Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
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Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 This bill addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors. Complex bankruptcies may involve third-party claims against non-debtors associated with the debtor, such as the debtor's officers, directors, or employees. Currently, in carrying out a bankruptcy plan, bankruptcy courts may release non-debtors from liability (there is a split in the judicial circuits regarding this practice). The bill generally prohibits a bankruptcy court from (1) releasing or modifying a non-debtor's liability through the approval of a bankruptcy plan or through an order, or (2) enjoining a judicial proceeding or other act to collect or otherwise enforce such a claim or cause of action against a non-debtor. However, the bill provides for the release of such liability if express consent is given by the third party. The bill also generally limits an order or decree to temporarily enjoin a proceeding against a non-debtor to 90 days. Additionally, the bill gives appellate jurisdiction to the appropriate U.S. court of appeals regarding an order or decree to temporarily enjoin or stay a proceeding against a non-debtor in a Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy case. Currently, U.S. district courts have appellate jurisdiction for these matters. Upon request of an interested party, and after notice and a hearing, the court shall dismiss a Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy case if the debtor was involved in certain restructuring activity that (1) had the intent or foreseeable effect of separating a debtor's assets from a debtor's liabilities and the debtor assuming or retaining such liabilities, and (2) occurred in the 10-year period prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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2024 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
S. 4095, Stop Helping Outcome Preferences (SHOP) Act Potential legislation similar to S. 2817, Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to bankruptcy; mass tort litigation; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases; U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds
Client expense: $13,930,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2024 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $23,370,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2023 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases; bankruptcy and mass tort litigation
Client expense: $19,080,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2023 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: SENATE
2023 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: SENATE
2023 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases; bankruptcy and mass tort litigation
Client expense: $13,590,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies, including third-party release
Client expense: $16,390,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
Potential legislation similar to H.R. 4777, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1280, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. H.R. 3655, Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act. S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act, with specific regard to provisions on supply chain liability for information sharing programs. H.R. 4777/ S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act. H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021. S. 3942, Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act. Draft legislation related to regulatory reforms and significant guidance. Draft legislation related to police misconduct reforms. Draft legislation on structured settlements. Draft legislation on SLAPP claims. Draft legislation on peremptory challenges to jurors. General lobbying with regard to qualified immunity reforms. General lobbying with regard to diversity of professional background for the federal judiciary. General lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations, and with specific regard to Tiffany M. Cartwright, nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Rachel Bloomekatz nominated for the United States Circuit for the Sixth Circuit; Judge Elizabeth Hanes nominated for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. General lobbying on the Nomination of Kalpana Kotagal for Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. General lobbying with regard to nonconsensual third-party releases and stays in bankruptcy proceedings. General lobbying with regard to diversity jurisdiction and snap removal. General lobbying with regard to federal officer removal. General lobbying with regard to the Solicitor General and ambassador positions. General lobbying with regard to liability in voluntary government sharing programs. General lobbying with regard to litigation financing. General lobbying with regard to Johnson & Johnson and the Texas Two-Step. General lobbying with regard to Respondeat Superior and Monell claims against states and localities.
Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
- HR 4777/S 2497, "Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021", regarding all provisions - HR 2096/S 2472, "Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating Non-Debtor Releases Act", regarding all provisions - Issues related to corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and divisive mergers
Client expense: $2,270,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 2096, Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating non-debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $20,990,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
S. 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act - to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entitys liability to an entity other than the debtor; H.R.2096 the SACKLER ACT - prohibits a bankruptcy court from releasing claims against non-debtors brought by states, tribes, municipalities, or the federal government; Issues related to bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: $2,650,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1280, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. H.R. 3655, Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act. H.R. 3962: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022. S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act, with specific regard to provisions on supply chain liability for information sharing programs. H.R. 4777/ S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act. H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021. S. 3942, Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act. H.R. 8736, GUARD VA Benefits Act. H.R. 8569 the Removal Adjustment Act of 2022. H.R. 2988 Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act. H.R. 2617, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, with specific regard to vaccine court funding. Draft legislation on adjusting the caps on Title VII damages. Draft legislation related to regulatory reforms and significant guidance. Draft legislation related to police misconduct reforms. Draft legislation on structured settlements. Draft legislation on SLAPP claims. Draft legislation on peremptory challenges to jurors. General lobbying with regard to qualified immunity reforms. General lobbying with regard to diversity of professional background for the federal judiciary. General lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations, and with specific regard to Judge DeAndrea Benjamin nominated for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; to Casey Pitts nominated for the US District Court for the Northern District of California, to Scott Colom nominated for the US District Court for the District of Mississippi. General lobbying on the Nomination of Jose Javier Rodriguez for an Assistant Secretary of Labor. General lobbying on the Nomination of Kalpana Kotagal for Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. General lobbying with regard to nonconsensual third-party releases and stays in bankruptcy proceedings. General lobbying with regard to diversity jurisdiction and snap removal. General lobbying with regard to federal officer removal. General lobbying with regard to liability in voluntary government sharing programs. General lobbying with regard to litigation financing. General lobbying with regard to Johnson & Johnson and the Texas Two-Step. General lobbying with regard to Respondeat Superior and Monell claims against states and localities.
