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July 13, 2001 |

Legal Moves

This week's Legal Moves tracks 10 new partners at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll and three new partners at Kelley Drye & Warren. Also, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering welcomes to its litigation group Seth P. Waxman, former solicitor general of the United States, and David W. Ogden, former assistant attorney general for the civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
4 minute read
October 24, 2000 |

Law Firms Seek More Lobbying Action

The list of euphemisms seems endless: One-stop shopping. Umbrella services. Synergy. Under one roof. What law firms are talking about is keeping clients happy -- and simply keeping clients. For many, that means taking on lobbying. "Government's impact on business is growing, as government gets bigger and injects itself in more business decisions," says David Norcross, who heads Blank Rome's lobbying venture.
9 minute read
August 21, 2000 |

The Founders

Nowadays, it seems there are tons of lawyers specializing in technology. But there are few real veterans in the field -- the original dot-com lawyers. Their histories tell the story of how the high-tech industry -- no matter the current gyrations of the marketplace -- has changed the practice in the D.C. area.
13 minute read
February 08, 2000 |

Profits and Public Policy: Lobbying at the Start

When dot-coms started popping up, lobbying was one of the last things these companies had on their to-do lists. But even the tiniest high-tech company has figured out that whether it's sending a chief executive to testify on Capitol Hill or forking over a few grand to join an association, politics is business.
9 minute read
March 15, 2010 |

Evolution of Military Commissions Clouds Debate Over 9/11 Trials

The debate over where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is defined by sharp disagreement over the legal rights of accused terrorists and the relative strengths and weaknesses of civilian and military commission systems. The Obama administration is nearing a decision on where to hold a trial once slated for New York, and officials are struggling to develop a clear rationale for sending some detainees into federal court, others into trial by military commission, and detaining others without any trial at all.
19 minute read
October 11, 2002 |

WorldCom Bankruptcy

3 minute read
October 24, 2002 |

Univision Communications Hispanic Broadcasting

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January 14, 2002 |

Outside Counsel

I n a September 1998 speech at New York University, former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt announced a crackdown on accounting fraud. In his speech, Chairman Levitt criticized what he described as a "game of nods and winks" practiced by managers, auditors, and analysts who operate in a "gray area where the accounting is being perverted." The result of this "game," according to Chairman Levitt, was an environment where "integrity in financial reporting is under stress" and, in some instances, "earnings reports re
12 minute read
September 27, 1999 |

Running Interference for BONY

When Bank of New York President Thomas Renyi testified in front of the House Banking and Financial Services Committee last week about his company's role in an alleged money-laundering scheme by the Russian mafia, he was not on his own. On the benches directly behind him sat a team of lobbyists, lawyers, and public relations advisers. A congressional hearing may not have the legal impact of a trial, but its effects can bring damaging public relations to a company and unwelcome legislation to an industry.
6 minute read
January 21, 2000 |

Beyond the Valley: Who's Winning the Tech-Law Biz?

There are many ways to spot which hi-tech regions are the hottest challengers to the dominance of Silicon Valley. You can rank them by the amount of venture capital, or by the growth of tech jobs -- or you can track where the technology lawyers are flocking. Northern Virginia is the clear leader by the latter. A close second is New York's Silicon Alley, which has become a magnet for firms with established technology practices in Silicon Valley, Boston and Texas.
10 minute read

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