.543, Mobile Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (particularly with respect to restrictions upon any state or local jurisdiction s ability to impose new discriminatory taxes on cellular phone services, providers or property) H.R.1860/S.971, Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (provisions that promote neutrality, simplicity and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services)
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW
H.R.1981 -Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 (data retention issues) S.913 - Do Not Track Online Act of 2011
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| JAMES F GREEN | — |
Telecommunications TEC
Cramming (unauthorized third party billing on wireline customer bills) Special Access
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| ANDREW J FIELDS | — |
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.