Category: HLOGA

Lobbying Guidance, Revised and Clarified

New guidance has been released explaining the conditions for lobbyist terminations. A registrant may remove a lobbyist only when (i) that individual’s lobbying activities on behalf of that client did not constitute at the end of the current quarter, and are not reasonably expected in the upcoming quarter to constitute, 20 percent of the time […]

Lobbying Guidance Controversy Swirls

When is someone no longer a lobbyist?  The Hill examines the controversy generated by recent official guidance. The debate centers on when the LDA allows someone to de-register as a lobbyist. Under the new guidance, a lobbyist could de-register if he or she had not made more than one contact with government officials, including congressional […]