Client expense: $1,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Torts
Issues related to civil liability reform; arbitration; litigation funding, S 505 and S 2497
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · fourth_quarter · Insurance
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes. ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs ISSUE Insurance Underwriting HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research. HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes. HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050. S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing. HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics. S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions. HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business. HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency. S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding. HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program. HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks. HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC. HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes. HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes. HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics. HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes. HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification. S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data 4614 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021 - improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands HR 4866 Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act - to abolish FIO HR 5823, Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) 2022 - establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program HR 5736, Booster Seat Safety Act - direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations relating to child restraint systems HR 5807/S 3065, DATA Privacy Act - establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information HR 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act - prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute HR 5734, Catastrophic Risk Transfer (CART) Act - to establish a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses HR 5689, Resilient AMERICA Act - improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects HR 4006 Fair Repair Act -- requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers HR 6580/S 3572 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 -- direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes HR 6570 REPAIR Act -- ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles HR 4521 America COMPETES Act -- bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters HR 4777/S 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act -- addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors S 3844Economic Continuity and Stability Act -- establish a clear and uniform process, on a nationwide basis, for replacing the London interbank offered rate in existing contracts S 3715E-SIGN Modernization Act -- repeals certain requirements regarding the use of electronic records in commerce S 3755Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act -- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 with respect to arbitration HR 6027 Online Privacy Act -- establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties S 3875, Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act -- require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States DRAFT, Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2022 -- help accelerate economic growth and spur new business formation S 4110, Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2022 -- establishes a state insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council S 4299, Rebuilding Small Businesses After Disasters Act -- to repeal the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans S 4274, National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act -- improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks ISSUE, SEC 144A/Rule 15c2-11 No Action Letter ISSUE, ESG, DEI, Climate-Related Financial Risk HR 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act - to create a federal privacy standard DRAFT, Rep. McHenry/Financial Services Privacy Draft - to amend GLBA HR 8063, RAMP Act - to improve MSP statute by eliminating the private right of action HR 8254 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 - FY2023 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 - authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 HR 4346 CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 - funds to support the domestic production of semiconductors and authorizes various programs and activities of the federal science agencies. S 4619 Fair Access to Financial Services Act - provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions HR 8589 To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the proposed rule titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors", and for other purposes - prevent finalization of SEC climate-risk disclosure rule HR 2123 D&I DATA Act - requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies ISSUE SEC Rule 144A/15c2-11 HR 8483 Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2022 - require studies regarding insurance coverage for damages from wildfires DRAFT Diverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse individual-owned and controlled firms when seeking the services of investment advisers DRAFT Minority and Women Inclusion in Insurance Act - require FIO to conduct an annual survey of insurers to determine the extent of diversity in the insurance industry DRAFT Diversify Insurers Workforce Study Act - require FIO to conduct a study regarding recruitment, retention, and attrition of employees in the insurance industry S 4826 Community Wildfire Protection Act- amend the Heathy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term at-risk community HR 9570 Improving Disclosure for Investors Act of 2022 - direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to promulgate rules with respect to the electronic delivery of certain required disclosures HR 7776 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2023 - National defense authorization for FY 23 HR 9588 Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act (CINRA) - amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification on behalf of all consumers
Client expense: $810,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 2096, Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating non-debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $23,940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
