LightSquared hires major K Street lobbying firm

LightSquared added Patton Boggs to its ever-growing list of lobbying firms, according to Senate documents. The registration is backdated to be effective since Nov. 1. Patton Boggs is lobbying on “legislation potentially affecting the launch of a nationwide, wholesale-only wireless broadband network.” Specifically, the firm is focusing on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 and the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Acts of 2012, documents show.