Howrey LLP

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Howrey LLP is a world leader in intellectual property, antitrust/competition, and complex business litigation. Founded in 1956, Howrey LLP employs more than 550 attorneys, as well as over 50 economic, financial, environmental consultants, and economic research analysts in offices in Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, Brussels, Chicago, Houston, Irvine, London, Los Angeles, New York City, East Palo Alto, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Taipei. Howrey is the second most-frequently mentioned firm in the National Law Journal's 2000 survey "Who Represents Corporate America," a listing of law firms preferred by Fortune 250 non-financial companies and ranked first in IP Worldwide's 1999 survey of "Who Represents the World's Most Valuable IP Rights?" Howrey is also the leading antitrust firm in the world according to the Global Competition Review (2003) and its attorneys include many former FTC and DOJ officials and current and former ABA officers, council members, and committee chairs. Unrivaled in our plaintiff and defense work in high-stakes cases, the firm has litigated in the federal courts of 49 states and represented clients in over 1,500 federal and state court cases since 1995 and handled 444 Supreme Court and appellate matters over the past 6 years. The firm is ranked in the top 25 firms nationally for its pro bono efforts.

General and Trial Practice including Antitrust, Commercial Litigation, Complex Tort, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate and Transactional, Environmental, Government Contracts, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Products Liability, Securities Litigation, Supreme Court and Appellate and White Collar Criminal Defense.

Tennessee Valley Authority Ordered By EPA to Revise Permit for Coal-Fired Plant
Wendy McGuire Coats, September 29, 2009
The US Environmental Protection Agency has sided with environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, and ruled that a permit for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired plant in Drakesboro, Kentucky failed to account for air pollution (specifically the...

ACES Passage Assisted By 300+ Pages of Amendments
Wendy McGuire Coats, July 16, 2009
Facing tough opposition to its passage in the House, the American Clean Energy and Security Act's (ACES) chief sponsor, Democratic Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) submitted a 300-plus page amendment to H.R. 2454, which was reported out of the House Rules Committee at 3:47 a.m. - the morning of...

Consumer Groups Call For FTC to Use Consistent and Comparable Fuel Economy Ratings in Advertising Guide
Wendy McGuire Coats, July 16, 2009
In April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed amendments (74 Fed. Reg. 19,148) to its Fuel Economy Advertising Guide, in order to make it consistent with Environmental Protection Agency's fuel economy ratings. A collective of consumer advocacy groups, including Consumer Federation of...

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