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

On April 20, Caroline Coates and Todd Willis represented the firm at Maya Angelou Public Charter School's Partners and Funders Appreciation Breakfast in Washington DC. The event celebrated community partners who support the school's focus on academic achievement, social and emotional support, and career and college preparation for area students.

2018-04-30T00:00:00-04:002018-04-30T19:47:44Z

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

The International Financial Law Review has named WilmerHale to its shortlist of nominees for its 2018 Deals of the Year Award.2018-05-02T00:00:00-04:002018-05-03T14:31:36Z

For the ninth time, WilmerHale has been named among the Top Ten Family Friendly Firms by the Yale Law Women at Yale Law School, an organization aimed at helping women progress in the legal field.

2018-04-20T00:00:00-04:002018-04-20T14:30:26Z

Timothy Silva and Seth Davis summarize the main points of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations 2018 examination priorities in this article published in the May issue of The Investment Lawyer.

2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:002018-05-01T17:35:48ZTimothy F. Silvahttps://www.wilmerhale.com/timothy_silva/timothy.silva@wilmerhale.comSeth Davishttps://www.wilmerhale.com/seth_davis/seth.davis@wilmerhale.com

Benjamin Powell—a Washington-based partner and co-chair of WilmerHale's cybersecurity, privacy and communications practice—has once again been named by Cybersecurity Docket as one of the 30 best and brightest data breach response lawyers in the world.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T18:31:35Z

For the second consecutive year, WilmerHale's Dayton office hosted high school students from Dayton Early College Academy for a job shadow.

2018-04-19T00:00:00-04:002018-04-20T14:27:29Z

In the case of initial coin offerings (ICOs), the law is laid down by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Over the past few months, this agency has been ramping up its warnings about ICOs that fail to comply with US securities laws. Read this article published by Bloomberg Law's Securities Regulation & Law Report, written by Jennifer Zepralka and Glenn Luinenburg.

2018-05-01T00:00:00-04:002018-05-02T20:32:15ZGlenn Luinenburghttps://www.wilmerhale.com/glenn_luinenburg/glenn.luinenburg@wilmerhale.comJennifer A. Zepralkahttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jennifer_zepralka/jennifer.zepralka@wilmerhale.com

On April 20, Caroline Coates and Todd Willis represented the firm at Maya Angelou Public Charter School's Partners and Funders Appreciation Breakfast in Washington DC. The event celebrated community partners who support the school's focus on academic achievement, social and emotional support, and career and college preparation for area students.

2018-04-30T00:00:00-04:002018-04-30T19:47:44Z

On April 11, multinational human and environmental health corporation, PerkinElmer, Inc., announced the closing of a €300 million bond offering. 

2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:002018-04-18T18:41:36Z

On April 24, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settled enforcement proceeding against Altaba Inc. (formerly known as Yahoo! Inc.) arising out of data breaches suffered by Yahoo in 2014, 2015 and 2016. 2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T19:05:21ZMeredith B. Crosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/meredith_cross/meredith.cross@wilmerhale.comDaniel F. Schuberthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/daniel_schubert/daniel.schubert@wilmerhale.comBenjamin A. Powellhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/benjamin_powell/benjamin.powell@wilmerhale.comAlexander H. Charaphttps://www.wilmerhale.com/alexander_charap/alexander.charap@wilmerhale.com

On Thursday, April 26, the UK Government announced that it had ratified the UPC Agreement.  For the UPC and the EU unitary patent to commence, at least thirteen countries, including the UK, France and Germany, must have ratified the UPC Agreement. 

2018-04-27T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T14:31:05ZTrevor Cookhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/trevor_cook/trevor.cook@wilmerhale.comMatthew Shade, PhDhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/matthew_shade/matthew.shade@wilmerhale.comAnthony Trentonhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/anthony_trenton/anthony.trenton@wilmerhale.comJustin Watts, PhDhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/justin_watts/justin.watts@wilmerhale.com

On April 10, WilmerHale was recognized by the Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) for its work in the area of immigrant rights. The firm and other honorees were recognized at the IDP's 20th Anniversary Gala in New York City.

2018-04-18T00:00:00-04:002018-04-19T20:00:05Z

President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate WilmerHale Partner Dan Berkovitz to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, for the remainder of a five year term that expires April 13, 2023.

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T19:54:12Z

China has issued a new regulation which imposes potentially severe restrictions on the export of scientific data while at the same time calling for wider access to such data within the country.

2018-04-26T00:00:00-04:002018-04-27T13:50:07ZLester Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/lester_ross/lester.ross@wilmerhale.comKenneth Zhouhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/kenneth_zhou/kenneth.zhou@wilmerhale.comTao Xuhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/tao_xu/tao.xu@wilmerhale.com

Infrastructure needs are significant across the country, but it would be hard to find any locality or region where the needs are higher than in Indian Country. In recent years, both Congress and the Administration have taken steps to increase available funding for infrastructure servicing tribes. 

2018-04-26T00:00:00-04:002018-04-26T18:32:45ZMichael Connorhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/michael_connor/michael.connor@wilmerhale.com Raya B. Treiserhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/raya_treiser/raya.treiser@wilmerhale.com

Paul Architzel, co-chair of WilmerHale's Futures and Derivatives Group, was interviewed by Bloomberg Law regarding the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposed plans for oversight of cryptocurrency technologies.

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T19:43:42Z

WilmerHale, one of Boston's premier law firms, held its biennial morning Career Day for Cathedral High School students on April 10. 

2018-04-17T00:00:00-04:002018-04-17T20:32:36Z

Gary Born, chair of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's International Arbitration Group, will receive the 2018 “Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Profession Award” at a Chambers awards ceremony on April 20 in Madrid. 

2018-04-16T00:00:00-04:002018-04-16T14:48:44Z