By REID J. EPSTEIN The marijuana industry is growing up. The five-year-old National Cannabis Industry Association, the trade group for legal marijuana businesses, has hired a pair of Washington lobbying firms to push legislation to allow its members better access to banks, the group said. The NCIA is now working with Heather Podesta + Partners,…
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By Julian Hattem - 10/10/14 09:44 AM EDT A brand new business coalition pushing the Federal Communications Commission to ban “fast lanes” online has already hired its first lobbyists. The Internet Freedom Business Alliance, which was formally launched just Thursday, has hired the Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC law firm, according to federal disclosure documents. The firm’s team…
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DARIN GARDNER JOINS JOCHUM SHORE & TROSSEVIN: The firm Jochum Shore & Trossevin has hired Darin Gardner as a partner. He comes on board from his job as head of federal government relations at Genentech — a client of JST. “Darin will provide immediate support to our health care practice and expands us into new…
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