Daniel J. Connelly
ML Strategies - Senior Vice President and Compliance Officer
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Dan is Senior Vice President and Compliance Counsel for ML Strategies. He has been directing policy in Massachusetts and the New England region for more than two decades. Dan represents trade associations and businesses across industries with interests before the executive, legislative, regulatory and municipal areas of government. In addition, in his role as Compliance Counsel for the firm, Dan assists clients with the complexities of lobbying registration and reporting requirements in Massachusetts and beyond.
Prior to joining ML Strategies, Dan served as Legislative Counsel in the Boston office of a large, international law firm. He previously served as the chief legal counsel to the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means, where he was responsible for drafting the state’s multi-billion dollar budget, as well as reviewing all legislation referred to the committee. Upon returning to the private sector, Dan lobbied on behalf companies and trade associations in the New England region and held the position of executive director of the Product Management Alliance, a national organization of product manufacturers and organizations.
Dan is a lifelong Massachusetts resident, married with three children, and an avid golfer.
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A $1 Billion, 10-year Climate Tech Investment Effort to Come in Massachusetts
February 29, 2024 | Alert | By Steven Baddour, Daniel Connelly, Taylor Shepherd
As part of the Healey–Driscoll administration’s continued efforts to ensure Massachusetts remains a state where people want to live, work, and raise families — and businesses want to start and operate companies — the administration announced the proposed Mass Leads Act earlier today. The proposed law calls for investments of $1 billion each in the life sciences and climate tech industries over a 10-year period, with the latter category of funding providing critically important support to the administration’s goal of making Massachusetts the global leader in climate tech and clean energy development.
Federal and State Lawmakers Launch AI Task Forces — AI: The Washington Report
February 22, 2024 | Article | By Daniel Connelly, Alexander Hecht, Christian Tamotsu Fjeld, Bruce Sokler, Raj Gambhir
Read about AI-focused task forces formed in the House of Representatives and by the governor of Massachusetts in the latest edition of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and ML Strategies covering potential federal legislative, executive, and regulatory activities related to AI.
Massachusetts Information Security and Privacy Act Sent to “Study”
June 2, 2022 | Blog | By Cynthia Larose, Daniel Connelly
It does not look as though Massachusetts will be state number 6 to enact a comprehensive data privacy law – or at least not the one that people have been talking about. The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Health Care Financing has voted to send House Bill 4514, An Act Establishing the Massachusetts Information Security and Privacy Act to “study.” This action by the influential legislative committee signals that this particular bill is not likely to advance during the current legislative session which concludes at the end of the calendar year.