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 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.

New CRE Loan Workout Rules Provide Relief and Pitfalls
Peter G. Weinstock, November 5, 2009
On October 30, 2009, all of the federal regulatory agencies issued a new policy statement on commercial real estate ("CRE") loan workouts. The policy statement does offer opportunities for financial institutions ("FI") to reduce the amount of charge-offs on CRE loans, return...

DHS Proposes New Standards for Private-Sector Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
November 5, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is accepting comments on standards for the private sector intended to improve preparedness for disasters and emergencies. These standards are likely to impact many elements of the private sector, including agriculture and food, commercial facilities,...

FERC Proposes to Reduce Regulatory Requirements for Small Power Production Qualifying Facilities
Laura Ellen Jones, Audrey C. Louison, Linda L. Walsh, November 4, 2009
On October 15, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") issued a proposed rulemaking that would all but eliminate the regulatory burden for small power production qualifying facilities ("QFs") of 1 MW or less. If approved, FERC's new regulations will, among other...