MP McQueen

August 08, 2018 | New York Law Journal

“Increasingly, reputational issues are falling within the purview of general counsel because if there is a problem, it becomes a legal issue very quickly,” said one attorney and consultant.

By Rebekah Mintzer

10 minute read

August 07, 2018 | Corporate Counsel

“Increasingly, reputational issues are falling within the purview of general counsel because if there is a problem, it becomes a legal issue very quickly,” said one attorney and consultant.

By MP McQueen

10 minute read

August 03, 2018 | National Law Journal

Chipmaker Qualcomm has paid $28.3 million to Covington since 2004 for lobbying on trade, IP and other legislation in Washington. The firm helped the company navigate a once-obscure but increasingly visible Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

By MP McQueen

2 minute read

July 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday again rejected a bitcoin-based Exchange-Traded Fund proposed by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, founders of the Gemini Bitcoin Trust.

By MP McQueen

2 minute read

July 27, 2018 | National Law Journal

In his first friend-of-the-court brief as counsel of record, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, pressed for the right of independent contractors to litigate labor disputes in court in New Prime v. Oliveria.

By Erin Mulvaney

5 minute read

July 26, 2018 | The Recorder

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday again rejected a bitcoin-based Exchange-Traded Fund proposed by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, founders of the Gemini Bitcoin Trust.

By MP McQueen

1 minute read

July 23, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The EB-5 or “investor visa” is one of several business-related visas that may be used as avenues leading to legal permanent residence in the United States.

By Stephen P. Pazan

7 minute read

July 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Two recent cases, Behunin v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, 215 Cal. Rptr. 3d 475 (Cal. Ct. App. 2017), in California, and another in New York, Gottwald v. Sebert, 58 Misc. 3d 625 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co. 2017), show that keeping communications strategic planning confidential is not so straightforward. And, these decisions open the door to increased chances for litigants to seek discovery into the litigation public relations efforts of their adversaries.

By John Siegal and Tiffany A. Miao

12 minute read

July 19, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The recent decision of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Venerus v. Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC, No. 16-16993 (Jan. 25, 2018) reminds that the courts have had to deal with the consequences of misleading, deceptive, unfair and unconscionable marketing behavior of some U.S. rental car companies, typically within the context of nationwide class actions.

By Thomas A. Dickerson

9 minute read

July 18, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Recent congressional hearings, prompted by reports of inappropriate sexual behavior by a prominent federal appellate judge and other alleged wrongdoing, illustrated the ineffectiveness inherent in a system where the judiciary polices itself.

By Robert H. Tembeckjian

7 minute read