McGuireWoods LLP

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Whether assisting a Fortune 50 giant or a small start-up, our focus is on building relationships that drive results. Our clients' businesses and industries are as important to us today as they were when we began in 1834, proven by the fact that many of our client relationships have lasted for decades. With 900 lawyers working from 17 strategically located offices worldwide, McGuireWoods serves public, private, government and nonprofit clients from such industries as automotive, banking and financial services, chemicals, energy resources, food processing, general manufacturing, government, health care, insurance, real estate, retailing, sports and entertainment, technology and telecom, and transportation.

Accountants Liability, Administrative Law, Advertising Law, Affordable Housing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Americans with Disabilities Act, Antitrust, Appellate Practice, Asbestos Litigation, Asset Based Finance, Automotive Products Liability, Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Acquisitions, Business Divestitures, Business Law, Business Litigation, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Capital Markets, Charitable Giving, Class Actions, Coal Mining, Cogeneration; College and University Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Complex Commercial Litigation, Computer Contracts, Confidentiality Agreements, Construction Equipment Liability, Construction Litigation, Consumer Finance, Content Licensing, Contracts, Copyright Licensing, Corporate Control Contests, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Investigations, Corporate Law, Corporate Reorganization, Covenants Not to Compete, Creditors Rights, Criminal Taxation, Digital Signatures, Domain Name Infringement, Domain Names, Drug and Medical Device Defense, Drug and Medical Device Litigation, E-Commerce, Education Law, Electric Utilities, Emerging Growth Companies, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits Litigation, Employment Breach of Contract, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Energy, Energy Acquisitions, Energy Project Development, Energy Regulation, Entertainment Law, Environmental Administrative Law, Environmental Compliance, Environmental Land Use, Environmental Law, Environmental Litigation, Environmental Real Estate, ERISA, Executive Compensation, False Advertising, Family Business Law, Fiduciary Litigation, Finance, First Amendment Law, Franchises and Franchising, Gas Utilities, Government Investigations, Government Relations, Health Care, High Technology Contracts, Hospital Administration, Hospital Law, Hostile Takeovers, Immigration Law, Independent Power, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Licensing, Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Portfolio Management, Intellectual Property Procurement, Intellectual Property Rights, International Arbitration, International Mergers and Acquisitions, International Taxation, International Trade, Internet Licensing, Joint Venture Litigation, Joint Ventures, Labor and Employment, Labor Relations, Land Use, Latex Allergy Litigation, Lead Poisoning, Leasing, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Leveraged Buyouts, Litigation, Litigation Management, Lobbying, Local Taxation, Marketing Law, Media Law, Merger Reorganization, Mergers and Acquisitions Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Motorcycle Products Liability, Municipal Law, Music Law, Natural Gas, North American Energy Trade, Oil and Gas Law, Partnership Law, Partnership Litigation, Partnership Taxation, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, Patents, Petroleum Trading, Products Liability, Products Liability Insurance Coverage, Project Finance, Promotion Law, Proprietary Rights, Proxy Contests, Public Finance, Public Utility Law, Railroad Law, Real Estate, Real Estate Acquisitions, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Investment Trusts, Real Estate Leasing, Regulatory Law, Resorts and Leisure, Securities, Securities Litigation, Securities Regulation, Securitization, Software Copyright, Software Licensing, Software Protection, Spin-Offs, Sponsorship Law, Sports Law, Sports Licensing, Sports Marketing Law, State Taxation, Structured Finance, Sweepstakes, Takeovers, Tax Audits, Tax Credits, Tax Exempt Organizations, Tax Litigation, Taxation, Technology Licensing, Telephone Utility Regulation, Toxic Tort Class Actions, Toxic Torts, Trade Regulation, Trade Secrets, Trademark Registration, Trademarks, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, Trusts and Estates Taxation, Union Labor Law, Utility Law, Utility Regulation, Vaccine Injury, Web Site Development, White Collar Crime, Wrongful Termination.

Government Requires That All Federal Contractors Use E-Verify
David Z. Izakowitz, Jacquelyn E. Stone, July 10, 2008
By Executive Order, dated June 9, 2008, the President has instructed all federal departments and agencies that enter into contracts to require, as a condition of each contract, that federal contractors use E-Verify for all individuals hired or assigned to perform work within the United States.

House Committee Subpoenas Recall and Inspection Information
James F. Neale, May 20, 2008
On Thursday, May 8, a House Committee issued a "letter of inquiry," described by many news outlets as a subpoena, on forty-nine food processing and manufacturing companies. Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Bart Stupak, Chairman of its...

IRS Identifies First Two "Transactions of Interest" Requiring Disclosure by Taxpayers and Material Advisors: Transactions Involving Excessive Charitable Contribution Deductions and Abuses of Grantor Trusts
Ronald D. Aucutt, W. Birch Douglass, Charles D. "Skip" Fox, Michele A. W. McKinnon, Brian C. Bernhardt, Craig D. Bell, May 12, 2008
On August 14, 2007, the IRS issued Notices 2007-72 and 2007-73, identifying two transactions as "transactions of interest" subject to disclosure and list maintenance requirements.

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