Lobbying The EU: New Requirements For A 'Voluntary' Regime

Law360, New York ( May 19, 2015, 10:10 AM EDT) -- Although Brussels is the world's second most important lobbying hub after Washington, D.C., with an estimated 30,000 lobbyists, the regulatory landscape for U.S. and EU lobbying has historically been dramatically different. While parties that lobby in the United States are generally subject to mandatory lobbyist registration and reporting obligations at every level of government (federal, state and local), parties that lobby EU institutions (European Commission, Parliament and Council) traditionally have only been subject to a "voluntary" registration and disclosure regime. But that gap now appears to be closing....

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