- HR 4777/S 2497, "Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021", regarding all provisions - HR 2096/S 2472, "Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating Non-Debtor Releases Act", regarding all provisions - Issues related to corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and divisive mergers
Client expense: $2,170,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1280, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. H.R. 3655, Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act. H.R. 3962: Securing and Enabling Commerce Using Remote and Electronic Notarization Act of 2022. S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act, with specific regard to provisions on supply chain liability for information sharing programs. H.R. 4777/ S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act. H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021. S. 3942, Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act. H.R. 8736, GUARD VA Benefits Act. H.R. 8569 the Removal Adjustment Act of 2022. H.R. 2988 Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act. Draft legislation related to regulatory reforms and significant guidance. Draft legislation related to police misconduct reforms. Draft legislation on structured settlements. Draft legislation on SLAPP claims. Draft legislation on peremptory challenges to jurors. General lobbying with regard to qualified immunity reforms. General lobbying with regard to diversity of professional background for the federal judiciary. General lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations, and with specific regard to Tiffany M. Cartwright, nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Rachel Bloomekatz nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judge Mia Perez nominated for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Judge Matthew Garcia nominated for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico; Judge Adrienne Nelson nominated for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Judge Jamal Whitehead nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin nominated for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Judge Maria Araujo Kahn nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Judge Myong Joun nominated for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts; Judge Frances Kay Behm nominated for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan; Judge Anne Nardacci nominated for the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York; Judge Sarah Merriam nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; Judge Jessica Clarke nominated for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Judge Dale Ho nominated for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; Judge Nancy Abudu nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Judge William Pocan nominated for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Judge Arun Subramanian nominated for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. General lobbying on the Nomination of Kalpana Kotagal for Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. General lobbying with regard to nonconsensual third-party releases and stays in bankruptcy proceedings. General lobbying with regard to diversity jurisdiction and snap removal. General lobbying with regard to federal officer removal. General lobbying with regard to liability in voluntary government sharing programs. General lobbying with regard to litigation financing. General lobbying with regard to Johnson & Johnson and the Texas Two-Step. General lobbying with regard to Respondeat Superior and Monell claims against states and localities.
Client expense: $1,180,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Bankruptcy
S. 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act - to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entitys liability to an entity other than the debtor; H.R.2096 the SACKLER ACT - prohibits a bankruptcy court from releasing claims against non-debtors brought by states, tribes, municipalities, or the federal government; Issues related to bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: $2,680,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Torts
Issues related to civil liability reform; arbitration; litigation funding, S 505 and S 2497
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Banking
Bankruptcy non-debtor relief issues Issues related to mass tort bankruptcies H.R. 2096, SACKLER Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · third_quarter · Insurance
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes. ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs ISSUE Insurance Underwriting HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research. HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes. HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050. S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing. HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics. S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions. HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business. HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency. S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding. HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program. HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks. HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC. HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes. HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes. HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics. HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes. HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification. S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data 4614 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021 - improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands HR 4675/S 2432 Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2021 - excludes from gross income qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. HR 4866 Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act - to abolish FIO HR 5823, Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) 2022 - establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program HR 5736, Booster Seat Safety Act - direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations relating to child restraint systems HR 5807/S 3065, DATA Privacy Act - establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information HR 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act - prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute HR 