UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Lobbying client · California · filed 2025 to 2026

Constellation of schools, centers, institutes Leading the way to the future of education

$560,000 Reported spend

9 Filings counted

3 Outside firms hired

2 Bills named

Spend is reported income plus in-house expenses across 9 filings. The LDA keeps a separate client record for every registrant that files for a client, so this page adds up 3 records, one per registrant listed below. Records are combined when the client name matches once case, punctuation and endings such as Inc. or LLC are set aside; for a city, county or port the state has to match as well.

Who filed for this client 3

KING & SPALDING LLP $350,000 Outside firm · 3 filings
MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC $110,000 Outside firm · 3 filings
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP $100,000 Outside firm · 3 filings

Spend per registrant: fees an outside firm reported, or the costs the client reported for lobbying in-house. The rows add up to the total above.

Bills named in these filings 2

H.R. 4312
SCORE Act

1 filing
S. 4668
Protect College Sports Act of 2026

1 filing

Reported by year 2 years

2026 $460,000 5 filings
2025 $100,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 5

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 12

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 5
SENATE 5
Education, Dept of 3
Labor, Dept of (DOL) 3
Defense, Dept of (DOD) 2
Executive Office of the President (EOP) 2
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) 2
State, Dept of (DOS) 2
White House Office 2
Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 1
Energy, Dept of 1
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 1

Recent filings 9 total

Q3 report

KING & SPALDING LLP

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · $190,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $80,000 income · posted Oct 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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KING & SPALDING LLP

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · $160,000 income · posted Jul 20, 2026

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MICHAEL BEST STRATEGIES LLC

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted Jul 7, 2026

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KING & SPALDING LLP

2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · posted Apr 13, 2026

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HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Oct 5, 2025

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HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30) · House · Senate · $30,000 income · posted Jul 13, 2025

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HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · House · Senate · $40,000 income · posted Apr 11, 2025

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Filings through October 20, 2026, the newest posted date on this record. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.