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Reginald Brown, with Kirkland & Ellis. Courtesy photo

Investigative Priorities for a GOP-Controlled House

With Republicans favored to retake the House, and possibly the Senate, in next month's midterm elections, the environment on Capitol Hill is likely to change dramatically next year.

For major law firms that steer clients through congressional scrutiny, that means preparing for an onslaught very different from the one Democrats led this Congress.

I recently caught up with Reginald Brown, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis who has represented major corporations and CEOs facing congressional scrutiny, to talk about the investigative priorities of the next Congress and what the firm is doing to prepare. Here is a portion of that conversation.