[CORRECTION: Due to a reporting error, an earlier version of this story and the chart on lobbying firm revenues contained inaccurate information about the revenues of the Suffolk Group. Revenues during the first half off 2019 were $881,147, not the $1,827,842 reported. The larger number was the revenue for all of 2019. As a result, the […]
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Judge rules DiMasi can work as lobbyist
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Sal DiMasi was cleared on Thursday to register as a lobbyist by a Superior Court judge who overturned Secretary of State William Galvin’s decision to reject DiMasi’s application based on his past convictions on federal corruption and extortion charges. The ruling could return to the State House a man who once wielded […]
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New No. 1 among Mass. lobbying firms
SMITH COSTELLO & CRAWFORD vaulted into the top spot among Massachusetts lobbying firms in 2019, raking in $4.2 million in fees and displacing the prior king-of-the-hill, ML Strategies. Smith Costello & Crawford has grown rapidly over the last four years, jumping from just over $1 million in revenues in 2016 to $3.2 million in 2018. […]
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DiMasi: ‘I’ve paid my debt to society’
FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER Salvatore DiMasi on Tuesday made a public appeal for a “second chance” after his conviction on federal corruption charges eight years ago, resuming his battle with Secretary of State William Galvin over the Democrat’s quest to return to Beacon Hill as a lobbyist. DiMasi, a former North End Democrat who led the […]
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Marijuana fuels lobbying firm’s growth
RIDING STRONG REVENUES from marijuana clients, the firm of Smith, Costello & Crawford edged out ML Strategies as the lobbying company with the most revenue during the first half of 2019. According to filings with the secretary of state’s office, Smith, Costello & Crawford reported $1.98 million in lobbying fees during the first six months […]
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Beacon Hill lobbying hierarchy changing a bit
THE PECKING ORDER of lobbying firms on Beacon Hill appears to be changing. ML Strategies set a record in 2018 for lobbying fees, raking in $5.1 million and retaining its hold on the top spot. But another firm, Smith Costello & Crawford, vaulted from fifth to second place in the rankings on the strength of […]
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ML Strategies lobbying fees hit record level in 2018
ML STRATEGIES REPORTED nearly $5.2 million in lobbying fees last year, breaking the previous record of just over $4 million that the company set in 2016. The company, the lobbying arm of the Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo law firm, listed nearly 70 clients in its 2018 report. The four biggest clients in […]
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Baddour to join ML Strategies
FORMER STATE SENATOR STEVEN BADDOUR, his colleague Daniel Connelly, and their Massachusetts lobbying clients are leaving McDermott, Will & Emery to join ML Strategies, the lobbying arm of Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo. Baddour, in a telephone interview, said he and Connelly will be joining ML Strategies on September 1. He said he […]