Practice Spotlight
LawFlash/Client Alert | Washington Government Relations and Public Policy LawFlash
Washington Government Relations and Public Policy Practice
The Obama administration is expected to present a new system for evaluating, and giving preference to, federal contractors based on their record of compliance with labor, environmental, tax, and other laws. Thi... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation Alert
Fred Fielding, Amy Conway-Hatcher, Albert Lambert
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC or the Commission), the bipartisan entity appointed by Congress to explore the events surrounding the September 2008 financial market meltdown, announced yesterday the appointment o... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation Alert
Amy Conway-Hatcher
The first public meeting of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), held last week in Washington, D.C. on the anniversary of the collapse of the financial markets, emphasized the significant challenges ... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation Alert
Amy Conway-Hatcher
Congressional oversight committees have recently intensified their investigations into the business practices of the health insurance industry. Health insurers who have been targeted by oversight committees sho... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Litigation Alert
Amy Conway-Hatcher
Members of the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) will soon meet for the first time to consider how best to accomplish the sweeping directives mandated by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 200... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
In a case involving employee use of a company email system for union-related purposes, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision in Register-Guard v. NLRB , No. 07... more
Presentation | Webcast
Jürgen Beninca, Anthony Warnock-Smith, Eric Sitarchuk, Mark Srere
The life sciences industry has increasingly expanded its manufacturing operations and scientific studies to countries outside of Western Europe and North America. At the same time, enforcement authorities around the globe are i... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
President Obama has been critical of the previous administration’s antitrust enforcement efforts and has made vigorous antitrust enforcement one of his policy priorities. The antitrust team President Obama has selected to... more
Presentation | Speech
Kathleen McDermott
Presentation | Speech
Kathleen McDermott
Presentation | Speech
Kathleen McDermott
Presentation | Speech
Kathleen McDermott
Outside Publication | Article
Michael Berenson
Presentation | Speech
Kathleen McDermott
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
A split panel of the D.C. circuit recently overturned a district court decision denying the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) request for a preliminary injunction (PI) to block the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Energy LawFlash
Christopher McAuliffe
On July 11, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated a regulatory program adopted under the Clean Air Act that had been the basis for significant investments in air pollution contr... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Labor and Employment LawFlash
Labor and Employment Practice
Continuing a trend of state and local jurisdictions imposing new paid leave requirements on employers, Maryland and the District of Columbia each recently passed legislation that significantly expands the right... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
In a decision issued April 22 in Rambus v. FTC , a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit increased the burden of proving antitrust claims premised on misrepresentati... more
Presentation | Speech
Daniel Hogans, Michael Holzman