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Law Firm Overview

Our Washington, DC office, with more than 400 attorneys, is one of the largest in the metropolitan area and is the largest office within the firm. The May 2004 merger brought together the deal-making corporate experience of Hale and Dorr LLP with the extensive regulatory background of Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP. The Washington office of the former Hale and Dorr LLP was founded and grew on the experience for which the firm built its reputation: a premier national and international corporate practice, which works with the life sciences and technology industries, including venture capital, M&A, public offering, and licensing work and a thriving real estate and intellectual property practice, which represents and advises clients on various patents, trademarks, licensing, and litigation issues. The former Wilmer Cutler Pickering LLP, formed in 1962, quickly established itself as a leading Washington, DC based firm that handles transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters involving governmental policy considerations. From that tradition, the Washington office handles in a number of areas including securities regulation and enforcement, complex civil and criminal trial, and appellate litigation, international arbitration, antitrust, defense, bankruptcy, communications, and international trade. Through this merger these two premier firms combined their capabilities, setting a new standard for a diversified, interdisciplinary law firm.

Our unparalleled knowledge of how Washington works has been developed over more than four decades under the leadership of the Wilmer Cutler Pickering founding partners Lloyd Cutler and John Pickering, both of whom were honored in 2004 with lifetime achievement awards by The American Lawyer. We are the only firm to have had two partners serve as chief White House Counsel: Lloyd Cutler, who served as Counsel to the last two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and C. Boyden Gray, who served as Counsel to President George H.W. Bush.

Solving Washington problems requires a broad range of skills including regulatory experience, policy advocacy, litigation, and the drafting and negotiation of agreements. It also requires the ability to craft an integrated approach to deal with multiple decision makers in Congress, the Executive Branch, and the courts, as well as with the media. WilmerHale offers unique capabilities in addressing Washington problems because the firm has deep substantive experience across the regulatory areas of greatest concern to business and because it has emphasized an integrated approach to problem-solving throughout its history.

We are frequently asked to address the acute business needs of a company while, at the same time, helping to achieve longer term alignment between the policy environment in which a company operates and its business model. Whether seeking to change or challenge a regulation, structuring a business strategy that depends on government support or forbearance, negotiating and clearing a deal in a regulated environment, reaching a legislative solution to a problem, addressing a congressional inquiry, handling a sensitive multi-pronged issue with significant political or public relations risk, or confronting urgent media inquiries on high-profile matters, clients routinely need the multi-dimensional representation that our firm offers.

Over 140 of our lawyers have had high-level government experience — a record unmatched by any other firm. We count among our partners a United States Trade Representative, a Deputy Attorney General, a Solicitor General, a Deputy Solicitor General, Assistant Attorneys General for both the Office of Legal Counsel and the Civil Division, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General for the Antitrust Division, General Counsel of the Departments of Defense and of the Navy, an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, a Chief of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, General Counsels of both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency, and many senior officials from the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of State, and other agencies of government. To view a list of lawyers with high-government experience click here.

As the Washington metropolitain area increasingly becomes a technology and biotech hub, we have the expertise and institutional capacity to offer a broad range of services to clients in the technology sector, particularly in the area of intellectual property where protecting intellectual assets are becoming increasingly important. Our deep experience working with technology companies allows us to counsel companies through the entire business lifecycle, from start-up to public company, and beyond. We serve clients in a wide array of industries and practice areas through our Washington office including antitrust and competition, aviation, bankruptcy and commercial, communications, corporate, defense, national security, government contracts, environmental, FDA, intellectual property, international trade and market access, labor and employment, litigation and arbitration, real estate, securities enforcement and regulation, and tax.

Office Contact

Carol Clayton
Assistant Managing Partner
+1 202 663 6650
carol.clayton@wilmerhale.com

