Bottom Line

TAX

Amazon.com hired Holland & Knight LLP to lobby on issues related to tax credits for research and development. Joshua Odintz, a Treasury Department official during the Obama administration, will work on the account.

LABOR

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP to work on issues related to 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Marathon Petroleum’s Speedway gas stations. Allen Grunes, a former antitrust attorney at the Justice Department from 1995 to 2007, will work on the account.

ENERGY

Southern Company Services Inc. hired TheGROUP DC LLC to work on energy legislation and issues related to climate change. Dwayne Bolton, a former Energy Department official in the Trump administration, will work on the account.

Renewable Energy Aggregators Inc. hired Ballard Partners to work on issues related to electric vehicles. Brian Ballard, former chairman of Trump Victory, will work on the account. 

TRANSPORTATION

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. hired Shumaker Advisors LLC to inform lawmakers about the company’s effort to salvage its overturned vessel. Ryan Walker, former chief of staff to Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), will work on the account. 

MANUFACTURING 

GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. hired Mayer Brown LLP to lobby on Congress’s China competitiveness bill. Jonathan Becker, former chief of staff to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will work on the account.