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trade associations
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Vintners Group Assists Earthquake-Rattled Wineries
After a magnitude-6.0 earthquake rocked northern California last weekend, one association is helping local wineries assess the damage…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Financial Services Roundtable Takes Aim at “CFPB Rumors”
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking to expand the information it releases to the public about consumer…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare Tech Association Launches
As IT systems in medical offices grow more complex, providers of practice management software will gain a unified…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
North American Wood Pole Council: Standing Up for Utilities
The North American Wood Pole Council ranks among the most obscure of associations, but you can see its…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Construction Industry’s Youth Strategy Includes Appealing to Gamers
Making a play to add younger faces to the construction workforce, industry trade groups are pointing to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Travel Tech Opens Door to Sharing-Economy Stalwarts
The Travel Technology Association, once the exclusive domain of Priceline and Expedia, is planning to work with new…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Meat Industry Suffers Setback in Country-of-Origin Labeling Court Case
Industry group efforts to battle USDA efforts to require country-of-origin labeling (COOL) on meat products hit a roadblock…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Social Media Roundup: The New Face of Bitcoin
The Bitcoin Foundation goes bold with its site redesign. Also: how one association has managed to bring thousands…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Trade Groups Denounce Labor Board’s McDonald’s Ruling
A National Labor Relations Board decision finding that the fast-food giant is a "joint employer" of its franchisees'…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Fantasy Sports Group Boosts Lobbying Game
In an effort to get ahead of online gambling legislation that could shake up fantasy sports, the Fantasy…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Trade Groups Back Obamacare Rollback Bill En Masse
A Senate bill that would remove the Affordable Care Act's requirement to auto-enroll employees into a health insurance…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Heads West To Help Silicon Valley
Earlier this year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its plan to open its first office outside the…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Conflict Over .wine Ferments Between Trade Groups, France, ICANN
The forthcoming launch of an array of new top-level domains includes both .wine and .vin—something winemakers are worried…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Supreme Court Plans Look at Colorado Sales Tax Law
Acting on a petition from the Direct Marketing Association, the Supreme Court will hear a case involving a…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
New York City’s “Bloomberg Soda Ban” Dies With Appeals-Court Ruling
Following in the path of two lower court rulings, New York's Court of Appeals invalidated an effort by…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
GMA Gears Up For GMO Labeling Legal Fight With Vermont
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, with three other trade groups, filed a suit against Vermont last week, arguing that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Minimum Wage Law: Franchise Association Files Suit Against Seattle
The International Franchise Association has followed through with legal action against the city of Seattle over its $15…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
New Trade Group to Help California Wines Cross the Pacific
West Coast wines have a robust reputation in most corners of the globe, but one market they haven’t…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Travel Groups Back Global Entry-Expanding INVITE Act
A new bill meant to give travelers into the U.S. a little more convenience was introduced to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Net Neutrality: FCC Approves Fast Lane Proposal, Opens Comment Period
The Federal Communications Commission, which has drawn much criticism in recent weeks for a proposal seen by some…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Obama Administration Takes Small Steps On Immigration Reform
The Department of Homeland Security's moves to allow the spouses of highly skilled immigrants to work in the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Manufacturing Groups Make Last-Gasp Effort on Conflict Minerals Rules
With a regulation in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law set to take effect by June 2,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
CompTIA, TechAmerica Play Up Strengths With Merger
CompTIA’s acquisition of TechAmerica combines two trade groups whose similarities—both focus on the information technology field—belie differences which…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hotel Group Takes on Airbnb, Short-Term Rentals
With the model quickly growing while regulatory questions remain up in the air, Airbnb and its short-term rental…
