Hey "the_truth," are you a lawyer or do you just play one on-line? (More likely you're a member of the Lazar family or one of their cronies). If you read the ENTIRE lobbying act you would see that it clearly states that "the term 'lobbying' shall mean any attempt to influence [government]". Clearly, "negotiating with government" would be an attempt to influence government and hence a lobbying activity. However, we don't even need a Judge to sort this out. If you go to the Lazar Consulting website you will find that they proudly post a press release that brags about their obvious lobbying activities. In fact, they appear to have lobbied ALL THREE levels of government in the same press release for the same client. For your ease, I will post the link below and then post the entire release.
http://www.lazarcg.com/samhsa_press_release_2005.html