Alibaba lost five lobbying firms in the week a Pentagon ban took effect. A judge has now blocked the ban.
Senate filings show BGR, Brownstein, Mercury, MO Strategies and Story Partners quit in the last week of June. Three more firms had left earlier in 2026. None has re-registered yet.
By Morgan Laning · Published
Why it matters
The ruling lets Alibaba hire outside lobbyists again without costing those firms their Pentagon clients. Whether big firms take the account back will show how much a 1260H listing still scares companies that work with the Defense Department.
Five Washington lobbying firms ended their work for Alibaba in the last week of June, federal lobbying filings show. A new Pentagon contracting ban took effect on June 30th.
The firms are BGR Government Affairs, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Mercury Public Affairs, MO Strategies and Story Partners. Their termination dates run from June 26th to June 30th.…
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