Areas of practice

• Aerospace and Defense
• Aircraft Acquisition and Finance Transactions
• Antitrust and Competition
• Appellate and Supreme Court
• Aviation
• Bankruptcy and Commercial
• Biotechnology
• China Practice
• Class Action and Derivative Litigation
• Communications and E-Commerce
• Complex Civil Litigation
• Complex Commercial
• Complex Legal Problems
• Copyrights
• Corporate
• Defense, National Security and Government Contracts
• Distribution and E-commerce
• Due Diligence and Opinions
• Education
• Energy
• Enforcement
• Enforcement Litigation
• Environmental
• FDA
• Financial Institutions
• Financial Services
• Food Products
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Government
• Government and Public Policy
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• International Arbitration
• International Disputes
• International Litigation
• International Regulation
• International Trade, Investment and Market Access
• Investigations and Criminal Litigation
• Investor-State Arbitration
• Joint Ventures and Other Transactions
• Labor and Employment
• Licensing and Technology Transfer
• Life Sciences
• Litigation
• Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Litigation and Arbitration
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• Manufacturing
• Media and Entertainment
• Nanotechnology
• National Security and Defense
• Patent Reform
• Patents
• Pharmaceuticals
• Policy and Legislation
• Products Litigation
• Professional Services
• Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets
• Public Policy and Strategy
• Real Estate
• Regulatory
• Securities
• Securities Enforcement
• Securities Litigation
• State and Local Tax
• Tax
• Tax and Bankruptcy
• Technology Transactions and Licensing
• Telecommunications
• Trademarks, Trade Dress and Domain Names
• Training

