The Supreme Court's forthcoming decision in Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association will have profound implications for sports betting in the United States and will potentially open the door to such betting in tribal casinos across the country.

2018-02-20T00:00:00-05:002018-02-20T15:27:27ZChristopher E. Babbitthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Christopher_Babbitt/christopher.babbitt@wilmerhale.comJonathan Bresslerhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jonathan_bressler/jonathan.bressler@wilmerhale.comClaire Chunghttps://www.wilmerhale.com/claire_chung/claire.chung@wilmerhale.com

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy partner Rajesh De (Washington DC) was featured on MSNBC.

Employment & Benefits partner Paul Virtue (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Corporate & Securities partner Bill Kucera (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partner Jennifer Keating (Chicago) and Government Relations & Public Law and International Trade partner Timothy Keeler (Washington DC).

Bylined article by Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Bill Michael and Corporate & Securities partner Bill Kucera (both Chicago).

Bylined article by Corporate & Securities partner Paul de Bernier (Los Angeles) and Litigation & Dispute Resolution partners Mark Ryan and Bill Stallings (both Washington DC).

Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement partner Laurence Platt (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

In a bylined article, Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Andrew Pincus (Washington DC) discusses an amicus brief he filed in support of Microsoft on behalf of 12 business and consumer organizations.

In a bylined article, Lending partner Frederick Fisher, Employment & Benefits partner  James Williams, ERISA Litigation partner Nancy Ross, and associates Christopher Chubb and Richard Nowak (all Chicago) discuss Leveraged ESOPs.

Consumer Financial Services partner Phillip Schulman (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Elizabeth Mann and senior counsel Michael Kerr (both Los Angeles) are featured in this article.

The firm has been recognized for the second consecutive year by Law360 as a Technology Practice Group of the year for its knowledge and ability to serve the vast needs of today's most innovative technology companies. 

2018-02-07T00:00:00-05:002018-02-07T20:31:34Z

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the nominees to serve on the Federal Trade Commission. The hearing covered a range of antitrust and consumer protection issues before, or potentially before, the Commission, including healthcare competition and pharmaceutical pricing; competition in technology and telecommunications sectors; industry concentration; cybersecurity breaches and privacy; and online or telemarketing deception and scams.

2018-02-16T00:00:00-05:002018-02-16T18:34:01ZJonathan R. Yarowskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jonathan_yarowsky/jonathan.yarowsky@wilmerhale.comPerry A. Langehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/perry_lange/perry.lange@wilmerhale.comHartmut Schneiderhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/hartmut_schneider/hartmut.schneider@wilmerhale.comLeon B. Greenfieldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/leon_greenfield/leon.greenfield@wilmerhale.comD. Reed Freeman, Jr.https://www.wilmerhale.com/reed_freeman/reed.freeman@wilmerhale.comHeather Zacharyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/heather_zachary/heather.zachary@wilmerhale.com

Gary Born, Chair of the International Arbitration practice group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Senior Associate Jonathan Lim and Visiting Foreign Lawyer Ana Tuiketei contributed to a regional international arbitration conference jointly organized by the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, and the Fiji Government.

2018-02-15T00:00:00-05:002018-02-15T17:30:13Z

Mayer Brown is pleased to announce that Neil Evans has been appointed as a partner in the firm's private equity team in London.

Mayer Brown JSM represented Asia Clean Capital (ACC), a leading clean energy solutions developer in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), in its joint venture with EDF Energies Nouvelles, a renewables-focused subsidiary of the world’s largest electricity company EDF Group.

Mayer Brown announced today that industry-leading capital markets and tax teams, including capital markets lawyers Anna T. Pinedo and Jerry R. Marlatt and tax lawyers Thomas A. Humphreys and Remmelt A. Reigersman, have joined the firm in New York and Northern California. All previously practiced at another leading global law firm. Mr. Humphreys was the co-chair of that firm’s Federal Tax Practice Group and Tax Department.

This New York Law Journal article by Jay Holtmeier, Erin Sloane and Jeff Habenicht highlights a few of the uncertainties and potential pitfalls that may await a company deciding whether to take the significant step of voluntarily disclosing criminal conduct to prosecutors.

2018-02-15T00:00:00-05:002018-02-15T23:07:16ZJay Holtmeierhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jay_holtmeier/jay.holtmeier@wilmerhale.comErin G.H. Sloanehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/erin_sloane/erin.sloane@wilmerhale.com

EU and US laws prohibit merging companies from implementing reportable transactions until their deal is cleared or the statutory waiting period has expired. 

2018-02-14T00:00:00-05:002018-02-14T19:02:04ZGeoffroy Barthethttps://www.wilmerhale.com/geoffroy_barthet/geoffroy.barthet@wilmerhale.comNicole Callanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/nicole_callan/nicole.callan@wilmerhale.comCormac O'Dalyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/cormac_odaly/cormac.o'daly@wilmerhale.comHartmut Schneiderhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/hartmut_schneider/hartmut.schneider@wilmerhale.com