The Middle East Institute plans to settle a lawsuit alleging the think tank obtained a pandemic relief loan under the Paycheck Protection Program for which it was not actually eligible.
The firm’s lobbying revenues climbed from just over $2 million in 2016 to nearly $7 million last year, and the firm is on track to blow past last year’s record in 2023, while its staff has doubled to eight since 2021.
Trade The Florida Tomato Exchange hired Cordone Consulting to lobby on the termination of the 2019 U.S.-Mexico Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes. The trade association, which represents tomato growers and packers in the Sunshine State, filed a request with the Commerce Department earlier this summer to end the agreement. The group alleged the agreement hasn’t…