Published Works

• GPL Version 3 Has Arrived! Now What?, 2007
• The Lessons of Leegin: Supreme Court Overturns 96-Year-Old Ban on Resale Price Maintenance, 2007
• Expert Witnesses in Arbitration and Litigation Proceedings, 2007
• SROs Propose Joint Guidance Regarding the Supervision of Electronic Communications, 2007
• New Take on New Value? Recent Seventh Circuit Decisions Limit the “New Value” Defense to Bankruptcy Preference Liability, 2007
• Climate Change – Federal Update, 2007
• The Crime of Doing Nothing: Strict Liability for Corporate Officers Under the FDCA, 2007
• Department of Justice Issues Notable Business Review Letter Concerning Leading Standards Development Organization’s IPR Policy, 2007
• Department of Justice Escalates Prosecutions of Alleged Foreign Cartelists, 2007
• PharmaBulletin, 2007
• Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Issue Important Report on Antitrust and Intellectual Property, 2007
• Changing the Climate of Climate Change: Overview of Massachusetts v. EPA No. 05-1120 (April 2, 2007), 2007
• Nine Years After—SEC Approves NASD Mark-Up Guidance for Debt Securities, 2007
• Ben Heineman Examines the Pressing Business Issue of How Companies Fuse High Performance with High Integrity, 2007
• Eighth Circuit Upholds FCC Order Preempting State Regulation of VoIP, 2007
• Supreme Court Holds Federal Law Preempts State Regulation of National Bank Operating Subsidiaries, 2007
• IRS Issues Final Regulations under Section 409A, 2007
• FCC Releases New Rules for Safeguarding Customer Proprietary Network Information in Response to Pretexting, 2007
• Court Overturns Fee-Based Brokerage Rule, 2007
• New Guidance on Filing of Anti-Monopoly Notifications in China, 2007
• Hedge Fund Oversight: Key Action Items for Hedge Funds, Broker-Dealers and Other Market Professionals, 2007
• Caught in the Middle, 2007
• SEC Proposes to Amend Financial Responsibility Rules for Broker-Dealers, 2007
• 2006 Antitrust and Competition Annual Report, 2007
• Privilege Standing Committee Update, 2007
• Private Equity Role in Media Buyouts Enhances Importance of FCC Ownership Issues at Fund Formation, 2007
• Agencies Issue Proposed Statement on Subprime Mortgage Lending: New Standards for Assessing Borrower Ability to Repay, Consumer Disclosures and Internal Controls?, 2007
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update, 2007
• 2006 Venture Capital Report, 2007
• 2006 IPO Report, 2007
• 2006 M&A Report, 2007
• Investment Management Industry News Summary, 2007
• A New Breed of Securities: Credit Default Options Proposed by CBOE, 2007
• Adverse Event Reporting Requirements Clarified under New HHS Guidelines, 2007
• PharmaBulletin, 2007
• Investment Management Industry News Summary, 2007
• Privilege Standing Committee Update, 2007
• US Supreme Court Holds Courts May Hear Challenges by Patent Licensees, 2007
• Financial Institutions Briefing Series, 2007
• Clayton Act Threshold Changes: Basic HSR Threshold Raised to $59.8 Million, 2007
• Mixing Up the Equation: Application of the In Pari Delicto Defense in Bankruptcy Litigation, 2007
• Privilege Standing Committee Update, 2007
• SEC and PCAOB Propose SOX 404 Relief Measures, Extend Compliance Dates, 2006
• Resolving the Bank/Broker Impasse – Proposed Regulation R Represents Joint Effort by SEC and Federal Reserve Board, 2006
• FCC Issues New Rules for Children's Television Programming, 2006
• SEC Proposes to Prohibit Short Selling by Investors Participating in a Securities Offering and Eliminate the “Tick Test” for All Short Sales, 2006
• Department of Justice McNulty Memo Curtails Controversial Portions of Thompson Memo--Legislation Introduced in the Senate, 2006
• Compelled Waivers of the Attorney-Client Privilege, 2006
• IRS Issues Guidance to Section 16 Persons Who Do Not Cure Discounted Stock Options by December 31, 2006, 2006
• Prepare Now for Future Nanotech Legal Issues, 2006
• NASD Amends Proposed Debt Mark-up Policy to Exclude Certain Transactions with Institutional Customers, 2006
• Financial Institutions Briefing Series, 2006
• Public Policy and Strategy Briefing Series, 2006
• FCC to Permit Wireless Broadband Operation on Unused Digital Television Channels, 2006
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update, 2006
• Recent Rulings Address Limits of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Protections for Whistleblowers, 2006
• Approved Labeling Defense May Gain Traction in the Wake of FDA's Pre-Emption Declaration in Final Drug Labeling Rule, 2006
• Bribery Of Foreign Officials Is On The Feds’ Watchlist. Is It On Yours?, 2006
• PharmaBulletin, 2006
• A Little Relief Here?, 2006
• Hands Across the Water, 2006
• Parallel Trade in Drugs, 2006
• Eleventh Circuit Holds That Bankruptcy Reorganization Plan Does Not Bar Intercreditor Claims between Debtor's Lenders, 2006
• Financial Institutions Briefing Series, 2006
• United States v. Valdes: 'Officially' Defining 'Official Act' Under the Federal Gratuities Statute, 2006
• A Little White Bribe - D.C. Circuit Revisits United States vs. Valdes, 2006
• NASD Expands Broker-Dealer's Duty of Best Execution, 2006
• NASD Amends Rule 2211, Imposing New Pre-approval Requirements on Communications with Non-institutional Customers, 2006
• Delaware Court of Chancery Decision Signals Greater Protection for Business Judgment and Reaffirms Duties between a Parent and its Subsidiary, 2006
