Baker & Hostetler LLP

About this office:

Baker & Hostetler is one of the nation's top 100 law firms with 620 attorneys serving clients around the country and throughout the world. Established in 1916 by Newton D. Baker, U.S. Secretary of War during World War I, and former Mayor of Cleveland, the firm now has offices in ten U.S. cities across four time zones. Baker & Hostetler is a multidisciplinary firm with 11 practice groups and 55 areas of practice strength.

Baker & Hostetler is known as "Counsel to Market Leaders." Our clients include businesses and individuals that are leaders globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Many are in the top of their market segments, and many are household names. Others are leaders of the future - companies with the aspiration and will to drive tomorrow's high-growth industries.

Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Benefit Plans; Business; Charitable Planning; Class Action Defense; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Copyrights; Corporate Governance; Counseling and Compliance; Customs and Export Controls; Debt Finance; Development and Land Use; Employee Benefits; Employment; Employment Litigation; Energy and Environmental; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation; Executive Compensation; Global Practices; Health and Welfare Plan Counsel; Hospitality; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Due Diligence; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Transactions; International Intellectual Property; International Litigation; International Tax; International Trade; International Trade and Immigration; International Transactions; Labor Relations; Legislative and Regulatory; Litigation; Maritime; Media; Mergers and Acquisitions; Motor Vehicle and Equipment Franchise Practice; Patents; Policy and Lobbying; Private Equity; Private Wealth Planning; Product Liability and Toxic Tort; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate Asset Program; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Transactions; Regulatory Proceedings; Reportable Tax Transactions; Securities Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement; Securities Offerings and Reporting; State and Local Tax; Tax; Tax Controversy and Litigation; Trade Secrets; Trademarks, Trade Dress and Domain Names; Trusts and Estates; Venture Capital; White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations.

Is Music Piracy Walking the Plank in China?
Heather J. McDonald, Oren J. Warshavsky, Robertson D. Beckerlegge, September 17, 2009
Recently, China's Ministry of Culture (MoC) ordered that music sites obtain approval from censors for all foreign music distributed over the Internet. This initiative will have an immediate impact on businesses selling recorded music in China. Although this is not a traditional step to attack...

FTC Delays Enforcement of the Red Flags Rule Deadline until November 1, 2009
John S. Mulhollan, Gerald J. Ferguson, Peter Brown, Ameena Ashfaq, August 11, 2009
Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has extended the enforcement deadline of the Red Flags Rule to November 1, 2009. The Rule requires "financial institutions" and "creditors" that hold certain accounts to take measures to combat identity theft. These measures include the...

Enforcement of Anti-Corruption Act in Current Economic Times
Lauren J. Resnick, Brian K. Esser, John J. Carney, April 1, 2009, previously published by New York Law Journal on March 11, 2009
According to the authors, "President Barack Obama's strong position on transparency in government and multilateralism, together with his attorney general appointee's experience with corruption investigations in public and private practice, strongly suggests that Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...

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