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WilmerHale’s Robert Novick Interviewed by BBC About the WTO’s Boeing-Airbus Ruling
WilmerHale Co-Managing Partner Robert Novick spoke with BBC about the World Trade Organization's recent landmark ruling in a dispute over subsidies that pitted firm client Boeing Co. and the United States against Airbus SE and the European Union.
2018-05-23T00:00:00-04:002018-05-23T14:43:26ZWilmerHale Counsels Accent Therapeutics in $40M Series A Financing
On May 18, 2018, Accent Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing breakthrough treatments for cancer patients, announced its $40M Series A financing to establish a discovery platform and pipeline of therapeutic candidates targeting RNA-modifying proteins.
2018-05-22T00:00:00-04:002018-05-22T13:42:49ZWilmerHale Counsels RunSafe Security in $2.4 Million Seed Funding
On May 16, RunSafe Security, Inc., creator of a patented cyberhardening process for vulnerable embedded systems and devices across critical infrastructure, announced the closing of a $2.4 million seed funding round led by Alsop Louie Partners, an early-stage, risk-oriented technology venture capital firm in San Francisco.
2018-05-18T00:00:00-04:002018-05-18T19:56:11ZWilmerHale Partners and Practices Named Among <em>Managing Intellectual Property</em>'s 2018 IP Stars
Managing Intellectual Property's 2018 IP Stars Handbook recognizes WilmerHale and 19 of its partners as leaders in the field. IP Stars identifies lawyers based on their knowledge, outcomes achieved for clients and unique strengths in the given practice area.
2018-05-17T00:00:00-04:002018-05-17T22:02:51Z<p>Banking Regulators' Examination Authority Does Not Override Attorney-Client Privilege</p>
Notwithstanding the venerable status of the attorney-client privilege and the important purposes it serves, the federal banking regulators and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have taken the position that they have the legal authority to override the privilege and compel supervised institutions to produce information protected by the privilege.
2018-05-16T00:00:00-04:002018-05-16T14:40:09ZPartner Jamie Gorelick Participates in Bioterror Simulation That Highlights Continued Readiness Gaps
Partner Jamie Gorelick, along with other former and current top federal policymakers, participated in a tabletop exercise meant to better understand the kinds of high-level decisions that would be necessary in the event of an actual pandemic global outbreak of a potentially deadly pathogen.
2018-05-15T00:00:00-04:002018-05-16T18:23:04Z<p>Gary Born and Professor Peter Sester Consider Arbitration in Brazil at a Seminar in the Firm's London Office</p>
On May 3, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr co-hosted a seminar in the London office with the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem – CBAr) titled “What to Expect When Arbitrating in Brazil: Recent Developments of International Arbitrations and Institutional Landscape.”
2018-05-15T00:00:00-04:002018-05-16T13:43:43ZSCOTUS Overturns LA Death-Row Inmate’s Conviction in Win for WilmerHale’s Seth Waxman
In a case argued by Partner Seth Waxman on behalf of a Louisiana death-row inmate, the US Supreme Court on Monday, May 14, 2018, overturned several murder convictions and ordered a new trial after finding that the condemned man's trial attorney violated his constitutional rights.
2018-05-15T00:00:00-04:002018-05-15T14:23:15ZWilmerHale Counsels Casella Waste Systems in Entering into $550M Credit Facility with Bank of America
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced that it has entered into a $550 million credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and swing line lender, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fener & Smith Incorporated, Citizens Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and Comerica Bank as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and certain other agents and lenders.
2018-05-15T00:00:00-04:002018-05-15T14:39:52ZWilmerHale, ACLU of Massachusetts Obtain Release of Detained Mother
WilmerHale and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts successfully convinced the US government to release Lucimar de Souza, a non-citizen who had been detained by Immigration and Custom Enforcement for more than three months, separating her from her US citizen husband and 10-year-old son.
2018-05-15T00:00:00-04:002018-05-15T17:48:31ZWilmerHale Counsels Braintree Laboratories in Acquisition by Sebela Pharmaceuticals
On May 1, 2018, Sebela Pharmaceuticals completed the acquisition of Braintree Laboratories Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company based in Braintree, Massachusetts. Braintree develops, manufactures and markets specialty pharmaceuticals in gastroenterology.
2018-05-10T00:00:00-04:002018-05-10T19:55:29ZWilmerHale Counsels Karyopharm Therapeutics in Public Offering of Shares
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, has announced the closing of its previously announced registered underwritten public offering and the exercise in full of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares.
2018-05-08T00:00:00-04:002018-05-09T16:10:20ZWilmerHale Counsels Nantero in $29.7M Series G Funding
Nantero Inc., a nanotechnology company developing next generation memory using carbon nanotubes, announced that it has expanded product development with a wide range of new and existing customers.
2018-05-08T00:00:00-04:002018-05-08T19:49:34ZWilmerHale Counsels Soft Robotics in Closing of $20M Fundraising Round
Soft Robotics Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that designs and manufactures robotic grippers capable of manipulating a wide variety of items without the help of computer vision, has announced the closing of a $20M fundraising round.
2018-05-08T00:00:00-04:002018-05-08T18:44:05ZWilmerHale on Shortlist for Transatlantic Antitrust, Dispute Resolution Teams of the Year
WilmerHale has been named to the shortlist of law firms being considered for The American Lawyer's 2018 Transatlantic Legal Awards for Antitrust Team of the Year and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year.
2018-05-07T00:00:00-04:002018-05-15T20:10:05ZWilmerHale Counsels Casa Systems in Public Offering by Selling Stockholders
Casa Systems, Inc.—a provider of software-centric solutions for next-generation distributed and virtualized architectures in cable operator, fixed telecom and wireless networks—announced the pricing of its follow-on public offering of 7,350,000 shares of common stock.
2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:002018-05-07T14:08:13ZWilmerHale Lawyers and Practices Recognized in 2018 Edition of <i>Chambers USA</i>
Chambers and Partners announced its rankings for the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, with WilmerHale listed among the nation's best in 50 practice area categories. Chambers also ranked 95 WilmerHale lawyers as leaders in their respective fields.
2018-05-03T00:00:00-04:002018-05-03T17:04:17ZWilmerHale Named to <i>IFLR</i> Americas Shortlist for M&A and Private Equity
<em>Chambers USA</em> Names WilmerHale to 2018 Awards Shortlist
WilmerHale has been shortlisted for the 2018 Chambers USA Awards for international trade, privacy and data security, and securities and financial services regulation.
2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T17:52:57Z<p>Dr. Jacomijn van Haersolte-van Hof Interviews Maxi Scherer as Part of the LCIA “Perspectives” Series</p>
The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is producing a series of “Perspectives” throughout 2018 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the formal inauguration of “The City of London Chamber of Arbitration,” which evolved into the LCIA.
2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T19:12:16Z