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Government Contractors Face Enhanced Enforcement: But opportunities abound for companies willing to confront risks and requirements others do not face
Let’s start with the good news. Companies that do business with the government often reap substantial rewards. The bad news is that they must do so in a souped up enforcement environment most others businesses do not face. Todd Steggerda and Edwin Childs know their way around the government-...
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One-Stop Shopping in the Green Lane: European customs and trade firms ally in a quest to add value for clients
Green Lane, an affiliation of European customs and trade law specialists, is named after the fast track for EU travelers between member states. It’s an apt designation. The goal of the alliance is to ease customs and trade dealings for companies working with the 28 EU member states and the...
Read MoreFDA Flexes Its Muscles in Food Fights: Strategic risk and crisis management take center stage as criminalization of enforcement threatens companies and their executives
Warning: Being a food company executive can be hazardous to your health. That’s no joke. Food and beverage companies and their executives are being prosecuted like never before. The following discussion on this high-risk enforcement environment is drawn from a recent webinar, “Food...
Read MoreGood News for Privilege From the D.C. Circuit: But don’t celebrate too much, other courts unlikely to follow – yet
Many lawyers have justifiably cheered the District of Columbia Circuit’s couplet of decisions in 2014 and 2015 favoring Kellogg Brown & Root’s attorney-client privilege claims. Lawyers defending their corporate clients’ privilege protection should take heart that two separate...
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On Bitcoin: Voices from the cutting edge
MCC’s contributing firms weigh in on the bitcoin phenomena – how it works, legal and privacy implications, and the broader impact of this disruptive technology as non-monetary currency gains acceptance and popularity. Bitcoin: An Important Disruptive Technology? Bitcoin has been...
Read MoreDiversity: The Key To Quality Legal Services
Editor: Jackie, tell us about your professional background and your leadership roles within McGuireWoods. Stone: I have been at McGuireWoods since I graduated from law school in 1985. I am a member of the firm's Board of Partners, the firm-wide hiring partner, the chairman of the Recruiting...
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