 The Lobby Report
by Catherine Shih
Content Manager, Government Affairs Yellow Book
December 22, 2008
The Government Affairs Yellow Book is a semiannual directory that profiles over 23,000 government
affairs experts who represent the interests of leading businesses, professional organizations, interest
groups, and government institutions before federal, state, and local governments. For the purposes
of this directory, the term government affairs includes not only those individuals who deal directly
with legislators and policy makers, but also other members of an organization’s government affairs
team who research and analyze the government’s legislative proposals and help formulate the
organization’s response to these proposals.
The organizations profiled include 576 corporations and 116 subsidiaries or divisions with
distinct government affairs operations, 140 financial institutions and 27 subsidiaries or divisions,
661 professional associations, 41 labor unions, and 251 interest groups and think tanks. Also
profiled are government agencies that have legislative and intergovernmental affairs personnel,
including 70 federal government divisions, all U.S. states and territories, 92 cities, 57 counties, and
34 municipal authorities. The Government Affairs Representatives section covers 834 law, advocacy,
and consulting firms that represent organizations listed in the directory.
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Mergers and Acquisitions
The following mergers and acquisitions have been completed since publication of the Summer 2008
edition:
Corporations
| Acquirer |
Acquired |
| Ashland Inc. |
Hercules Incorporated |
| CVS Caremark Corporation |
Longs Drug Stores Corporation |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. |
Northwest Airlines Corporation |
| Hewlett-Packard Company |
Electronic Data Systems Corporation |
| InBev |
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. |
Triarc Companies, Inc. has acquired Wendy's International, Inc. and changed its name to Wendy's/
Arby's Group, Inc.
Financial Institutions
| Acquirer |
Acquired |
| Bank of America Corporation |
Countrywide Financial Corporation |
| Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. |
Safeco Corporation |
| The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. |
Boston Stock Exchange, Incorporated |
| The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. |
The Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. |
| NYSE Euronext |
American Stock Exchange, LLC |
Interest Groups and Think Tanks
The Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education and the Joint Oceanographic Institutions have
merged and formed the Consortium for Ocean Leadership.
Government Affairs Representatives
| Acquirer |
Acquired |
| K&L Gates LLP |
Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, LLP |
| Clark & Weinstock |
The Washington Group, a Ketchum Company |
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère
& Denègre L.L.P. |
Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, L.L.C. |
DC Navigators LLC and Roberti Associates, Inc. have merged and formed Navigators Global LLC.
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP and O'Connor & Hannan, LLP have merged and formed
Nossaman LLP.
Name Changes
The following organizations have changed their names since the publication of the Summer 2008 edition:
| Corporations |
| Former Name |
Present Name |
| CBRL Group, Inc. |
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. |
| Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. |
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. |
| Sierra Pacific Resources |
NV Energy, Inc. |
| Triarc Companies |
Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. |
Financial Institutions |
| Former Name |
Present Name |
| Deloitte & Touche USA LLP |
Deloitte LLP |
Associations |
| Former Name |
Present Name |
| PIA/GATF |
Printing Industries of America |
Government Affairs Representatives |
| Former Name |
Present Name |
| Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP |
Brown Rudnick LLP |
| Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gate Ellis LLP |
K&L Gates LLP |
| Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP |
Nossaman LLP |
| Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP |
Oldaker, Belair & Wittie, LLP |
| Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, L.L.C. |
Catalyst Partners |
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