Hunton & Williams LLP

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Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to nearly 1,000 lawyers serving clients in 100 countries from 18 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.

General Practice.

Seventh Circuit Rejects Challenge to Appointment of Replacement Arbitrator Because Party Waited until Conclusion of Arbitration
Syed S. Ahmad, September 16, 2009
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently ruled that a party contesting the appointment of a replacement arbitrator -- because an arbitrator resigned -- must ask the district court to appoint the replacement under Section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA")...

Congress Extends and Expands the Mental Health Parity Rules for Group Health Plans
L. Scott Austin, David Mustone, Christina M. Crockett, August 4, 2009
In October of 2008, Congress amended the Mental Health Parity Act of 1997 ("MHPA") to make the law permanent. It also significantly expanded the law to: apply to substance abuse benefits, add additional parity requirements for group health plans, require disclosure of a plan¿s ¿medical...

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