Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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Since its founding in the early 1900s in Seattle, Washington, Davis Wright Tremaine has continued to grow and change in response to the needs of its clients. Today the firm is organized by practice industry groups, and offers a wide range of legal services to regional, national and international clients through offices in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Washington D.C., New York and Shanghai, China. A state-of-the-art communications network provides our clients the benefit of immediate access to shared knowledge, experience and resources of attorneys firm-wide. Dedicated to a tradition of public and professional service, the people of Davis Wright Tremaine are active in professional groups at the national, state and local levels.

Antitrust, Business and Corporate, Communications, Media and Information Technologies, Construction and Government Contracts, Credit Recovery and Bankruptcy, Education, eHealth Law, Emerging Business and Technology, Employee Benefits, Employment, Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Finance and Commercial Transactions, Food and Agriculture, Government Contracts, Healthcare, Hospitality, Immigration, Intellectual Property, International Law, Internet and eCommerce, Legislation, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Finance, Newspapers and Publishing, Real Estate and Land Use, Retail, Securities, Shanghai and China, State and Local Tax, Tax Exempt Organizations, Taxes, Technology, Telecommunications and Regulatory, Trusts and Estates.

EPA Finalizes Rule Establishing Mandatory National GHG Emissions Reporting Program
Kerry E. Shea, Michael Gelardi, October 16, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon issue a rule creating a mandatory national system for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is a necessary step toward establishing a federal cap and trade program whereby credits for emitting GHGs will be traded on an open market; it may...

New Consumer Product Safety Requirements Take Effect August 14, 2009
David C. Rocker, Michael O. Stephenson, August 19, 2009
On Aug. 14, 2009, new requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) take effect that are aimed at making children's products safer and increasing consumer confidence in the marketplace. CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said the CPSIA's new requirements will be "enforced...

Oregon Bars and Restaurants Should Be Careful Promoting Their Establishment Using Facebook and Twitter
Duke Tufty, August 13, 2009
Restaurants and bars, and every other type of hospitality business, are increasingly using online social media to promote their business. Twitter, Facebook and MySpace are the usual suspects today, but we can expect new entries going forward. Advertising spending in these channels is reported to...

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