Hunton & Williams LLP

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 more than 1,000 attorneys 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.

DHS Introduces Electronic Authorization for the Visa Waiver Program
Ian Band, Suzan Kern, Adam J. Rosser, June 28, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an interim final rule that establishes the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) as part of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).

EPA Issues Final Rule Exempting Water Transfers from Federal Permits
June 28, 2008
On June 9, 2008, the U.S. EPA Administrator signed the Final Water Transfer Rule, which exempts those seeking water conveyances from one U.S. water body to another U.S. water body from having to obtain a permit under the Clean Water Act's (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...

Federal Contractors Must E-Verify Work Eligibility for Employees
June 27, 2008
On Friday, June 6, 2008, President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order requiring all federal contractors to use the "E-Verify" system to confirm their employees' eligibility to work in the United States.