56 filings from 1 registrant · 2008–2022 · latest filed Jan 20, 2023
Reported on its behalf
$1.8M
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$0
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$1.8M
across every firm on file
Spend over time
Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
What they lobby on
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Computer Industry
CPI
38 filings
$1.8M on those filings
Copyright/Patent/Trademark
CPT
6 filings
$380K on those filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
Bills named in the filings
The 15 most-cited of 108 bill references, extracted from the activity descriptions.
H.R. 1770114th CongressData Security and Breach Notification Act of 20154 filingsthrough 2016
S. 754114th CongressAn act to improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, and for other purposes.4 filingsthrough 2015
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: internet-commerce-coalition.
CSP
5 filings
$30K on those filings
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
114th Congress
Data Security Act of 2015
4 filingsthrough 2016
H.R. 2471112th CongressTo amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet.4 filingsthrough 2012
H.R. 1319111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
S. 773111th CongressNamed in the filings; no matching bill record on file.4 filingsthrough 2010
H.R. 275110th CongressGlobal Online Freedom Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4175110th CongressPrivacy and Cybercrime Enforcement Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 4279110th CongressPrioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 20084 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 958110th CongressData Accountability and Trust Act4 filingsthrough 2008
S. 2317110th CongressIntellectual Property Enforcement Act of 20074 filingsthrough 2008
H.R. 1865115th CongressAllow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 20173 filingsthrough 2018
S. 1693115th CongressStop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 20173 filingsthrough 2018
H.R. 1560114th CongressTo improve cybersecurity in the United States through enhanced sharing of information about cybersecurity threats, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance multi-directional sharing of information related to cybersecurity risks and strengthen privacy and civil liberties protections, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2015
H.R. 2205114th CongressData Security Act of 20153 filingsthrough 2016
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Anton Joseph Van SeventerDla Piper LLP (US)Covered position: Law Clerk, Senate Judiciary Committee5 filingsthrough 2022
Sarah DonovanDla Piper LLP (US)5 filingsthrough 2016
James J HalpertDla Piper LLP (US)5 filingsthrough 2008
Steven R PhillipsDla Piper LLP (US)3 filingsthrough 2008
Ellen GinsbergDla Piper LLP (US)3 filingsthrough 2008
Lisa K NortonDla Piper LLP (US)3 filingsthrough 2008
