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, member of Communication and Technology Task Force in 2013 <ref name="beasttech">[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/15/yelp-joins-with-advocacy-group-alec-to-fight-slapp-lawsuits.html Yelp Joins With Advocacy Group ALEC to Fight SLAPP Lawsuits], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 15, 2013</ref>
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<ref name="beasttech">[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/15/yelp-joins-with-advocacy-group-alec-to-fight-slapp-lawsuits.html Yelp Joins With Advocacy Group ALEC to Fight SLAPP Lawsuits], ''The Daily Beast'', Aug 15, 2013
</ref> '''A Facebook rep told the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' on September 23, 2014 it would not renew its membership in 2015''': “We re-evaluate our memberships on an annual basis and are in that process now. While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015.” <ref> Joe Garofoll, [http://m.sfgate.com/news/article/Facebook-to-cut-ties-with-conservative-policy-5776055.php Facebook to cut ties with conservative policy group], San Francisco Chronicle, September 23, 2014.
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* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
* '''Fair Point Communications''': "Director" level sponsor of ALEC's 2012 meeting in Salt Lake City. <ref name="SLC Agenda"/>
* '''[[Farmers Group, Inc.]]''',<ref name="CLEAR"/> Member of ALEC's [[Civil Justice Task Force]]<ref name="CJNOLA"/>
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> '''Told Common Cause on September 24, 2014 that they are no longer part of ALEC.''' <ref>Jay Riestenberg, [http://www.commoncause.org/democracy-wire/5-tech-companies-that-fund-alec.html 5 Tech Companies That Surprisingly STILL Fund ALEC], Commonblog, accessed Sept. 24, 2014.</ref
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* [[YUM! Brands]] (owner of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]], [[Taco Bell]], Pizza Hut, [[Long John Silver's]] and A&W), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kentucky<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> Labor and Business Regulation Subcommittee member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> - '''announced April 19, 2012, that it would pull out of ALEC'''.<ref>Mary Bottari, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11468/hang-paycheck-alec-sharpens-focus-jobs Hang onto that Paycheck! ALEC "Sharpens Focus on Jobs"], ''PRWatch.org'', April 19, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.
* [[YUM! Brands]] (owner of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]], [[Taco Bell]], Pizza Hut, [[Long John Silver's]] and A&W), [[ALEC State Chairmen|State corporate co-chair]] of Kentucky<ref name="Corporate Chairs"/> and [[Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force]] <ref name="CIEDNOLA"/> Labor and Business Regulation Subcommittee member<ref name="MeetingAgenda"/> - '''announced April 19, 2012, that it would pull out of ALEC'''.<ref>Mary Bottari, [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/04/11468/hang-paycheck-alec-sharpens-focus-jobs Hang onto that Paycheck! ALEC "Sharpens Focus on Jobs"], ''PRWatch.org'', April 19, 2012</ref> See [[Corporations Which Have Cut Ties to ALEC]] for more.