Howrey LLP

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.

California Court Rules Wal-Mart's Failure to Consider Greenhouse Gas Impact Significant Renders Environmental Impact Report Inadequate
Jeffrey M. Judd, June 23, 2009
Wal-Mart's plans to build a "supercenter" near Joshua Tree National Park have been put on hold pending revisions of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) submitted by the company.

Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA) Increases Funding for and Expands Scope of Federal Anti-Fraud Enforcement
Peter V.B. Unger, Fiona A. Philip, Mary Carter Andrues, June 23, 2009
The Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act (FERA), passed by the House of Representatives on May 18 and the Senate on May 14, is expected to be signed into law by President Obama today.

Green Patents: Judge Rejects Enablement Defense in Case Involving Bioremediation Patents
Brian Rosenthal, Cyrus T. Frelinghuysen, June 23, 2009
On May 19th, in a case involving alleged infringement of bioremediation patents, Judge Jack T. Camp of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted summary judgment to Plaintiff ChemFree Corporation with regard to Defendant J. Walter Inc.'s enablement defense, holding that: