Congressional passage of the chips bill validates Big Law’s decision to put lobbying muscle behind the legislation that aims to make US manufacturing more competitive against China.
Covington & Burling, Arnold & Porter and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld are among firms that each collected at least six-figure payments in the first half of the year from interests promoting the bill. The firms worked for companies including Samsung Electronics Co., Qualcomm Inc. and Micron Technology Inc.
“The dam breaking was months ago,” Kevin O’Neill, legislative practice chair at Arnold & Porter, said in an interview. Work skyrocketed when “all ...
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