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Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases and the "territorial incorporation doctrine" are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest on racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nation's most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law.
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This resolution rejects the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases (a series of cases regarding the application of constitutional rights in U.S. territories) and recognizes that constitutional and democratic principles apply throughout the states and territories of the United States.
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2024 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
S. 5229 - Judicial Modernization and Transparency Act H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 H. Res. 314 - Territorial Incorporation Doctrine Support for authorizing new federal judgeships. Judicial Security - efforts to expand judicial security protection to Administrative Law Judges. Support the original intent of H.R.9278 to extend the current deadline for millions of existing small businesses to file their initial beneficial ownership reports required under the Corporate Transparency Act for one year to January 1, 2026. Oppose efforts by Congress, such as the provision contained in S.4638, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, to regulate the practice of law by mandating that attorneys married to an active duty servicemembers in the armed forces be automatically admitted to practice law in the state where the servicemember has been stationed. This would undermine the longstanding principle and doctrine supported by the ABA which believes state supreme courts have the power of licensure. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Model Rules of Representative Conduct developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that, if adopted by individual federal agencies, would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings before those agencies. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 H. Res. 314 - Territorial Incorporation Doctrine Support for authorizing new federal judgeships. Issues regarding diversity jurisdiction - treating unincorporated and incorporated entities the same to determine if diversity jurisdiction exists. Judicial Security - efforts to expand judicial security protection to Administrative Law Judges Support the original intent of H.R.9278 to extend the current deadline for millions of existing small businesses to file their initial beneficial ownership reports required under the Corporate Transparency Act for one year to January 1, 2026. Oppose efforts by Congress, such as the provision contained in S.4638, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, to regulate the practice of law by mandating that attorneys married to an active duty servicemembers in the armed forces be automatically admitted to practice law in the state where the servicemember has been stationed. This would undermine the longstanding principle and doctrine supported by the ABA which believes state supreme courts have the power of licensure. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Model Rules of Representative Conduct developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that, if adopted by individual federal agencies, would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings before those agencies. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
Client expense: $210,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 H. Res. 314 - Territorial Incorporation Doctrine Support for authorizing new federal judgeships. Issues regarding diversity jurisdiction - treating unincorporated and incorporated entities the same to determine if diversity jurisdiction exists. Judicial Security - efforts to expand judicial security protection to Administrative Law Judges Funding for Tribal Court Systems - Seeking additional funding in response to Supreme Court decision conferring jurisdiction on tribal courts for crimes committed on tribal lands. Support for permanently establishing within the Department of Justice, the Office for Access to Justice. H.R. 8818, the American Privacy Rights Act Proposed federal laws/regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Opposed federal efforts that would seek to undermine the attorney-client privilege, work product protections, and the preservation of client confidentiality, such as by regulating attorneys as financial institutions. Oppose efforts by Congress, such as the provision contained in S.4638, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, to regulate the practice of law by mandating that attorneys married to an active duty servicemembers in the armed forces be automatically admitted to practice law in the state where the servicemember has been stationed. This would undermine the longstanding principle and doctrine supported by the ABA which believes state supreme courts have the power of licensure. General communications about the lawyer regulatory and disciplinary process. Communications regarding the Family First Prevention Services Act and implementation in state and local child welfare systems. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2024 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 H. Res. 314 - Territorial Incorporation Doctrine Support for authorizing new federal judgeships. Issues regarding diversity jurisdiction - treating unincorporated and incorporated entities the same to determine if diversity jurisdiction exists. Support for permanently establishing/forming within the Department of Justice, the Office for Access to Justice. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. General communication about the lawyer regulatory and disciplinary process. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2023 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 Support for authorizing new and filling existing vacant federal judgeships. Issues regarding diversity jurisdiction - to treat unincorporated and incorporated entities the same. H.Res.314 - to end the territorial incorporation doctrine. Activity in support of expanding measures to address judicial security. Support for permanently establishing/forming within the Department of Justice, the Office for Access to Justice. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Comments on the proposed rule change on Foster Care Legal Representation, published on September 27, 2023 (88 FR 66769). T Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