• Federal Wetlands Jurisdiction under Rapanos: Unpredictability and Opportunity, 2006
• Federal Court Calls into Question FCC's Authority to Preempt State Regulation of Wireless Bills, 2006
• Recent Rulings Increase Clarity on SOX Whistleblower Law, 2006
• Stemming the 'Assault' on Privileges, 2006
• New Soft Dollar Guidance: Time for "Soft" Unbundling of Brokerage Commissions between Research and Execution, 2006
• SEC Approves Amendments to Disclosure Requirements for Executive Compensation and Related Matters, 2006
• FCC Releases NPRM and NOI on Spectrum Rules for Medical Devices, 2006
• China Releases FAQ Concerning Measures for the Administration of the Control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products, 2006
• Seeing Double: In re Oakwood Homes and the "Double Discounting" of Interest-Bearing Debt, 2006
• PharmaBulletin, 2006
• SEC Settlement Announced for Violations of FCPA Accounting Provisions by a Subsidiary of Oil States International, Inc., 2006
• The Decline of the Attorney-Client Privilege in the Corporate Setting, 2006
• Antitrust and the Liberal Professions: the US Experience, 2006
• Decisions, decisions, 2006
• A Path Forward—Best Practices and Possible Policy Changes, 2006
• Crisis Management—Preparing for the Possibility of an Internal Investigation, 2006
• Playing Catch-Up with Technology: A Comparison of the Leading Telecom Reform Bills Pending in Congress, 2006
• Data Security Update, 2006
• Exclusive Dealing Agreements and Other Exclusionary Conduct -- Are There Unifying Principles?, 2006
• An Introduction to Cross-Examining Witnesses in International Arbitration, 2006
• New Regulations on Equity Incentives for Employees of Listed Companies, 2006
• Investigations and Criminal Litigation Briefing Series, 2006
• Investor-State Arbitration: An Increasingly Powerful Tool for Resolving Disputes with Sovereigns, 2006
• Private Company Corporate Governance: Closing the Gap With Public Companies, 2006
• PharmaBulletin, 2006
• GE-Honeywell - Narrowing But Not Closing the Gap, 2006
• Developments in German Law Regarding Gifts of World Cup Tickets to Government Officials, 2006
• New Rules for Fax Advertising, 2006
• Investment Treaty Arbitration: ICSID Amends Investor-State Arbitration Rules, 2006
• In the Beginning: GE's legendary lawyer explains how he revolutionized the role of in-house counsel, 2006
• From Bananas to Vitamins: the Evolving Doctrine of the Extraterritorial Application of US Antitrust, 2006
• China Releases Measures for the Administration of the Control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products, 2006
• Direct Proof of Market Power Now Necessary When Challenging Tying Arrangements of Patented Products, 2006
• Two Antitrust Opinions in the Same Week: Supreme Court Unanimously Clarifies Joint Venture Law and Strikes Down Patent Market Power Presumption in Tying Cases, 2006
• FTC Announces New Guidelines for Second Requests, 2006
• Key Issues in Whistleblower Case Law under Sarbanes-Oxley (So Far), 2006
• FinCEN Issues Anti-Money Laundering Rules on Foreign Correspondent and Private Banking Accounts: Substantial Due Diligence Mandated for Banks, Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Others, 2006
• Anti-Money Laundering Rules for Insurance Companies Contain New Twists, 2006
• Many Transnational Deals Now Face a Security Review, 2006
• The Risks of Getting Together: Improper cooperation between SEC and DOJ can get charges dismissed, 2006
• 2005 Venture Capital Report, 2006
• Transferring HR Data from the European Union to the United States: Binding Corporate Rules Offer Another Compliance Option, 2006
• PharmaBulletin, 2006
• Financial Institutions Briefing Series, 2006
• Sabre, Inc. v. DOT: The D.C. Circuit Affirms DOT's Broad Authority to Regulate CRSs and Other Air Travel Intermediaries, 2006
• 2005 IPO Report, 2006
• 2005 M&A Report, 2006
• Corporate Distress on the Horizon, 2006
• HSR Rule Changes: HSR Threshold Raised to $56.7 Million, NAICS Data Switch From 1997 to 2002, and Electronic Filing for Financial and SEC Statements, 2006
• Environmental Regulation of Electrical Appliances and Information Products in China, 2006
• Recent Enforcement Actions Target Broker-Dealer Operational and Systems Issues, 2006
• SEC Proposes Overhaul of Compensation Disclosure Rules, 2006
• Entering the US Market—Challenges, Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls for Foreign Companies, 2006
• High Court Hears Key Case on Antitrust and Joint Ventures, 2006
• District of Columbia Prescription Drug Excessive Pricing Act of 2005 Successfully Challenged, Declared Unconstitutional, 2006
• The CFIUS Process: A Primer, 2006
• Helpful New Section 409A Guidance Regarding Fair Market Value Determination for Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• IRS Suspends 409A Reporting and Withholding Requirements for 2005, 2005
• Year-End Charitable Giving Opportunities under the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act, 2005
• Year-End and New Year Tax Planning, 2005
• Financial Institutions Law Update, 2005
• Section 409A Checklist and Compliance Timeline, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Worst US Antitrust Decisions...Ever - Part Two, 2005
• Communications Law Update, 2005
• It's an SEC Option - Sarbanes-Oxley's disgorgement section created no private claim, 2005
