Client
- Description
- Membership organization for plaintiffs' attorneys
- Location
- District of Columbia · United States of America
Registrant
- Firm
- ANDREW COCHRAN
- Description
- Government Relations
- Location
- Annandale, Virginia, United States of America
Lobbying activities
3 issuesCopyright/Patent/Trademark
S. 1720 (Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013); to promote transparency in patent ownership and make other improvements to the patent system. General lobbying with regard to patent troll proposals. General lobbying with regard to patent reform proposals, specific interest in proposals that would enact loser pays, mandatory sanctions, limits on discovery, fees on discovery or heightened pleading standards.
LobbyistsANDREW COCHRAN
Covered position (ANDREW COCHRAN): Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
S. 1999/H.R. 4068 (SCRA Rights Protection Act of 2014); to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to require the consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and subject to provisions of such Act and to preserve the rights of servicemembers to bring class actions under such Act, and for other purposes. General lobbying with regard to the ongoing development of a proposed TAFTA-TTIP trade agreement, specific interest in effect the trade agreement would have on state-based causes of action.
LobbyistsANDREW COCHRAN
Covered position (ANDREW COCHRAN): Senior Counsel, House Financial Services Committee
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES