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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 2020 K STREET, NW |
Address2 | SUITE 660 |
City | WASHINGTON |
State | DC |
Zip Code | 20006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 4653-12
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6. House ID# 305050000
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TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2014 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: DANIEL L. JAFFE |
Date | 1/20/2015 10:09:09 AM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discussions with members of House of Representatives and Senate on draft legislation that would require the amortization of advertising expenses under the Internal Revenue Code
Discussions with members of House of Representatives and Senate on reform of the Internal Revenue Code
H.R. 923: Say No to Drug Ads Act, to end the tax deduction for expenses of advertising of prescription drugs
S. 39: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, to end the tax deduction for expenses of advertising of tobacco products
H.R. 2831: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote the consumption of food of poor nutritional quality.
S.2342: Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act, to end the tax deduction for expenses of advertising promoting the consumption of foods of "poor nutritional quality" directed primarily to children
H.R. 1, The Tax Reform Act of 2014, which would require amortization of advertising expenses under the IRS code
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Jaffe |
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Scarborough |
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Buzby |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPI
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discussions with members of House of Representatives and Senate regarding the advertising industry's self-regulatory program for online behavioral advertising
S. 418: Do Not Track Online Act of 2013, requiring the FTC to establish regulations for a mechanism by which consumers can indicate whether they prefer having personal information collected by providers of online and mobile services
S. 1700, H.R. 3481: Do Not Track Kids Act of 2013, to apply prohibitions against collecting personal information from children to online applications and mobile applications directed to children
Discussions and communication with members of the House of Representatives, Senate, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Commerce (DOC) and National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) on the proposal by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to expand the number of top level domains on the Internet.
H.R. 4342: Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2014 (DOTCOM Act of 2014), prohibiting the NTIA from relinquishing or agreeing to relinquish control over the Internet domain name system functions until the Comptroller General of the United States
issues a report detailing the advantages and disadvantages of relinquishing control
S. 2171: Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014, dealing with disclosure of geolocation information of individuals
Discussions relating to "maladvertising" or the malicious practice of placing malware on a computer when users click on ads in order to access personal information
Discussions with the Federal Trade Commission on the use of "big data" as a tool for inclusion or exclusion
Discussions relating to the piracy of entertainment products online
Discussions relating to "bot fraud" online
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FOO
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 - Section 620 prohibiting FTC from completing draft Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children guidelines unless it complies with executive order no. 13563
S. 39: Healthy Lifestyles and Prevention America Act, provisions to restore FTC unfairness rulemaking authority
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code COM
16. Specific lobbying issues
S. 1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act, to prevent anti-competitive actions against online video services by traditional broadcast, cable or other media companies
S. 2799: Satellite Television Access and Viewer Rights Act (STAVRA), regarding "local choice" proposal contained in a draft version of legislation that would allow consumers to exclude local broadcast television stations from their service
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Jaffe |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TOB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Food and Drug Administration proposed rule on required warnings for cigarette packaging and advertisements
S. 2047, H.R. 4325: Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act of 2014, prohibiting the advertising, promotion or marketing of electronic cigarette products in a manner that the person knows or should know would have an effect of increasing use of electronic cigarettes by a child
H.R. 5010: Stop Selling and Marketing to Our Kids E-Cigarettes (SMOKE) Act, to establish FDA oversight over the advertising, promotion, or marketing of electronic nicotine delivery systems
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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Jaffe |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code PHA
16. Specific lobbying issues
Proposals relating to the regulation of direct to consumer prescription drug advertising
FDA studies relating to direct to consumer prescription drug advertising
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BEV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Proposals to require reporting on youth exposure to alcohol beverage advertising and marketing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CPT
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 845: Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes Act of 2013, legislation to allow recovery of legal costs from persons wrongly sued for patent infringement from so-called "patent trolls"
S. 866: Patent Quality Improvement Act of 2013, legislation to allow for post-grant review of patents by Patent and Trademark Office
S. 1013: Patent Abuse Reduction Act of 2013, setting pleading requirements for patent infringement actions
S. 1612: Patent Litigation Integrity Act, to award fees and expenses to the winning party in patent suits
S. 1720: Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013, setting various requirements in civil suits claiming patent infringement
S. 2049: Transparency in Assertion of Patents Act, requiring the FTC to establish rules prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the issuance of demand letters
H.R. 2024: End Anonymous Patents Act, requiring disclosure of the identity of the owner and real parties in interest of patents
H.R. 2639: Patent Litigation and Innovation Act of 2013, setting pleading requirements for patent infringement actions
H.R. 2766: Stopping the Offensive Use of Patents Act (STOP Act), making permanent the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 321 for post-grant review of patents by the Patent and Trademark Office
H.R. 3309: Innovation Act, setting pleading requirements in patent actions, awarding of fees to the prevailing party, joinder of interested parties, requiring disclosure of other interested parties to the patent, and enhancing post-patent review of claims by the USPTO
H.R. 3540: Demand Letter Transparency Act of 2013, requiring disclosure to USPTO by entities sending 20 or more demand letters information regarding each patent
Draft legislation (TROL Act) that would require the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules prohibiting unfair or deceptive demand letters
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code ADV
16. Specific lobbying issues
H.R. 4341: Truth in Advertising Act of 2014, requiring the FTC to issue a report identifying strategies to reduce the use of images that have been altered to materially change the
physical characteristics of the individuals depicted
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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