2023 · fourth_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.686-Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, sentencing reform. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, womens rights, pumping breast milk. S.1418-Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.2892-Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. S.1974-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.701-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.2226-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Farmland purchase bans by nationality, civil rights, civil liberties, FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.2597-Digital Consumer Protection Commission Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.5-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.2624-Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. S.1999-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. S.3351-FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023-FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.3234-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. S.J.Res.39- A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the article of amendment commonly known as the Equal Rights Amendment has been validly ratified and is enforceable as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and the Archivist of the United States must certify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Amendment without delay-Issues Lobbied: Discrimination. S.1714-Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act-Issues Lobbied: Womens rights, paid leave. S.2860-Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation Banking Act-Issues Lobbied: Cannabis decriminalization. S.J.Res.47-A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Justice relating to Office of the Attorney General; Home Confinement Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform, home confinement. S.1248-Safer Detention Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Sentencing reform. S.3565-Affordable Connectivity Program Extension Act of 2024-Issues Lobbied: Equitable access to broadband. H.R.14-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.R.2670-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, civil liberties. H.R.3887-Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1325-Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, immigration, employment authorization for asylum seekers. H.R.4365-Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4108-Protecting Americans Data from Foreign Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. H.R.4569-Veteran Service Recognition Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrants rights, veterans affairs, immigrant veterans, citizenship for U.S. service members, repatriation. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, border policies, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.4367-Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4665-Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4368-Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.12-Womens Health Protection Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.4366-Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.15-Equality Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.1399-Protect Childrens Innocence Act-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5894-Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.5601-MORE Act-Issues Lobbied: Marijuana decriminalization. H.R.4394-Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4664-Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, LGBTQ+ rights, recreational marijuana prohibition. H.R.4821-Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.4820-Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights, appropriations, civil rights. H.R.5893-Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, reproductive rights, womens rights, LGBTQ+ rights, sentencing reform, civil rights. H.R.6643-Inclusive Democracy Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. H.Res.314-Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Courts decisions in the Insular Cases and the territorial incorporation doctrine are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest of racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nations most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law-Issues Lobbied: Self-determination of U.S. territories. H.Res.798-Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.3016-IGO Anti-Boycott Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6830-Books Save Lives Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. H.R.6570-Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.4454-To amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to ensure that politically derived information is not used in an application to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for an order under title I or III of such Act-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.6262-Government Surveillance Reform Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: FISA Section 702 reauthorization. H.R.815-National Security and Border Act, 2024-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention, interior enforcement, deportation, border enforcement, asylum, transit ban, credible fear standard, border expulsion authority, expedited removal, mandatory detention, parole. H.R.2760-Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration, immigrant detention. H.R.5908-Strengthening Communities through Summer Employment Act-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. H.R.1423-911 Community Crisis Responders Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. H.R.5798-Protecting Our Nations Capital Emergency Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing. H.R.4972-End Solitary Confinement Act-Issues Lobbied: Conditions of confinement. H.R.1525-Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Policing, civil asset forfeiture. H.R.4582-Protecting Kids from Fentanyl Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reimagining community safety. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978-Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization of Section 702, civil liberties, national security. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. GUARD Act-Issues Lobbied: Freedom of speech, privacy. Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, reintroduction of Freedom to Vote Act. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting, immigration, immigrants rights, veterans affairs, immigrant veterans, citizenship for U.S. service members, abortion, net neutrality, broadband access, affordable connectivity program, Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights, White House supplemental funding plan, federal funding for elections, free speech, defining antisemitism, free speech on college campuses, use of artificial intelligence in hiring and healthcare, algorithmic justice, artificial intelligence, cross-border data transfer, privacy, watchlists, congressionally directed spending, alternative crisis response grants, pregnancy discrimination, HHS appropriations amendment, Schedule I controlled substances, FY25 appropriations, supplemental security spending, justice appropriations. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, issuance of 236(a) detention bond regulations, CBP policing policies and practices, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection- CBP accountability; Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Immigration, immigrant detention, 287(g) program. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Clemency for deported services members, clemency for federal death row prisoners, Office of the Pardon Attorney-Pardons, clemency for deported service members. Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Clemency, clemency for deported service members, clemency for federal death row prisoners, supplemental funding negotiations, Executive Order 14010-Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, immigration, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, Kids Online Safety Act, civil liberties, civil rights, Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies, oversight over counterterrorism policy and practices, artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-EEOC-Issues Lobbied: Workplace discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Agency-FTC-Issues Lobbied: Artificial intelligence, effects of AI on civil rights and civil liberties, speech, privacy, nondiscrimination. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Disability discrimination. Agency-Labor-Issues Lobbied: Re-entry. Agency-FCC-Issues Lobbied: Affordable Connectivity Act, continued funding for broadband subsidies.