• Application Of SOX Whistleblower Rulings Inconsistent (Part II), 2005
• Application Of SOX Whistleblower Rulings Inconsistent (Part I), 2005
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update, 2005
• Financial Institutions Law Update, 2005
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2005
• PharmaBulletin, 2005
• Communications Law Update, 2005
• Recent Developments in Data Security and Data Privacy, 2005
• Securities Law Update, 2005
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2005
• 2005 Life Sciences Compensation Study, 2005
• 2005 Information and Technology Compensation Study, 2005
• Communications Law Update, 2005
• Legal Services in the Department of Defense: Advancing Productive Relationships, 2005
• Emerging Regulatory Developments in Pharmacogenomics, 2005
• IP Antitrust: Keeping the Free-Market Innovation Machine Working, 2005
• A Wasteful Pursuit Of Terrorist Money, 2005
• Securities Law Update, 2005
• Contractors and Agents Beware: Non-public Bankruptcy Specialist Firm Held Liable for Whistleblower Retaliation As an "Agent" of Issuer under Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2005
• PharmaBulletin, 2005
• More on the Ramifications of Recent German Court Decision on an Employer's Code of Ethics, 2005
• EU Environmental and Communications Law Update, 2005
• Public Policy and Strategy Practice Update, 2005
• Communications Law Update, 2005
• China Practice Update, 2005
• Communications Law Update, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Single-Firm Conduct: The Search for the Holy Grail of Administrable Procompetitive Standards, 2005
• SEC Issues Regulation NMS Adopting Release, Starting the Clock on Sweeping Overhaul of the National Market System, 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblowers Receive Reinstatement Prior to Full Hearings by Department of Labor, 2005
• Second Injunction Enforcing GPL Issued in Germany, 2005
• Exempt Organizations Law Update, 2005
• New SEC, PCAOB Guidance Seeks to Re-balance Costs and Benefits of Implementing Section 404, 2005
• Recent Litigation Puts Hatch-Waxman Act Amendments Regarding Declaratory Judgments to the Test, 2005
• Optimism for the VC Market - 2004 Review and 2005 Outlook, 2005
• Use of Trademarks in Internet Searches: Google Cases Lead to Conflicting Results, 2005
• Tax and Employee Benefits Law Update, 2005
• Navigating Communications Regulation in the Wake of 9/11, 2005
• Navigating Communications Regulation in the Wake of 9/11, 2005
• Challenges & Strategic Opportunities in the Highly Regulated World of Specialty Pharma, 2005
• Navigating Communications Regulation in the Wake of 9/11, 2005
• Grokster, the Supreme Court, and You: Why the VC Community Should Care About Contributory and Vicarious Copyright Infringement, 2005
• Trading and Distribution in China, 2005
• Financial Institutions Law Update, 2005
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2005
• 2004 Venture Capital Report, 2005
• 2004 M&A Report, 2005
• Mario Monti's Legacy: A U.S. Perspective, 2005
• PharmaBulletin, 2005
• Exclusionary Conduct Under the Antitrust Laws: Balancing, Sacrifice, and Refusals to Deal, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Doing Business in China Seminar Presentation: IP Protection and Licensing, 2005
• Doing Business in China Seminar Presentation: How Changes in Law Are Facilitating Foreign Investment and Supply Chain Management in China, 2005
• Doing Business in China Seminar Presentation: Gerber Scientific in China, 2005
• Doing Business in China Seminar Presentation: Corruption and Internal Fraud, 2005
• Doing Business in China Seminar Presentation: Blackboard in China: A Joint Venture Case Study, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Acquiring a Telecommunications Company? Key Issues to Consider in Due Diligence, 2005
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update, 2005
• Mario Monti's Legacy for Competition Policy in Article 82, 2005
• Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Wins Reinstatement and Monetary Damages, 2005
• Cutting the Cord: Investing in Wireless, 2005
• Self-Regulation Revisited: SEC Seeks Comment on Potential Enhancements to Securities Self-Regulatory System, 2005
• Telecommunications Law Update, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Telecommunications Law Update, 2005
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2005
• Securities Law Update, 2005
• Digital Crossroads, 2005
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Update, 2005
• Financial Institutions Law Update, 2005
• Document Preservation and Production in Connection with Securities and Exchange Commission Investigations and Enforcement Actions, 2005
• Initial Guidance on Section 409A: Taxation of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, 2004
• Securities Law Update, 2004
• International Law Claims, 2004
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2004
• Lessons From The First SOX Whistleblower Cases, 2004
• Corporate and Litigation Update, 2004
• Telecommunications Law Update, 2004
• Private Equity Focus:The Wireless Industry, 2004
• The US Government Prepares to Make Non-US Airlines Subject to New Rules Regarding the Transportation of Disabled Passengers, 2004
• Telecommunications Law Update, 2004
