The Denver Business Journal has named Denver attorney Kayla Byers as one of Colorado's most important and influential female leaders in the state's energy industry. 

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T20:27:14Z

Since the Supreme Court's June 2016 decision in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 136 S. Ct. 1989 (2016), lower courts have debated when implied certification claims are viable under the False Claims Act (FCA).

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T15:49:19ZJonathan G. Cedarbaumhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Jonathan_Cedarbaum/jonathan.cedarbaum@wilmerhale.comNi Qianhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/ni_qian/ni.qian@wilmerhale.comSamuel M. Stronginhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/samuel_strongin/samuel.strongin@wilmerhale.com

Real Estate partners Kwon Lee and Robert Koen (both New York) are quoted in this article.

Banking & Financing partner Paul Forrester (Chicago) was quoted in this article.

Sally Davies, senior partner in Mayer Brown’s London office, has been named one of The Lawyer’s Hot 100 for 2018 in the "Leaders" category.

Mayer Brown was named the Best Law Firm for Client Secondments at the Legal Cheek Awards 2018 held in London on 14 March.

Mayer Brown has been named a “Law Firm of the Year, North America” finalist by Infrastructure Investor in the publication’s annual Infrastructure Investor Awards, which recognize the infrastructure finance industry’s “star performers and biggest deals.”

In the coming weeks, the US Department of Energy is expected to undertake its fourth triennial national congestion study. DOE may then designate one or more National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, in which projects can be fast-tracked.

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T15:29:57ZKeith R. Barnetthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Keith_Barnett/keith.barnett@wilmerhale.comH. David Goldhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_gold/david.gold@wilmerhale.comAndrew L. Spielmanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/andy_spielman/andy.spielman@wilmerhale.com

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.

2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:002018-02-27T20:43:02Z

International Civil Litigation in United States Courts is the leading commentary in the field and is an essential resource for all practitioners and students of international litigation.

2018-02-22T00:00:00-05:002018-02-21T23:08:12Z

As the #MeToo movement gains momentum, companies in nearly every major industry are dealing with allegations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment or even sexual assault—including allegations of widespread misconduct and inappropriate behavior within the upper echelons of the corporate structure. 

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T19:39:45ZJamie Gorelickhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/jamie_gorelick/jamie.gorelick@wilmerhale.comWilliam R. McLucashttps://www.wilmerhale.com/william_mclucas/william.mclucas@wilmerhale.comBruce M. Bermanhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Bruce_Berman/bruce.berman@wilmerhale.comDanielle Y. Conleyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/danielle_conley/danielle.conley@wilmerhale.comTania Faranssohttps://www.wilmerhale.com/tania_faransso/tania.faransso@wilmerhale.com

At the recent European Financial Forum in Dublin, Ireland, Special Counsel Petal Walker spoke on a panel about diversity in the financial services industry. Walker, the former chief counsel to Commissioner Sharon Bowen of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, emphasized the importance of diversity to a company's bottom line, as well as mentoring strategies that foster an inclusive culture.

2018-02-21T00:00:00-05:002018-02-21T20:28:03Z

A new “centralized partnership audit regime” is now in effect for partnerships, including limited liability companies (LLCs) that are treated as partnerships for tax purposes (which we refer to collectively as “partnerships”). The new regime, which was enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, applies to all partnerships (domestic and foreign) for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T20:16:58ZRobert D. Burkehttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Robert_Burke/robert.burke@wilmerhale.comA. William Caporizzohttps://www.wilmerhale.com/william_caporizzo/william.caporizzo@wilmerhale.comJulie Hogan Rodgershttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Julie_Rodgers/julie.rodgers@wilmerhale.comMeghan M. Walshhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/meghan_walsh/meghan.walsh@wilmerhale.com

Will the Supreme Court adopt a compromise proposed by the late Justice Scalia rather than overturn a 40-year-old precedent integral to First Amendment doctrine? In this article, published by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, author Christopher Babbitt, discusses the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31.

2018-03-08T00:00:00-05:002018-03-08T20:23:00ZChristopher E. Babbitthttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Christopher_Babbitt/christopher.babbitt@wilmerhale.com

The collaborative economy recent booming of these last years causes tax issues on tourist rental activities. The “Airbnb” observatory notes a 53% increase of the accommodation offer on its platform in Paris from 2016 to 2017. (Olivier Parawan, Nicolas Vergnet).

President Trump stated on March 1 that his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imports for an indefinite period.

2018-03-06T00:00:00-05:002018-03-06T20:32:53ZAmbassador Charlene Barshefskyhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/Charlene_Barshefsky/charlene.barshefsky@wilmerhale.comDavid J. Rosshttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_ross/david.ross@wilmerhale.comNaboth van den Broekhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/naboth_vandenbroek/naboth.vandenbroek@wilmerhale.comPatrick J. McLainhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/patrick_mclain/patrick.mclain@wilmerhale.comDavid M. Hornhttps://www.wilmerhale.com/david_horn/david.horn@wilmerhale.com

Bylined article by head of Global Mining and Africa Ian Coles on the mining industry in Zimbabwe, following his role chairing two panels at the Zimbabwe Mining Investment Conference in February.

This article was originally published in Mining Review Africa. www.miningreview.com  

Mayer Brown represented Cofide in this matter.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Marcus Christian (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.