Lobbying Spend
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Filings
92
Firms Hired
2
Active Period
1999–2025
Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings
Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available
Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings
Most frequently reported lobbying issues
Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2019
2019 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with Senate staffers regarding S2137 energy star provisions.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S2137
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
2019 · second_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate offices in support of HR940/S287, Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act, legislation to provide congressional authority of 232 tariff process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: HR940
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
2019 · second_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate offices in support of HR940/S287, Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act, legislation to provide congressional authority of 232 tariff process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S287
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
2019 · first_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate offices in support of HR940/S287, Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act, legislation to provide congressional authority of 232 tariff process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: HR940
Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act of 2019
2019 · first_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate offices in support of HR940/S287, Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act, legislation to provide congressional authority of 232 tariff process.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S287
Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013
2014 · second_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Continued meetings with Senate staffers on actions related to S. 1720, Patents Transparency and Improvements Act re: appropriate stay of discovery language, improved heightened pleadings language, adding acceptable fee shifting language, and opposing covered business method patent language.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $10,000
Matched citations: S. 1720
Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with Senate staffers on S. 1720, Patents Transparency and Improvements Act re: appropriate stay of discovery language, improved heightened pleadings language, adding acceptable fee shifting language, and opposing covered business method patent language. Oppose S. 2049, Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: S. 1720
Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act
2014 · first_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with Senate staffers on S. 1720, Patents Transparency and Improvements Act re: appropriate stay of discovery language, improved heightened pleadings language, adding acceptable fee shifting language, and opposing covered business method patent language. Oppose S. 2049, Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: S. 2049
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
2013 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Discussions with House and Senate offices on energy efficiency bills affecting commercial refrigeration equipment (S1084, S1392, amendments to S1392 re: voluntary industry certification programs)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S1392
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013
2013 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Discussions with House and Senate offices on energy efficiency bills affecting commercial refrigeration equipment (S1084, S1392, amendments to S1392 re: voluntary industry certification programs)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S1084
Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013
2013 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
meetings with House and Senate on HR 3309, Innovation Act; S1720, Patents Transparency and Improvements Act
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S1720
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
2013 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Discussions with House and Senate offices on energy efficiency bills affecting commercial refrigeration equipment (S1084, S1392, amendments to S1392 re: voluntary industry certification programs)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S1392
Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2013
2013 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Discussions with House and Senate offices on energy efficiency bills affecting commercial refrigeration equipment (S1084, S1392, amendments to S1392 re: voluntary industry certification programs)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: S1084
Meetings with Members and staffers of the House and Senate on trade policy supportive of manufacturing competitiveness (no specific bills); General discussions regarding trade remedy law and industrial user standing in trade cases with Hosue and Senate members and staffers (no specific bills); Meetings with House and Senate staff on upcoming US-EU bilateral trade negotiations; Meetings on customs reauthorization and support for HR166, PROTECT Act.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: HR166
Meetings with Members and staffers of House and Senate on trade policy supportive of manufacturing competitiveness (no specific bills); General discussions regarding industrial user standing in trade cases with House and Senate Members and staffers (no specific bill); Meeting with USTR on general trade issues and importance of standards in bilateral agreements. Meetingw ith House on customs reauth, HR 166 PROTECT act re: circumvention
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR 166
Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act
2012 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Supported HR 4216 which would give rights holders access to seized information.
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: HR 4216
Better Use of Refrigerator Regulations Act
2012 · second_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meeting with House staffers on HR 5710 re: certain energy efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators/freezers
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR 5710
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2011
2012 · first_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with Members and staffers of House and Senate on trade policy supportive of manufacturing competitiveness (no specific bills); General discussions regarding industrial user standing in trade cases with House and Senate Members and staffers (no specific bill); Meetings with House and Senate staffers on HR3057/S1133 (Enforcing Orders & Reducing Customs Evasion Act).
Client expense: — · Firm income: $20,000
Matched citations: HR3057
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion Act of 2011
2011 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with Members and staffers of House and Senate on trade policy supportive of manufacturing competitiveness (no specific bills); General discussions regarding industrial user standing in trade cases with House and Senate Members and staffers (no specific bill); Meetings with Senate staffers on negotiated Brazil cotton agreement to stress impact on manufacturers of IP cross retaliation threat; Meetings with House and Senate staffers on HR3057/S1133 (Enforcing Orders & Reducing Customs Evasion Act).
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR3057
To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide recourse under the patent law for persons who suffer competitive injury as a result of false markings.
2010 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate staffers re: support for S. 515 Managers Amendment as passed by Committee; meetings with House offices on HR 4954 and HR 6352 regarding false marking in patent cases; Meetings with House and Senate staffers regarding protection of intellectual property rights at the border (no specific bills)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR 4954
Patent Lawsuit Reform Act of 2010
2010 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate staffers re: support for S. 515 Managers Amendment as passed by Committee; meetings with House offices on HR 4954 and HR 6352 regarding false marking in patent cases; Meetings with House and Senate staffers regarding protection of intellectual property rights at the border (no specific bills)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: HR 6352
Patent Reform Act of 2009
2010 · fourth_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate staffers re: support for S. 515 Managers Amendment as passed by Committee; meetings with House offices on HR 4954 and HR 6352 regarding false marking in patent cases; Meetings with House and Senate staffers regarding protection of intellectual property rights at the border (no specific bills)
Client expense: — · Firm income: $30,000
Matched citations: S. 515
Death Tax Repeal Act of 2007
2010 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House staffers re: opposition to international tax provisions in HR1586
Client expense: — · Firm income: $40,000
Matched citations: HR1586
Patent Reform Act of 2009
2010 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate staffers re: support for S. 515 Manager's Amendment as passed by Senate Judiciary Committee, and opposition to HR 1260
Client expense: — · Firm income: $40,000
Matched citations: HR 1260
Enforcing Orders and Reducing Circumvention and Evasion Act of 2010
2010 · third_quarter · Firm: THE LAURIN BAKER GROUP, LLC
Meetings with House and Senate staffers on trade policy supportive of manufacturing competitiveness (no specific bills). Meetings with House and Senate offices, Ways and Means and Finance Committees regarding potential for industrial user standing trade law changes in S. 3725; General discussions regarding industrial user standing in trade cases with House and Senate offices (no specific bills) Meetings with House and Senate staffers regarding lack of availability of raw materials due to AD/CVD orders;
Client expense: — · Firm income: $40,000
Matched citations: S. 3725
Source: Senate LDA