5734, Catastrophic Risk Transfer (CART) Act - to establish a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses HR 5689, Resilient AMERICA Act - improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects HR 4006 Fair Repair Act -- requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers HR 6580/S 3572 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 -- direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes HR 6570 REPAIR Act -- ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles HR 4521 America COMPETES Act -- bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters HR 4777/S 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act -- addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors S 3844Economic Continuity and Stability Act -- establish a clear and uniform process, on a nationwide basis, for replacing the London interbank offered rate in existing contracts S 3715E-SIGN Modernization Act -- repeals certain requirements regarding the use of electronic records in commerce S 3755Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act -- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 with respect to arbitration HR 6027 Online Privacy Act -- establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties S 3875, Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act -- require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States DRAFT, Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2022 -- help accelerate economic growth and spur new business formation S 4110, Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2022 -- establishes a state insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council S 4299, Rebuilding Small Businesses After Disasters Act -- to repeal the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans S 4274, National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act -- improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks ISSUE, SEC 144A/Rule 15c2-11 No Action Letter ISSUE, ESG, DEI, Climate-Related Financial Risk HR 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act - to create a federal privacy standard DRAFT, Data Breach and Security Notification Act of 2021- to establish data breach and security standards. DRAFT, Rep. McHenry/Financial Services Privacy Draft - to amend GLBA HR 8063, RAMP Act - to improve MSP statute by eliminating the private right of action HR 8254 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023 - FY2023 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 - authorizes Department of Defense (DOD) activities for FY2023 HR 4346 CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 - funds to support the domestic production of semiconductors and authorizes various programs and activities of the federal science agencies. S 4619 Fair Access to Financial Services Act - provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions HR 8589 To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the proposed rule titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors", and for other purposes - prevent finalization of SEC climate-risk disclosure rule HR 2123 D&I DATA Act - requires certain regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies ISSUE SEC Rule 144A/15c2-11 HR 8483 Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2022 - require studies regarding insurance coverage for damages from wildfires DRAFT Diverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse individual-owned and controlled firms when seeking the services of investment advisers DRAFT Minority and Women Inclusion in Insurance Act - require FIO to conduct an annual survey of insurers to determine the extent of diversity in the insurance industry DRAFT Diversify Insurers Workforce Study Act - require FIO to conduct a study regarding recruitment, retention, and attrition of employees in the insurance industry
Client expense: $900,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2022 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
- HR 4777/S 2497, "Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021", regarding all provisions - Issues related to corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and divisive mergers
Client expense: $1,050,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
S. 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act - to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entitys liability to an entity other than the debtor; H.R.2096 the SACKLER ACT - prohibits a bankruptcy court from releasing claims against non-debtors brought by states, tribes, municipalities, or the federal government; Issues related to bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: $2,710,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1280, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. H.R. 3655, Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act. S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act, with specific regard to provisions on supply chain liability for information sharing programs. H.R. 4777/ S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act. H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021. S. 3942, Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act. Draft legislation related to regulatory reforms and significant guidance. Draft legislation related to police misconduct reforms. Draft legislation on structured settlements. Draft legislation on SLAPP claims. Draft legislation on peremptory challenges to jurors. General lobbying with regard to qualified immunity reforms. General lobbying with regard to diversity of professional background for the federal judiciary. General lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations, and with specific regard to Tiffany M. Cartwright, nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Rachel Bloomekatz nominated for the United States Circuit for the Sixth Circuit; Judge Elizabeth Hanes nominated for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. General lobbying on the Nomination of Kalpana Kotagal for Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. General lobbying with regard to nonconsensual third-party releases and stays in bankruptcy proceedings. General lobbying with regard to diversity jurisdiction and snap removal. General lobbying with regard to federal officer removal. General lobbying with regard to the Solicitor General and ambassador positions. General lobbying with regard to liability in voluntary government sharing programs. General lobbying with regard to litigation financing. General lobbying with regard to Johnson & Johnson and the Texas Two-Step. General lobbying with regard to Respondeat Superior and Monell claims against states and localities.
