Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

About this office:

Sutherland is a law firm with global reach known for solving challenging business problems and resolving unique legal issues for many of the world's largest companies. Founded in 1924, the firm has grown to approximately 425 lawyers handling matters in every part of the world. Seven major practice areas — corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and tax — provide the framework that contains an extensive range of specialty areas, allowing its lawyers to serve a diverse client base that includes a number of Fortune 500 companies.

General Practice; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust And Trade Regulation; Aviation Law; Biotechnology; Life Sciences; Broker-Dealer; Business Restructuring; Bankruptcy; Class Actions; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Corporate Finance; Corporate Governance; Derivatives; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation; Employment Litigation; Energy Finance; Project Development; Energy Policy; Regulation; Environmental Law; Financial Services Law; Health Care; Hospitality Law; Leisure; Insurance Products; Intellectual Property; International Law; M & A; Non-Profit; Governmental Organizations; Outsourcing; Systems Integration; Patent Prosecution; Litigation; Private Equity; Professional Liability; Public Finance; Real Estate; School Finance Litigation; Securities Enforcement; Tax Law; Business Law; Estate Planning; Tax Litigation; Controversy; State Government Law; Federal Practice; Technology Law; Timber Forest Products.

Tenth Circuit Says Customer Is “Stuck Between a Rock and a Pile of Sewage”: Tying Suit Against City Moves Forward After U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal
Jennifer N. Ide,Benjamin C. Morgan,James A. Orr, February 7, 2012
Unlawful tying arrangements are a frequent point of contention between electric cooperatives and municipalities. On January 17, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a decision that permits an unlawful tying/monopolization claim to go forward against the City of Newkirk, Oklahoma.

Act Clarifying Jurisdiction and Venue in Federal Court Now in Effect
Brendan Ballard,Thomas M. Byrne,Thomas W. Curvin,Phillip E. Stano,Steuart H. Thomsen,Srikanth Vadakapurapu, February 3, 2012
On December 7, 2011, President Obama signed into law the first significant changes to the general (i.e., non-CAFA) federal diversity jurisdiction, removal, and venue statutes since the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990. The new law, the Federal Courts Jurisdiction and Venue Clarification Act of...

Let's Be Reasonable: Recent Federal Circuit Actions Follow Trend Toward E-Discovery Reform
Ann G. Fort,Kristin E. Goran, February 3, 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held that expenses associated with a third-party electronic database service can constitute taxable costs. In re Ricoh Co., Ltd. Patent Litig., No. 2011-1199, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23495, *6-8 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 23, 2011). This was the first...

Return to the Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Firm Overview