Lobbyist

ISRAEL, CHRIS

COVERED POSITION(S)
  • U.S. COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL IP ENFORCEMENT
  • DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  • DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TECH POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FILINGS KEY

Client Is Connected to China as Indicated in Filing
Client Is Connected to China as per Heritage Foundation Analysis
No Known Client Connection to China
Lobbying Terminated
Based on data as of March 9, 2026
Associated Filings (62)

Client
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Japan
100.0

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Client
VIACOM

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2010

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
SOUNDEXCHANGE

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2010

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CARDINAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2010

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NBC UNIVERSAL

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2011

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
RIGHTSIDE GROUP LTD

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2011

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ATTRIBUTOR CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2011

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2011

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
VIGILANT SOLUTIONS

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2012

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
HP INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2012

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
HP INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
PMI GLOBAL SERVICES INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2013

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
PMI MGMT. S.A. (PARENT CO. IS PMI)
Switzerland
0.0

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Client
LOWE'S COMPANIES INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2013

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ROCKSTAR

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2013

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
NIKE INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2014

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM GMBH
Germany
100.0

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Client
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DCI GROUP AZ LLC ON BEHALF OF G O BONDHOLDERS OF PUERTO RICO

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
RAYTHEON COMPANY

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2015

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
THYSSENKRUPP NORTH AMERICA INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
JUNO THERAPEUTICS INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
BRYAN CAVE LLP ON BEHALF OF POLONIEX INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2016

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
MUSICFIRST COALITION

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
IDME INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
SAP AMERICA INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NEWS CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2017

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CONTINENTAL CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2018

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
LAUNCHCODE

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ORACLE CORPORATION

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2019

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
BYTEDANCE INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD
Cayman Islands
100.0
BYTETEAM LTD
Virgin Islands (British)
22.0
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd., which owns 100 percent of Bytedance, and ByteTeam Ltd., which owns 22 percent of Bytedance Ltd., are listed as foreign entities based in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, respectably. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.

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Client
APTIV PLC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CMA CGM SA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
CMA CGM S.A.
France
100.0

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Client
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CARGILL INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ATI INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ENDEAVOR OPERATING COMPANY LLC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2020

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
STRINGKING

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NEWSGUARD TECHNOLOGIES

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COMMON SENSE MEDIA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2021

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
IRELL & MANELLA LLP ON BEHALF OF VLSI TECHNOLOGY LLC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
CHAMBERLAIN GROUP

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NETLIST INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2022

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
NETLIST INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION PROMOTION C4IP

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL ICC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2023

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
GLOBAL TELECOM

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Terminated
True

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
INVENTORS DEFENSE ALLIANCE IDA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2024

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE US LIFE SCIENCE ECOSYSTEM PULSE

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DOLBY LABORATORIES INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
AXEL SPRINGER

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
AXEL SPRINGER
Germany
100.0

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Client
ABBVIE

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
DARIC TECHNOLOGIES

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

Lobbyists

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Client
MUSIC IP HOLDINGS INC

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
EFFICIENT POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION EPC CORP

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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Client
ARTERA

Lobby Firm
ACG ADVOCACY

Filing Year
2025

Lobbying Terminated
False

Foreign Entities Connected to Client

None

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