Bingham McCutchen LLP

About this office:

Bingham represents clients in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies; complex securities and financial regulatory matters; high-stakes litigation; environmental issues; government affairs; and sophisticated corporate, financing and technology transactions.

We have built our firm, on a global basis, in the areas where we are strongest and are able to counsel our clients most effectively. Our 1,000 lawyers are based in the world's major financial centers — New York, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong — as well as on both coasts in the United States.

At Bingham McCutchen LLP, we offer you focused strengths in a broad range of critical disciplines. Our practices include: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate; Banking; Base Reuse; Bioscience; Broker-Dealer Litigation; Business Regulation and White Collar Defense; Commercial Technology; Construction and Project Finance Litigation; Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Group; Emerging Growth Companies; Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation; Energy and Resources; Environmental; Environmental and Land Use Litigation; Estate Planning; Financial Institutions Regulatory and Corporate; Financial Restructuring; General Corporate and Securities; Insolvency and Financial Services Litigation; Institutional Finance; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property and Technology Litigation; International Trade Law; Investment Management; Japanese Practice; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Privacy and Security; Private Equity; Product Liability; Project and Structured Finance; Project Development; Real Estate; Real Estate Litigation; Securities and Corporate Governance Litigation; Sports, Entertainment and Media; Tax.

EPA Adopts National Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules
Rick R. Rothman, Charles H. Knauss, Edward L. Strohbehn, Michael S. McDonough, October 26, 2009
On September 22, 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted final regulations requiring the monitoring and reporting of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from large GHG emitters and suppliers across the United States. GHGs subject to these new requirements include CO2, methane...

Federal Loan Guarantees for Renewable Energy Projects: Strategizing a Sensible Partnership with the Department of Energy
Pamela J. Martinson, Josh Holt, October 26, 2009
On October 7, 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") announced the creation of the Financial Institution Partnership Program ("FIPP") and issued a solicitation under the new program announcing the availability of up to $750 million in funding from the American Recovery and...

Economic Relief for California Employers: Reducing Exempt Employees' Workweeks and Their Salaries Does Not Violate Salary Basis Test
Debra L. Fischer, Jessica S. Boar, September 18, 2009
Employers seeking ways to cut costs in California, according to an August 19, 2009, Department of Labor Standards Enforcement ("DLSE") opinion letter, may now reduce exempt employees' workweeks from five to four days, accompanied by a 20 percent reduction in pay, so long as the employees...

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