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A Tap on the Wrist: Lobby Reform
 The Economist  May 20, 2006
Watering down of EU regulations on chemicals proves power of lobbyists
 The Irish Times  January 16, 2006
Christian Rock for Muslims
The New York Times  May 10, 2005
War Parties, Part II
 NOW with Bill Moyers, PBS   September 3, 2004
Off-Air Reporter
Party Favors
 Mother Jones   July/August 2004
Power parties. Put on your dancing shoes—it’s time to buy some votes!
Playboy  July 2004
Offshore Thing
 The American Prospect  March 5, 2004
Old Europe’s New Ideas
 Sierra Magazine  January/February 2004
U.S. Lobbying Pays Off In Europe
 National Journal  November 15, 2003
Europe whittles down plans for massive chemical testing program
 Science   November 7, 2003
Are Lawyers the New Regulators?
 The National Journal  August 30, 2003
Business Meets Its Match
The American Prospect  July/August, 2003
Precaution Is for Europeans
The New York Times  Week in Review, May 18, 2003
Europe Gets Tougher On U.S. Companies
The New York Times  Sunday Business, April 20, 2003
E.U. Starts a Chemical Reaction
Science  April 18, 2003
Americans in Brussels. Globoregulators: European bureaucrats have been making things hot lately for American businesses and their lobbyists
 Newsweek International   Special Edition: Issues 2003
Banana Workers Get Day in Court
The New York Times  January 18, 2003
Smoke Screen
Slate  Thursday, July 25, 2002
Diverse coalition set to back energy bill Oil industry least visible among groups supporting drilling in Arctic refuge
The Baltimore Sun  March 20, 2002
Lobbying, Euro-Style
The National Journal  September 8, 2001
Effort in EU to Ban TV Ads Aimed at Kids Gains Steam Marketing: Move would limit U.S. companies' ability to influence the buying habits of Europe's children.
Los Angeles Times  July 9, 2001
Business Eyes Tax Break On Foreign Profit Measure Could Mean Billions For Financial Services Concerns
Legal Times  February 26, 2001

The gentle art of lobbying in China
 The Economist  February 15, 2001
Screech Marks Political Gridlock May Be Bad for Some, but It's Often Good for Big Business Legal Times  December 18, 2000
Cheering From The Sidelines The Governor's Approach
Legal Times  October 16, 2000
Don't Mess With 'The Lobby'
Legal Times  October 16, 2000
Tobacco Lights Into WHO
Legal Times  September 14, 2000
Bank Lobby Puts Heat On Fannie Mae
Legal Times  July 17, 2000
Columbia's Unlikely Advocate
Legal Times  June 26, 2000
Agribusiness looks for help
The Daily Deal  May 22, 2000
The Bush Money Machine - George W. rakes it in with a little help on the q.t. from his and Daddy's pals.
The Nation  April 10, 2000
Big Guns Back Aid To Colombia Well-financed U.S. lobby seeks relief from drug wars
Legal Times  February 23, 2000
Stocking up for the next war
Legal Times  April 5, 1999
The Politics of Medical Privacy
Legal Times  March 22, 1999
Prescription drug war looms
Legal Times  December 14, 1998
Getting it done; Citicorp, Travelers amass army of lobbyists to push merger through; With billions at stake, Citicorp and Travelers pull out the stops to get past '30sera regulations preventing their merger plan
Miami Daily Business Review  October 31, 1998
Soft money on the sly
Legal Times  October 19, 1998
High-tech nurtures grass roots
 Legal Times  September 7, 1998
Ag groups revive foreign workerprogram as critics raise specter of exploitation
 Legal Times  August 10, 1998
Morocco taps cassidy to turn political tide in western sahara land dispute
Legal Times  July 13, 1998
How slick pr, shrewd lobbying killed bill
 Legal Times  July 6, 1998
Smoke and mirrors; Tobacco industry says it has no love for 'punitive tax-and-punish bill'; Cigarette companies claim to hate the latest tobacco bill, but critics say its liability shields have the industry applauding
Legal Times  July 6, 1998
Called to account on derivatives
 Legal Times  May 4, 1998
How a tobacco company infiltrates the youth culture, no matter what that pending settlement deal may say.
Legal Times  March 30, 1998