Communications Personals
Greenberg Traurig adds Alexander Kim, ex-Hamre Schumann, as shareholder-intellectual property and technology ... Hogan Lovells privacy and communications partner Mark Brennan also now partner-lead innovation ... Andrew Finch, ex-DOJ Antirust Division, returns to Paul Weiss as co-chair-antitrust ... BSA|The Software Alliance announces Ha McNeill, ex-Transportation Security Administration, returns as chief operating officer; promotes Adam Coates to general counsel-vice president.
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IAB names Zoe Soon, ex-Business Insider, vice president-mobile ... South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) presidential campaign hires Larry Strickling, from Internet Society, as policy coordinator ... Sandler O’Neill names Jonathan Kaufman, ex-Moelis, managing director-investment banking, working with financial technology companies ... Nexstar promotes Bill Sally to executive vice president-sales, broadcasting, new post.
Lobbyist registrations: IRobot, McGuireWoods Consulting on “spectrum access for robotic devices,” effective Sept. 3 ... Huawei, Squire Patton on Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security “export controls” and other “economic sanctions,” including language in the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (see 1907220053), effective Aug. 30 ... Facebook, Hollier & Associates on “issues related to blockchain policy,” privacy and cybersecurity, effective Aug. 21 ... Philippines-based social news website Rappler, Covington & Burling on “unfounded charges” against the website and Executive Editor Maria Ressa over critical coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte, effective Aug. 16.
Machine identity company Venafi, Squire Patton on educating lawmakers on “the benefits of protecting machine identities to deliver safe machine-to-machine connections and communications,” effective July 31 ... Ripple Labs, Williams and Jensen on the Token Taxonomy Act (HR-2144) and other legislation on virtual currency and blockchain issues, effective July 25 ... Sonos, Mehlman Castagnetti, effective July 25 ... Facebook, The Williams Group on “cryptocurrency regulation,” effective July 14 ... Vodafone, Signal Group Consulting, effective July 10 ... Benchmark Electronics, Jocelyn Hong & Associates, effective July 1 ... Cloud and data storage company Pure Storage, Alpine Group, effective June 19.