Year-End Amendment — COVINGTON & BURLING LLP for JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (US… (2007)

Firm

COVINGTON & BURLING LLP

Client

JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (USA) (FKA JOHN HANCOCK FIN. SERVICES, INC.)

Income

$120,000

Expenses

—

Versions of this report

Every filing the register holds for this firm, client and period, oldest first. The most recent one is the version LegiList counts.

Filing	Filed	Amount	Counted
Year-End Report	Feb 14, 2008	$120,000	Replaced
Year-End Amendment (this page)	Apr 21, 2008	$120,000	Yes

What was lobbied

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

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

CFIUS legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; UNDETERMINED; Labor, Dept of (DOL)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Long Term Care Insurance Program for Federal workers

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); UNDETERMINED

Retirement RET

Retirement plan fee disclosure, regulations on default investments

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; UNDETERMINED; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Torts TOR

Legislation related to asbestos legislation

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; UNDETERMINED

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Above-the-line deduction for long-term care insurance; permitting long-term care insurance to be part of cafeteria plans and flexible spending accounts; permitting 401(k) assets to be used to purchase long-term care insurance; leasing legislation to repeal or reform the estate tax; capital gains tax treatment for annuities; tax treatment of COLI and STOLI; limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation plans, the taxation of foreign leasing transactions.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: UNDETERMINED; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE

Insurance INS

Privacy legislation and use of Social Security numbers; legislation to extend a Federal terrorism reinsurance program; long term care insurance partnership provisions; optional Federal charter for insurance companies

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RODERICK DEARMENT	N/A
JOHN DUGAN	—
JOAN KUTCHER	N/A
ELIZABETH LETCHWORTH	N/A

Contacted: UNDETERMINED; Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.