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TECHNOLOGY
Google LLC hired Clark Hill PLC to work on issues ranging from financial services appropriations to cloud computing services. Robert Babcock, former senior legislative assistant to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), will work on the account.
TRADE
Zippo Manufacturing Co., maker of windproof lighters, hired Squire Patton Boggs to work on the effects of European Union tariffs. Ludmilla Kasulke, special assistant to the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality during the George W. Bush administration, will work on the account.
Espiritu Santo Holdings, a taxi meter technology company in Texas, hired Sidley Austin LLP to work on trade issues regarding the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Former Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) and Michael Borden, former senior counsel for Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, will work on the account.
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
EOS Surfaces LLC, a manufacturer specializing in surfaces that repel microbes and viruses, hired Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC to work on COVID-19 testing of surface products. Jennifer Summa, special assistant to the acting administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under former President George W. Bush, will work on the account.
ENERGY
Neste US Inc., which produces biodiesel fuel, hired Live Oak Strategies to work on renewable fuels policy. Ryan Thompson, former chief of staff to ex-Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), will work on the account.
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