PMA Sues Research Institute Over Fees

A disagreement over lobbyists’ fees has Windber Research Institute facing a $120,000 lawsuit in Arlington, Va.

The suit contends Windber did not pay the beleaguered PMA Group for several months’ lobbying on the institute’s behalf.

PMA Group was raided in November by the FBI. The Virginia firm was founded by Paul Magliochetti, who was a staff analyst for the defense appropriations subcommittee before U.S. Rep. John Murtha became its chairman.

PMA has announced it will dissolve by the end of this month.

Read more: (Randy Griffith, “Troubled Lobbying Firm Sues Research Institute Over Fees,” The Tribune-Democrat, 3/24/09)