• Keepers of the Corporate Conscience: The Role of the Board in Ethical Oversight, 2004
• Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Legislation Passes, 2004
• The Growing Tension Between Auditors and Lawyers, 2004
• Back to the Future? Enforcement in the Post-NSR Reform Era, 2004
• Research Analyst Independence: New Rules and Developments, 2004
• Inside Out, 2004
• Even Education Legislation Grinds to a Halt, 2004
• Supreme Court in Search of Limiting Principles, 2004
• California Requires Online Privacy Policies, Prompting Changes to Websites, 2004
• Securities Law Developments, 2004
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2004
• Securities Law Developments, 2004
• Securities Law Developments, 2004
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2004
• Securities Law Developments Newsletter, 2004
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2004
• Securities Law Developments, 2004
• The Practitioner's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Volume 1 - Sarbanes-Oxley and the SEC's Enforcement Program, 2004
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin, 2003
• Congress Passes First National Spam Law; Critics Question Whether It Will Work, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: The Summary Judgment Standard and Pleading Requirements for Conspiracy Claims Relying on the Doctrine of Conscious Parallelism, 2003
• Portability of Investment Performance, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Safe or Sorry? The Latest for the Security Front, 2003
• Anticipation by Inherency, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• FTC Recommends Sweeping Changes in the Balance between Competition and Patent Law, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• The Merger Guidelines and the Integration of Effiencies Into Antitrust Review of Horizontal Mergers, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: US v. Visa: Government Wins Major Rule of Reason Case, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2003
• Companies That Offer Certain Hazardous Materials for Shipment Must Implement Department of Transportation Security Plan by September 25, 2003, 2003
• High-Tech Industries Face New Immigration and Visa Rules, 2003
• Research Analyst Independence: Efforts to Eliminate Conflicts Lead to Conflicting Requirements, 2003
• Website Spidering and Scraping: A Legal Minefield, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Busy Times for US Antitrust Enforcement, 2003
• PLI: Structuring, Negotiating & Implementing Strategic Alliances, 2003
• Maintaining Compliance with Updated EEOC Regulations, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: European Court Clarifies Application of State Aid Rules to State Financing of Public Service Obligations, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: United States v. AMR Corp.: Non-Traditional Cost Measures and Expanding Predatory Pricing Exposure, 2003
• Corporate Advisor, 2003
• Spammers Face Increasing Legal Obstacles, 2003
• Federal Agencies Mull Changes in Software Licensing, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Are Sellers Bound by Mistakes in Online Advertisements?, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.: Post-Closing Challenges - It Ain't (Always) Over When It's Over, 2003
• Multilingual Domain Names Set for Broad Implementation, 2003
• Massachusetts Terminates PSD Permitting Agreement with EPA—What You Need to Know, 2003
• New EU Directive on Electronic Privacy Targets Cookies and Spam, 2003
• Securities Law Developments, 2003
• Data Security Gains Attention from Regulators and Private Claimants, 2003
• With Fewer, Larger Federal Contracts, Small Companies Await New Government Policies, 2003
• Government Contractor Defense: Applies to Service Contracts, 2003
• FDA Revamping Review & Oversight of Combination Products, 2003
• Click-Wrap Agreement Found Not to be an Unenforceable Adhesion Contract, 2003
• Latest Developments in German Corporate Governance -- Different Approaches to Similar Problems, 2003
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin, 2003
• The Contingent Workforce: Employer Expectations and Legal Realities, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Wilmer Antitrust Lawyers Participate in Recent ABA Programs, 2003
• With Investors Sidelined, More Companies Turn To Uncle Sam, 2003
• Health Care Industry Gears Up for a Series of HIPAA Deadlines, 2003
• Computer Reservations Systems: to Regulate or Not? Regulation Without Justification?, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: New Department of Justice Actions on Gun-Jumping and Market Allocation Provide Guidance, Warnings, 2003
• A Casebook for Our Time, 2003
• Remarks at the Hodge O'Neal Corporate and Securities Law Symposium, 2003
• Software Licensing Compliance Grace Period Ends February 28, 2003, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: 2002 In Review, 2003
• Author's Right to Terminate a Copyright Transfer, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Second Circuit Issues Significant Decisions Limiting Application of Antitrust Laws in Securities, 2003
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2003
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2003
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: DOJ/DOD Approve Behavioral Remedy in Defense Merger, 2003
