Policy Counsel & Head of US Policy
Geoff Lane serves as the Developer Alliance’s head of U.S. policy. In this role he oversees the organization’s federal legislative and regulatory agenda as well as state-level efforts.
Prior to joining the Developers Alliance in 2022, Geoff worked with senior Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives. Since his time on Capitol Hill, he has held senior roles at various technology trade associations (including a previous stint at the Developers Alliance). At each stop he led efforts at the intersection of innovation and policy. He has worked on critical policy issues including privacy, encryption, patent reform, workforce development, corporate tax, tax nexus, and research and development.
Geoff holds a B.A. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. When he is not working, you can find him booing all of his favorite Philadelphia sports teams.
Geoff is based in Washington, D.C.
July 2023 US Policy Update Senate Panel Advances Two Bills That Will Hurt Small Firms and User Privacy The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously advanced both the Kids Online Safety Act…
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Read MoreA shrinking handful of Senators reintroduced the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) again this Congress. Opposition to the bill remains strong, and that’s a good thing. Five fewer…
Read MoreThe USPTO should act with great care as it begins deliberations on reforms to the inter partes review (IPR) program. Developers Alliance members depend on IPR as a method to…
Read MoreMay 2023 US Policy Update Section 230 Lives to See Another Day…For Now The Supreme Court rejected lawsuits seeking to hold Google and Twitter liable for the content hosted on…
Read MoreApril 2023 US Policy Update Not Every Social Problem has a Tech Solution Across the world – in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere –…
Read MoreMarch 2023 US Policy Update The Shield and Sword of Online Speech: Debating the future of Section 230 On March 23, the Developers Alliance, along with allies from Tripadvisor and…
Read MoreWhat is Section 230? In 1996, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act. The Communications Decency Act’s Section 230 included the “26 words that created the internet”: “No provider or user…
Read MoreYou could argue that some of the most important words in society today are found in a relatively obscure law crafted in 1996. That was the year Congress passed the…
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