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Read. Follow. Verify.Lobbying Disclosure: Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP for GTE Information Services
Record date · June 20, 2026
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What This Bill Does
This document discloses lobbying activities and payments made by GTE Information Services Inc. to the law firm Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP during the second quarter of 2000. The lobbying efforts focused on labor-related regulations overseen by the .
This report identifies the financial investment made by a telecommunications company to influence state-level labor policy regarding salesperson classification.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
GTE Information Services Inc.
The company paid for representation to influence state labor regulations.
Outside salespersons
The lobbying activity specifically targeted the regulatory language defining this employment category.
Key Facts
- GTE Information Services Inc. paid $6,057.19 for lobbying services.
- The lobbying period covered April 1, 2000, through June 30, 2000.
- The lobbying activity focused on 'outside salesperson' language within the Industrial Welfare Commission's jurisdiction.
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Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
on behalf of GTE Information Services Inc.
Nossaman Guthner Knox & Elliott LLP
on behalf of GTE Information Services Inc.
NOSSAMAN GUTHNER KNOX & ELLIOTT LLP
on behalf of GTE INFORMATION SERVICES INC. (aka GTE/IS)
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Targeted Labor Regulation
The lobbying effort was specifically focused on the definition of 'outside salesperson' within the Industrial Welfare Commission, suggesting a potential effort to change labor cost or classification requirements.
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