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.

Lawsuit Alleges California's Cap-And-Trade Plan Fails To Minimize GHG Emissions
Lucy Wheatley Lucy, September 28, 2009
A lawsuit by several environmental advocacy groups against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) (09-509562) continues to wend its way through the San Francisco Superior Court, with a scheduled hearing on the Environmental Defense Fund's motion to file an intervening complaint being the next...

Lawsuit Targeting Dominion Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant Forces Revised Permit, but GHG Emissions Challenge Unsuccessful
Lucy Wheatley, September 28, 2009
A recent victory for environmental activists in a lawsuit against Dominion Virginia Power may turn out to be less significant than it first appeared. The case, filed in Richmond Circuit Court by the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition, challenged the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)...

Second Circuit Reversal in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Enables Significant Climate Change Litigation to Proceed
September 28, 2009
In a long-awaited decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed the district court's decision in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co. ("AEP"), a public nuisance lawsuit filed by eight state attorneys general, the City of New York, and three land trusts...