On February 28, 2018, Eko Devices, a leader in acoustic cardiac monitoring, announced that it closed $5 million in Series A funding to grow its commercial team and to expand clinical studies on the use of its platform for valvular heart disease screening and heart failure monitoring.

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In a bylined article, professional support lawyer Kate Wilson (London) discusses the opening of an international commercial appeal court in Paris.

Mayer Brown announced today that Children’s Law Center (CLC) named the firm a “Champion for Children,” a recognition highlighting the generosity of organizations whose total annual giving to CLC exceeded that of their peers. In 2017, the firm donated more than $50,000 to CLC in support of Washington DC’s most at-risk kids.

Mass Mentoring Partnership (MMP), an organization dedicated to empowering youth-adult relationships across Massachusetts, honored WilmerHale with their annual Excellence in Empowering Youth-Adult Relationships Award.2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-02-28T17:15:09Z

An article by Duncan Speller and Dharshini Prasad, published in the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, Volume 6, Issue 2 (January 2018). The article discusses conflicting Indian case law on whether domestic parties can choose a foreign seat. It also provides a comparative and policy perspective on the issue before concluding that the ability of domestic parties to choose a foreign seat should not be fettered.

2018-02-28T00:00:00-05:002018-02-28T15:48:59ZDuncan Spellerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/duncan_speller/duncan.speller@wilmerhale.comDharshini Prasadhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/dharshini_prasad/dharshini.prasad@wilmerhale.com

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Michael Kimberly (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Bill Stallings (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partners Jennifer Carlson, Nina Flax (both Palo Alto), Philip Niehoff (Chicago), Richard Rosenfeld (New York), Matthew Rossi (Washington DC) and associate Matthew Bisanz (Washington DC).

Bylined article by Consumer Financial Services partners Melanie Brody, Ori Lev and associate Tori K. Shinohara (all Washington DC).

Intellectual Property partner Gary Hnath (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Joshua Yount (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

The firm has been recognized by Law360 as a Native American Practice Group of the year, highlighting some of the firm's most favorable settlements in water, land and natural resources disputes, and litigation in district and appellate courts.

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Partner David Cavanaugh, Counsel Joshua Stern and Senior Associate Kevin Yurkerwich have been honored with the Burton Foundation's 2018 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award.

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Summaries of and links to recent precedential and informative opinions.

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Bylined article by London Mining partner Rachel Speight on green mining, a key topic of discussion at the Mining Indaba 2018 event in February. This article first appeared in Issue 58 of Africa Outlook, which is published by Outlook Publishing Ltd.

Mayer Brown announced today that Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Lori E. Lightfoot (Chicago) received the 2018 Earl B. Dickerson Award from The Chicago Bar Association.

Mayer Brown announced today that Kristine M. Koren, a highly regarded private fund formation lawyer, has joined the firm’s Corporate & Securities practice as a partner in New York. Ms. Koren comes to Mayer Brown from the New York office of Skadden.

On February 21, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved an interpretive release updating guidance on public company disclosure and other obligations concerning cybersecurity matters. 

2018-02-23T00:00:00-05:002018-02-23T19:08:47ZLillian Brownhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lillian_brown/lillian.brown@wilmerhale.comJonathan G. Cedarbaumhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Jonathan_Cedarbaum/jonathan.cedarbaum@wilmerhale.comMeredith B. Crosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/meredith_cross/meredith.cross@wilmerhale.comBenjamin A. Powellhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/benjamin_powell/benjamin.powell@wilmerhale.comAlan J. Wilsonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/alan_wilson/alan.wilson@wilmerhale.com

On February 21, 2018, the Supreme Court held in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers that the anti-retaliation whistleblower protections under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) apply only to those who have reported allegations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as of the time of the allegedly retaliatory conduct. 

2018-02-23T00:00:00-05:002018-02-23T21:56:50ZMatthew T. Martenshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_martens/matthew.martens@wilmerhale.comElizabeth L. Mitchellhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/elizabeth_mitchell/elizabeth.mitchell@wilmerhale.comChristopher Davieshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/christopher_davies/christopher.davies@wilmerhale.comNicole Rabnerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nicole_rabner/nicole.rabner@wilmerhale.comRobert Greffeniushttps://www.wilmerhale.com/robert_greffenius/robert.greffenius@wilmerhale.com

WilmerHale served as legal counsel in connection with the creation of Valence Media, a new diversified media company formed through the combination of three successful media companies: Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, dick clark productions and MRC.

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