2023 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 Support for authorizing new and filling existing vacant federal judgeships. Legislation regarding diversity jurisdiction - to treat unincorporated and incorporated entities the same. H.Res.314 - to end the territorial incorporation doctrine. S. Res. 333, a resolution to designate 2024 as the Year of Democracy. Support for permanently establishing/forming within the Department of Justice, the Office for Access to Justice. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
2023 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 927, S. 325 - Supreme Court Ethics Act H.R. 926, S. 359 - Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2023 Support for authorizing new and filling existing vacant federal judgeships. Legislation regarding diversity jurisdiction - to treat unincorporated and incorporated entities the same. H.Res.314 - to end the territorial incorporation doctrine. Support for permanently establishing/forming within the Department of Justice, the Office for Access to Justice. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Support increasing administrative law judge independence through establishing a code of ethics for them along with merit-based hiring practices and an independent decision making body. Proposed federal laws/ regulations related to artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data security, digital/personal privacy, intellectual property, in addition to how these issues could impact the legal profession, such as undermining the attorney-client privilege, the lawyers ethical duty to protect client confidentiality, the work product doctrine, and access to justice, as well as questions related to the federal courts longstanding authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Duty of Candor; Docket No. RM22-20-000, 87 Fed. Reg. 49784 (August 12, 2022)-provisions regulating certain attorneys engaged in the practice of law and requiring them to disclose certain attorney-client privileged and other protected client information. Draft Model Rules of Representative Conduct to be developed by an Administrative Conference of the United States working group that would regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings. Administrative Conference of the United States study on Regulation of Representatives in Agency Proceedings to explore how federal agencies regulate the conduct of attorneys and non-attorneys who represent parties and other interested persons in administrative adjudicative proceedings, and related best practices for federal agencies. Proposed Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel legal opinion further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations. Revised Department of Justice ethics guidance (Representations Before the Government) further clarifying the ability of government attorneys and other employees to participate more fully in outside organizations, including legal professional associations.
2023 · second_quarter · Civil Rights/Civil Liberties
Legislation: S.3663-Kids Online Safety Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.686-Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.4-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.2747- Freedom to Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights. S.1207-Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 or the EARN IT Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.1080-Cooper Davis Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy, 4th Amendment concerns. S.1199-Strengthening Transparency and Obligations to Protect Children Suffering from Abuse and Mistreatment Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Free speech, privacy. S.673-Journalism Competition and Preservation Act of 2022-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1291-Protecting Kids on Social Media Act-Issues Lobbied: Free speech. S.1939-FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Privacy. S.1677-Democracy Restoration Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights restoration. S.1473-A bill to authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other purposes-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, expedited removal. S.441-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issues Lobbied: Systemic equity. S.1912-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. S.1722-AIR PUMP Act-Issues Lobbied: Breastfeeding protections for flight crew. S.728-Paycheck Fairness Act-Issues Lobbied: Pay equity. S.1664-Healthy Families Act-Paid sick leave. H.R.734-Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.2374-New Way Forward Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigration. H.Res.314-Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Courts decisions in the Insular Cases and the territorial incorporation doctrine are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest on racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nations most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law-Issues Lobbied: Colonialism, insular cases. H.R.2757-Puerto Rico Status Act-Issues Lobbied: Colonialism, self-determination. H.R.2-Secure the Border Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Asylum, criminal penalties for arriving immigrants, smuggling, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. H.R.1041-American Opportunity Accounts Act-Issued Lobbied: Systemic equity. H.R.3988-Assuring that Robust, Thorough, and Informed Congressional Leadership is Exercised Over National Emergencies Act-Issues Lobbied: Emergency powers. H.R.2670-National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024-Issues Lobbied: Privacy, data broker loophole, LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, civil liberties. H.R.3887-Childrens Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: LGBTQ+ rights. H.R.3163-End Judge Shopping Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.Res.468-Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.12) to protect a persons ability to determine whether to continue or end a pregnancy, and to protect a health care providers ability to provide abortion services-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.4121-Right to Contraception Act-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.Res.309-Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Food and Drug Administration has the authority to approve drugs for abortion care-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. H.R.3420-My Body, My Data Act of 2023-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights, data privacy. H.R.4303-To expand access to abortion care-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Legislation with No Bill Number: Senate bill version-John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, racial discrimination. Senate bill version-Preventing Election Subversion Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, election subversion by state officials, mass voter challenges. House bill version-Inclusive Democracy Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights restoration. House bill version-Expanding the Vote Act-Issues Lobbied: Voting rights, language access when voting. Native American Voting Rights Act-Issues Lobbied: Indigenous justice, Indigenous protections, voting rights. Fair College Admissions for Students Act-Issues Lobbied: Educational equity. Veteran Service Recognition Act-Issues Lobbied: Immigrant rights, deported veterans, immigrant veterans. Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act-Issues Lobbied: Cannabis decriminalization. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978-Issues Lobbied: Reauthorization of Section 702, civil liberties, national security. Communications Decency Act of 1996-Issues Lobbied: Section 230, free speech, maintaining Internet integrity. AI Commission Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. Algorithmic Accountability Act-Issues Lobbied: Algorithmic justice. Additional legislation not yet introduced-Creation of National Human Rights Institution, preventing funding for Counter Violent Extremism legislation, potential Israeli admission to the visa waiver program, FISA Section 702 reauthorization, classification reform, District of Columbia non-citizen voting, District of Columbia self-governance, legislation to invalidate statutes passed by the District of Columbia Council and Mayor, consumer privacy, patenting of genes, gene research, Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting, affirmative action, racial justice, immigration, asylum, asylum ban, Title 42, family separation, accountability for Customs and Border Protection, Operation Lonestar, equity, free speech, affordable connectivity, protestors rights, freedom of the press, reproductive rights, abortion, contraception rights, judicial nominations, algorithmic justice, privacy, electoral college, LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, civil liberties, 2024 appropriations, breastfeeding protections for legislative staff, preventing the ban on gender-affirming care from passing via federal funding bills, consumer privacy, access to medication abortion, reproductive health patient navigators, policing, Police Week, United Nations Police, Equal Rights Amendment, womens rights, gender equity. Agencies: Agency-Homeland Security-Issues Lobbied: Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, Executive Order on Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, U.S.-Mexico border policy reform, end to Title 42, immigration, CBP accountability, challenging the asylum ban, CBP policing policies and practices, demanding a Title 6 civil rights investigation into Texass Operation Lonestar trespass arrest program, migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants; Customs and Border Protection-Directive 4510-026A, vehicular pursuit, CBP accountability, demanding a Title 6 civil rights investigation into Texass Operation Lonestar trespass arrest program, detention conditions, treatment of pregnant and nursing persons; Immigration Customs and Enforcement-Interior enforcement, 287(g) program. Agency-Justice-Issues Lobbied: Reducing the federal clemency backlog, Executive Order 14074-Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety, policing, public safety, clemency, pardons, notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways; Executive Office for Immigration Review-Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-Notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, voter registration, federal agency designation; Agency-EOP-Issues Lobbied: White House Office-Executive Order 14074-Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety, policing, public safety, clemency, reproductive rights, Executive Order on Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the Causes of Migration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Border, asylum, asylum reform, restoration of asylum processing at southern border, complete termination of MPP, rebuilding a more humane asylum system, U.S.-Mexico border policy reform, end to Title 42, immigration, notice of proposed rulemaking Circumvention of Lawful Pathways, TikTok ban, national security, free speech, privacy, District of Columbia Criminal Code reform, District of Columbia policing reforms, due process considerations, self-governance, veto override attempt, civil liberties, civil rights, counterterrorism policies and practices, torture, detention, drones, war authority, Guantanamo Bay, clemency for crack and powder cocaine sentencing discrepancies; Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives-migrant property dispossession, freedom of religious expression for migrants. Agency-Office of the Vice President-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive rights. Agency-CDC-Issues Lobbied: End to Title 42, immigration. Agency-HHS-Issues Lobbied: Executive Order 14019-Promoting Access to Voting, voting rights, voter education, access to voting registration, Agency-DOD-Issues Lobbied: Guantanamo Bay. Agency-USCCR-Issues Lobbied: Reproductive health, immigration.
| Democratic |
| DC |
| Grace F. Napolitano | Democratic | CA |
| Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Democratic | MP |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | GA |
| James P. McGovern | Democratic | MA |
| Jared Huffman | Democratic | CA |
| Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Democratic | IL |
| Melanie A. Stansbury | Democratic | NM |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | Democratic | NY |
| Rashida Tlaib | Democratic | MI |
| Ritchie Torres | Democratic | NY |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic | AZ |
| Stacey E. Plaskett | Democratic | VI |
| Steve Cohen | Democratic | TN |
Client expense: $290,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, White House Office
Client expense: $250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Office of the Vice President of the United States, SENATE, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, White House Office