Client expense: $1,010,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 2096, Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating non-debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases and divisive mergers
Client expense: $15,800,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Banking
Bankruptcy non-debtor relief issues Issues related to mass tort bankruptcies H.R. 2096, SACKLER Act H.R. 4777, S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Torts
Issues related to civil liability reform; arbitration; litigation funding, S 505 and S 2497
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · second_quarter · Insurance
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes. ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs ISSUE Insurance Underwriting HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research. HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes. HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050. S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing. DRAFTDisaster Protection for Workers' Credit Act - suspend negative credit reporting in certain circumstances. HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics. S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions. DRAFTDiverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse firms when seeking the services of investment advisers. HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business. HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency. S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding. HR 1780, Paris Climate Agreement Disclosure Act - amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require disclosures related to the Paris Climate Agreement. HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program. HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks. HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC. HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes. HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes. HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics. HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes. HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification. S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data 4614 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021 - improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands HR 4675/S 2432 Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2021 - excludes from gross income qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. HR 4866 Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act - to abolish FIO HR 5823, Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) 2022 - establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program HR 5736, Booster Seat Safety Act - direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations relating to child restraint systems HR 5807/S 3065, DATA Privacy Act - establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information HR 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act - prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute HR 5734, Catastrophic Risk Transfer (CART) Act - to establish a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses HR 5689, Resilient AMERICA Act - improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects HR 4006 Fair Repair Act -- requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers HR 6580/S 3572 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 -- direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes HR 6570 REPAIR Act -- ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles HR 4521 America COMPETES Act -- bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters HR 4777/S 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act -- addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors S 3844Economic Continuity and Stability Act -- establish a clear and uniform process, on a nationwide basis, for replacing the London interbank offered rate in existing contracts S 3715E-SIGN Modernization Act -- repeals certain requirements regarding the use of electronic records in commerce S 3755Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act -- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 with respect to arbitration HR 6027 Online Privacy Act -- establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties S 3875, Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act -- require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States DRAFT, Jumpstart our Business Startups Act of 2022 -- help accelerate economic growth and spur new business formation S 4110, Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act of 2022 -- establishes a state insurance commissioner as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council S 4299, Rebuilding Small Businesses After Disasters Act -- to repeal the sunset for collateral requirements for Small Business Administration disaster loans S 4274, National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act -- improve the Federal effort to reduce wildland fire risks ISSUE, SEC 144A/Rule 15c2-11 No Action Letter ISSUE, ESG, DEI, Climate-Related Financial Risk HR 8152, American Data Privacy and Protection Act - to create a federal privacy standard DRAFT, Data Breach and Security Notification Act of 2021- to establish data breach and security standards. DRAFT, Rep. McHenry/Financial Services Privacy Draft - to amend GLBA HR 8063, RAMP Act - to improve MSP statute by eliminating the private right of action
Client expense: $940,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2022 · first_quarter · Banking
Bankruptcy non-debtor relief issues Issues related to mass tort bankruptcies H.R. 2096 - All provisions of the SACKLER Act H.R. 4777, S. 2497 - All provisions of the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
- HR 4777/S 2497, "Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021" - Issues related to corporate Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings and divisive mergers
Client expense: $2,320,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Government Issues
H.R. 1280, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. H.R. 3655, Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act. S. 1260, United States Innovation and Competition Act, with specific regard to provisions on supply chain liability for information sharing programs. H.R. 4777/ S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act. H.R. 27, Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2021. S. 3942, Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act. Draft legislation related to regulatory reforms and significant guidance. Draft legislation related to police misconduct reforms. Draft legislation on structured settlements. General lobbying with regard to qualified immunity reforms. General lobbying with regard to diversity of professional background for the federal judiciary. General lobbying with regard to federal judicial nominations, and with specific regard to the following nominees: Judge William S. Pocan, nominated for the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin; Tiffany M. Cartwright, nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominated for the United States Supreme Court. General lobbying with regard to nonconsensual third-party releases and stays in bankruptcy proceedings. General lobbying with regard to diversity jurisdiction and snap removal. General lobbying with regard to federal officer removal. General lobbying with regard to the Solicitor General and ambassador positions. General lobbying with regard to liability in voluntary government sharing programs. General lobbying with regard to litigation financing. General lobbying with regard to Johnson & Johnson and the Texas Two-Step.
