Arnold & Porter LLP

Arnold & Porter LLP is an international law firm with an in-depth understanding of the changing business environment as it intersects with law, regulatory policy, and business. With more than 700 lawyers practicing in the US and abroad in over 25 areas of practice, the firm brings a valuable perspective and proven track record of experience in cross-border regulation, litigation, and transactional law. Arnold & Porter LLP maintains offices in Brussels, Denver, London, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. The firm is committed to the standard of client service established by its founders, who maintained that each client is entitled to receive and, indeed, should expect and demand legal services of the highest possible quality. The firm believes that the cornerstone of every client relationship is the partnership that exists between the client and outside counsel. Accordingly, for every matter it undertakes, Arnold & Porter LLP works closely with the client to fashion well-conceived strategies responsive to the client's objectives.

No Time Like the Present for Gifting: Final Contacts Year of the Tax Relief Act Provides Planning Opportunities for 2012
February 10, 2012
In 2010, Congress enacted legislation creating the highest gift tax exemption in US history. That legislation, however, expires at the end of 2012. Unless Congress acts, the gift tax exemption will return to its significantly lower 2001 level. As a result, this year presents the perfect planning...

Europe Announces Long-Awaited Plans to Reform the EU Data Protection Regime
Henry Clinton-Davis,Gemma Davies,Richard Dickinson,Jake Marshall,Nancy L. Perkins, February 8, 2012
On 25 January 2012, the European Commission announced plans to reform comprehensively the existing data protection regime across the 27 member states that form the EU. The proposals, in the form of a new Regulation, aim to modernise, reinforce, and future-proof the principles set out in the 1995...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission Announce Memorandum of Understanding
A. Patrick Doyle,Michael B. Mierzewski,Amy Ralph Mudge,Nancy L. Perkins,Tengfei (Harry) Wu, February 1, 2012
On January 23, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). In doing so, the two agencies fulfilled requirements of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...