• Active Index Investing: Maximizing Portfolio Performance and Minimizing Risk Through Global Index Strategies, 2003
• New Solutions to Corporate Crime After 2002: New Solutions to Corporate Crime or Deja Vous? 40 AM. CRIM. L. REV. 219 (2003)., 2003
• E-Mail and IM Retention for Broker-Dealers, 2003
• Hidden Dangers Await Unwary Government Contractors, 2003
• Registration Implications of Cross-Border Trading Activities, 2003
• Homeland Security Bill Holds New Opportunities for Technology Companies, 2002
• Recent Developments in Online Liability around the World, 2002
• The Americans with Disabilities Act and Company Websites - the Ever-changing Legal Landscape!, 2002
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: FTC Bureau of Competition Implements New Guidelines for Merger Investigations, 2002
• Proposed Massachusetts Anti-Spam Law Adds to Debate Over State Regulation, 2002
• Hot Topics in Internet Advertising, 2002
• Seminar Explores Data Protection Challenges for Companies with U.K. Operations, 2002
• EU Data Protection - Are You Up to Speed? London and Boston, 2002
• Federally Permitted Releases: New EPA Guidance On the CERCLA/EPCRA Release Reporting Exemptions for Certain Air Emissions, 2002
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin, 2002
• Corporate Advisor, 2002
• First HIPAA Compliance Deadline Is October 16; Extension Requests Due October 15, 2002
• The Tangled Web of Global Deep-Linking Rules, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Adequate Written Description With Provisional Patent Applications, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Grace Period for CERCLA/EPCRA Release Reporting of Certain Air Emissions Expires September 17, 2002, 2002
• Will Multiple Regulators Spawn an Inconsistent Framework for Research Analyst Regulation?, 2002
• New US Corporate Reform Law, 2002
• MACT Hammer Update, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• New E.U. Spam Restrictions Won't Stop US Marketers, 2002
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Sarbanes-Oxley Implications in the Antitrust Field, 2002
• FTC To Host Public Workshop To Explore Whether State Regulation and Private Business Practices Have Anticompetitive Effects on E-Commerce, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Enforceability of Non-Disclosure Agreements Covering Information That Is Not a Trade Secret, 2002
• Antitrust and Competition Law Update, 2002
• Joint DOJ/FTC Hearings May Change Relationship between IP and Antitrust Laws, 2002
• Bankruptcy: Why Some CEOs May Not See It Coming, 2002
• Corporate Advisor, 2002
• Risk Management Planning, 2002
• Status Update on Clean Air Act Programs, 2002
• Enforcement: Policies, Strategies and Recent Cases, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Greenhouse Gases and Ozone Depleting Substances, 2002
• MACT Hammer and Combustion Units, 2002
• Understanding CFIUS, 2002
• Intellectual Property - Massachusetts Export Center Evening Export School, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Aligning U.S. Copyright Law with International Treaties: Possible Effects on Technology Companies, 2002
• Bankruptcy Is Not the Answer, 2002
• New Developments in Design Patents, 2002
• Corporate and Securities Law Update, 2002
• Federal Trade Commission Hints at Tough Position on Mergers between Online Competitors, 2002
• Securities Law Developments, 2002
• Securities Law Developments, 2002
• 2001 IPO Report, 2002
• Securities Law Developments, 2002
• Securities Law Developments, 2002
• Securities Law Developments, 2002
• The Reach of Prosecution History Estoppel, 2002
• Is the Transfer of Software a License or a Sale?, 2001
• US Companies Face Choices on European Data Privacy Regulation, 2001
• Out-of-State Web Site Operator May Be Sued in State Where Harm Is Alleged, 2001
• Antitrust and Trade Regulation Bulletin, 2001
• Securities Law Developments, 2001
• Current Developments in U.S. Privacy Regulation, 2001
• Securities Law Developments, 2001
• Securities Law Developments, 2001
• Technology Companies Boosted by Government Anti-Terrorist Purchases, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Visa/MasterCard: Facts Over Theory in Antitrust Litigation, 2001
• Foreign Corrupt Practice Act Update, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: The Department of Justice Brings Tough "Gun-Jumping" Case, 2001
• Technology Companies Affected by Government Responses to Terror Attacks, 2001
• Securities Law Developments, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: The FTC Staff's Report on Slotting Allowances: Doctrinal Indecision With a Mandate to Dig Deeper, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Bush Taps Muris for FTC Chairmanship, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Potential Changes in Federal Antitrust Enforcement May Increase State Enforcement Efforts, 2001
• Securities Law Developments, 2001
• ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION LAW UPDATE: Interim HSR Rules Published Amendments to HSR Act Take Effect February 1, 2001, 2001
• Telecommunications Law Update, 1998
• Securities Law Developments, 1998
• Securities Law Developments, 1998
• E-Commerce News, 1998
• Affiliated Transactions, 1998
• Investment Advisory Contracts, 1998

Representative Cases

• Odfjell , (US District Court)

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