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Movers & Shakers
Hunton & Williams LLP has added 93 new lateral attorneys, which significantly grows the firm's presence in Texas. The attorneys joined from Jenkens & Gilchrist's offices in Dallas, Austin, and Houston. Of those joining, 87 will be in Dallas, five in Austin, and one in Houston. The firm will open a new Austin office. The attorneys are enlarging the following practice areas: financial institutions, corporate, financial services, real estate, litigation, bankruptcy, tax, and estate planning. Patrick E. Mitchell, one of the new partners, will serve as the Dallas office managing partner, and Curtis G. Carlson, long-time Hunton & Williams partner, will serve as the office administrative partner. They will also be administratively responsible for the Houston office. In Austin, Chet A. Fenimore will serve as office managing partner and Jeanne 'Zonnie' P. Breckinridge will serve as office administrative partner.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP is busy bringing practices like land use and labor and employment further into its fold. The Los Angeles-based firm picked up two new San Francisco partners ' Judy Davidoff and Arthur Friedman ' from Steefel, Levitt & Weiss, plus two associates for its real estate, land use, natural resources, and environmental practice. In February, San Francisco employment partner Jennifer Redmond and an associate came from Bingham McCutchen LLP. Top firms have been minimizing these practices because clients are less willing to bear ever-rising billing rates, but Sheppard attorneys say keeping up the firm's strength in these areas provides the long-term stability to weather economic downturns and is more important than just chasing the highest-end work.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.