LobbyingFirms.com » Beverage http://www.lobbyingfirms.com LobbyingFirms.com is a non partisan, comprehensive Directory of U.S. Federal, State and Grassroots Lobbyists and Lobbying Firms, lobbying industry news, information and resources. Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:47:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Defensive Lobbying”. Don’t Let Your Clients Get Caught Sleeping http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/defensive-lobbying-dont-let-your-clients-get-caught-sleeping/ http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/defensive-lobbying-dont-let-your-clients-get-caught-sleeping/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:25:21 +0000 John Foreman http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/?p=633 DefenseAP’s, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, reports on the strategy of “Defensive Lobbying” and how the practice has recently been undertaken by various industries.  The article highlights several industry examples but focuses on the efforts of the trade association of the soft drink, sports and energy drinks as they have spent substantial dollars pro-actively lobbying despite the lack of immediate harmful legislation.

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]]> http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/defensive-lobbying-dont-let-your-clients-get-caught-sleeping/feed/ 0 DLA Piper Helps Captain Morgan’s Rum Find A New Home http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/dla-piper-helps-captain-morgans-rum-find-a-new-home/ http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/dla-piper-helps-captain-morgans-rum-find-a-new-home/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:44:56 +0000 John Foreman http://www.lobbyingfirms.com/?p=441 DLApiperLogoLos Angeles Times reporters Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten profile how the giant British liquor producer of Captain Morgan’s rum, Diageo in London, will receive tax credits and other benefits to move production to the Virgin Islands from Puerto Rico.  Washington lawyer John Merrigan, of the firm DLA Piper, helped Diageo negotiate the Virgin Islands agreement.  Mr. Merrigan points out that government inducements are often provided to attract a new employer to a location needing economic development, citing  similar arrangements made by both Tennessee and South Carolina to woo foreign automakers in selecting their states to locate new production plants.

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