NetCoalition winds down operations

The tech trade group NetCoalition is winding down its operations after launching a little more than a decade ago during the heyday of the dot-com boom. Three firms that lobbied on behalf of NetCoalition — TwinLogic Strategies, Jochum Shore & Trossevin PC and Moore Consulting — filed termination reports during the recent lobbying quarter to show they will no longer be working for the group. Those shops helped spearhead NetCoalition's legislative strategy as the group fought the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) — controversial bills that lawmakers shelved in January after a wave of online protests. Markham Erickson, the executive director of the group, confirmed that NetCoalition would close its doors after it finalizes two pending matters in the D.C. Circuit Court. The newly launched Internet Association will replace it.