Baker & Hostetler LLP

Baker Hostetler is one of the nation's top 100 law firms with 620 attorneys serving clients around the country and throughout the world. Established in 1916 by Newton D. Baker, U.S. Secretary of War during World War I, and former Mayor of Cleveland, the firm now has offices in ten U.S. cities across four time zones. Baker Hostetler is a multidisciplinary firm with 11 practice groups and 55 areas of practice strength.

Baker Hostetler is known as "Counsel to Market Leaders." Our clients include businesses and individuals that are leaders globally, nationally, regionally and locally. Many are in the top of their market segments, and many are household names. Others are leaders of the future - companies with the aspiration and will to drive tomorrow's high-growth industries.

Congress and FTC Scrutinize Misleading "Green" Advertising Claims
July 3, 2009
The FTC has been sifting through public comments from consumer groups, industry and other agencies and individuals about its announced efforts to revisit its 1992 Green Advertising Guides.

Executives and Medical Device Company Criminally Indicted for Off-Label Use and False Statements during an Inspection
Karen Weaver, July 3, 2009
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania indicted medical device manufacturer Norian and four of its executives for the alleged improper testing, marketing and sale of two of its bone cement devices and for false statements made by company personnel during a regulatory...

FTC Continues Crackdown on Unlawful Collective Fee Negotiations
Ronald F. Wick, Erik Raven-Hansen, July 3, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) aggressive enforcement of the antitrust laws regarding collective fee negotiations continued this month when the FTC sued a California independent practice association (IPA) for allegedly fixing the prices charged to healthcare insurers.