iHeartMedia Inc. hired
Becker & Poliakoff P.A. to work on tax provisions and music licensing issues. Omar Franco and Bert Gomez, former senior vice president at Univision Communications, will work on the account.
HEALTH CARE
PSC Biotech hired
The Vogel Group to work on policy guidance on increasing manufacturing in the life sciences domestically. Alex Vogel, former chief counsel to ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), will work on the account.
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. hired
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP to work on reimbursement and regulatory issues related to assisted and independent living and COVID-19 related legislation. Kristine Blackwood, former deputy director for congressional oversight at the Department of Health and Human Services under former President Obama, will work on the account.
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