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.

In a bylined article, Corporate & Securities partner Jennifer Carlson and Litigation & Dispute Resolution associate Anne Selin (both Palo Alto) discuss initial coin offerings.

This material was originally published in The Investment Lawyer and is reprinted with permission of CCH, Inc.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Don Falk (Palo Alto) was quoted in this article.

Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner Matthew Rossi (Washington DC) was quoted in this article.

The 2018 edition of Chambers Global ranked or listed Mayer Brown in 72 practice categories. In addition, the new edition ranked or listed Tauil & Chequer Advogados, in association with Mayer Brown, in 10 categories in the Angola, Brazil and Mozambique regions.

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.

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