Client expense: $1,070,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Executive Office of the President (EOP), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Justice, Dept of (DOJ), SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
S. 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act - to prohibit nonconsensual release of a nondebtor entitys liability to an entity other than the debtor; H.R.2096 the SACKLER ACT - prohibits a bankruptcy court from releasing claims against non-debtors brought by states, tribes, municipalities, or the federal government; Issues related to bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: $3,250,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 2096, Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating non-debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 S. 574, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2021 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; United States bankruptcy code; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases and divisive mergers
Client expense: $18,660,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Torts
Issues related to civil liability reform; arbitration; litigation funding, S 505 and S 2497
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2022 · first_quarter · Insurance
ISSUEDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives ISSUEPaid Medical and Family Leave ISSUENational Data Privacy Standard ISSUESystemic Risk/Capital Standards PL 111-203, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act - provide financial regulatory reform, to protect consumers and investors, to enhance federal understanding of insurance issues, and other purposes. ISSUEAutonomous Vehicles ISSUE Federal Pandemic Risk Programs ISSUE Insurance Underwriting DRAFT Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2020 - to establish data breach and security standards. HR 762, SAFE TO DRIVE Act - requires the DOT to use up to 25% of the amounts available for national priority safety program grants to award grants to states enacts a distracted driving statute. HR 842/S 420, Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act - amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes. HR 528, Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) Reform Act - place FSOC and the Office of Financial Research under the regular appropriations process and to provide for certain quarterly reporting and public notice and comment requirements for the Office of Financial Research. HR 1523/S 526, Modern Worker Empowerment Act - to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to harmonize the definition of employee with the common law. HR 5, Equality Act - prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in areas including public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system. HR 1277/S 374, Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1270, PAID Act - prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. HR 1255/S 377, Living Donor Protection Act - promote and protect from discrimination living organ do HR 1816, Information Transparency & Personal Data Control Act - require the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate regulations related to sensitive personal information, and for other purposes. HR 1512, CLEAN Future Act - build a clean future by addressing the climate crisis, protecting the health, and putting the Nation on the path to a net-zero greenhouse gas economy by 2050. S 524, Federal Insurance Abolishment Act - to eliminate the Federal Insurance Office. HR 1549/S 588, Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act - establish the Advisory Committee on Climate Risk on the Financial Stability Oversight Council. HR 1641/S 638, Promoting Infrastructure by Protecting Our Subcontractors and Taxpayers Act - to include a payment and performance security requirement for certain infrastructure financing. DRAFTDisaster Protection for Workers' Credit Act - suspend negative credit reporting in certain circumstances. HR 1187, ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of 2021 - requires an issuer of securities to annually disclose to shareholders certain environmental, social, and governance metrics. S 653, Coordination of Medicare Payments and Workers Compensation (COMP) Act - provide for the application of MSP rules to certain workers' compensation settlement agreements and qualified Medicare set-aside provisions. DRAFTDiverse Investment Advisers Act - require companies to consider diverse firms when seeking the services of investment advisers. HR 2068/S 862, CLAIM Act - safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business. HR 1996/S 910, SAFE Banking Act - create protections for financial institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related legitimate businesses S 574, PROTECT Asbestos Victims Act - improve asbestos trust claim transparency. S 840, Litigation Funding Transparency Act - increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding. HR 1780, Paris Climate Agreement Disclosure Act - amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require disclosures related to the Paris Climate Agreement. HR 358, FRESH Trucking Act - modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities. HR 1799, PPP Extension Act of 2021 - extend deadlines for the Paycheck Protection Program. HR 2467 PFAS Action Act of 2021 -- require EPA to designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances HR 2570/S 1217 Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021 -- directs SEC to require issuers to disclose information regarding climate change-related risks. HR 2001 Diversity Data Accountability Act - requires regulated entities to report to the Offices of Women and Minority Inclusion within specified financial agencies. HR 1087 Shareholder Political Transparency Act -- requires disclosure of information related to expenditures for political activities HR 3099 Primary Regulators of Insurance Vote Act -- To include the State insurance commissioner as a voting member of the FSOC. HR 3962/S 1625 SECURE Notarization Act -- To authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations S 1805SHELTER Act -- allows a tax credit to individuals and businesses for disaster mitigation expenditures. S 1896Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act -- To prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process HR 3571/S 1876 Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021 -- To require the Fed to develop and conduct financial risk analyses relating to climate change, and for other