Hourly Billing Rates, Latest Engagements: New and Notable FARA Filings
New filings from DLA Piper, Williams & Connolly and other firms offer a glimpse at partner and associate rates. The Justice Department projects that, by the end of the year, about 1,000 individuals will have registered as foreign agents, twice the total in 2016.
October 14, 2019 at 03:09 PM
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The U.S. Justice Department's renewed drive to demand the disclosure of foreign influence in the U.S. has generated a flood of filings detailing the work lobbyists and lawyers take up for overseas interests, with firms revealing fees and identifying the governments they represent.
Indeed, it has been a breakout year for the Justice Department team tasked with enforcing the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the decades-old federal law that requires advocates for foreign powers to disclose their activities in the U.S. After years of lax enforcement, the Justice Department has stepped up inspections to determine whether firms are meeting their disclosure obligations.
Meanwhile, hundreds of attorneys and others are newly registering as "foreign agents." The Justice Department projects that, by the end of the year, about 1,000 individuals will have registered as foreign agents, twice the total in 2016.
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