purposes. HR 3664 SMART Act -- to provide for an exception from patent infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. HR 3676 To amend title 23, United States Code, to establish national standards relating to sanctions for individuals who drive a motor vehicle, with a child passenger in the vehicle, while intoxicated or impaired, and for other purposes. HR 3711 SELF DRIVE Act -- to provide safety measures for over highly automated vehicles HR 1187 Corporate Governance Improvement and Investor Protection Act - to require annual disclosure of certain ESG metrics. HR 3675 Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act -- To establish a grant program to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving, and for other purposes. HR 3757/S 1999 Multiple Substance Impaired Driving Prevention Act -- To authorize the use of certain Federal funds for multiple substance impaired driving countermeasures HR 3899 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021 -- To amend the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council to consider alternative approaches before determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes. DRAFT Consumer Information Notification Requirement Act -- to provide a national standard for financial institution data security and breach notification. S 919 Data Care Act of 2021 -- imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to their handling of individual-identifying data DRAFT Private Right of Action for MSP - to repeal MSP private cause of action 4614 Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2021 - improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands HR 4675/S 2432 Catastrophe Loss Mitigation Incentive and Tax Parity Act of 2021 - excludes from gross income qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. HR 4616 Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act - deem certain references to LIBOR as referring to a replacement benchmark rate upon the occurrence of certain events affecting LIBOR HR 4866 Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act - to abolish FIO HR 4350/S 2792 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 - authorizes FY2022 appropriations for military activities and programs of the Department of Defense HR 5823, Pandemic Risk Insurance Act (PRIA) 2022 - establish a Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program HR 5736, Booster Seat Safety Act - direct the Secretary of Transportation to revise regulations relating to child restraint systems HR 5807/S 3065, DATA Privacy Act - establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information DRAFT, Control Our Data Act - E&C Committee Staff Data Privacy Draft Legislation HR 963, Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act - prohibits a pre-dispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute HR 5734, Catastrophic Risk Transfer (CART) Act - to establish a system for the taxation of catastrophic risk transfer companies to ensure sufficient capital to cover catastrophic insurance losses HR 5689, Resilient AMERICA Act - improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects HR 4006 Fair Repair Act -- requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers HR 6580/S 3572 Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2022 -- direct the Federal Trade Commission to require impact assessments of automated decision systems and augmented critical decision processes HR 6570 REPAIR Act -- ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles HR 4521 America COMPETES Act -- bill addresses U.S. technology and communications, foreign relations and national security, domestic manufacturing, education, trade, and other matters HR 3076 Postal Service Reform Act of 2022 -- addresses the finances and operations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) S 3600Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act -- addresses cybersecurity threats against critical infrastructure and the federal government HR 4777/S 2497 Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act -- addresses the release by bankruptcy courts of creditor or other third-party claims against non-debtors S 3844Economic Continuity and Stability Act -- establish a clear and uniform process, on a nationwide basis, for replacing the London interbank offered rate in existing contracts S 3715E-SIGN Modernization Act -- repeals certain requirements regarding the use of electronic records in commerce S 3755Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act -- amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 with respect to arbitration HR 2471 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 - to fund the government for fiscal year 2022 and other purposes HR 6027 Online Privacy Act -- establishes certain online privacy rights for personal information (including contents of communications) and certain requirements for data processors, service providers, and third parties
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
2022 · first_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 4777/S. 2497, the Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act and issues concerning bankruptcy reform.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
Monitored congressional efforts around the SACKLER Act, including H.R. 2096 / S. 2472 and HR 4777 / S 2497, including outreach regarding potential committee activity on the legislation.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $50,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2021 · fourth_quarter · Bankruptcy
H.R. 2096, Stop Shielding Assets from Corporate Known Liability by Eliminating non-debtor Releases (SACKLER) Act H.R. 4777/S. 2497, Nondebtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021 Potential legislation similar to S. 766, Providing Responsible Oversight of Trusts to Ensure Compensation and Transparency (PROTECT) Asbestos Victims Act of 2019 Various issues relating to the U.S. Trustees authority to oversee the administration of bankruptcy trust funds; United States bankruptcy code; Chapter 11 bankruptcies including third-party releases
Client expense: $19,560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Bureau of Reclamation, Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), General Services Administration (GSA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Interior, Dept of (DOI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Intl Trade Administration (ITA), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Copyright Office, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office