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Texas – Land Of Opportunity
Editor: As partners-in-charge of the Houston and Dallas offices respectively, would you each describe your practice as well as the practices that each of your offices specializes in? Menges: Our practice in Dallas is a diverse general business practice that serves a variety of industries. We...
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The Diminished Scope Of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protections After Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), LLC
The recent case of Asadi v. G.E. Energy (USA), LLC, decided on June 28, 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, put a finer point on the whistleblower protections of the still relatively new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd...
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The Affordable Care Act As Dissected By A Constitutional Expert
Editor: Is it surprising that the Court failed to uphold the ACA on the basis of the Commerce Clause – the underpinning since the ’30s for upholding broad federal powers? Millett: Surprising? Not really, given the strong jurisprudential support for limiting congressional power on...
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Guiding Investors Through The FCC’s Changing Regulatory Terrain
Editor: Please describe Akin Gump’s Communications & Technology Practice. Davidson: Akin Gump has a highly diversified domestic and international regulatory, transactional and policy practice in the communications sector. We represent clients in all the major communications industry...
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Medical-Legal Partnership: A Promising Direction For Pro Bono
Editor: Please discuss the areas of pro bono on which your respective organizations are currently focused or have recently concentrated. Chumbler: Walmart’s signature pro bono project is our medical-legal partnership with Arkansas Children’s Hospital and Legal Aid of Arkansas. We...
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Changes And Challenges In International Arbitration
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background and your practice. Adams: I am firmwide head of Akin Gump’s global international arbitration practice group. I’ve lived and worked in Geneva for the last 25 years as managing partner of four different U.S. firms. Akin Gump’...
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The Eastern District Court Of Texas – Still An Active Docket For Patent Cases
Editor: Please tell our readers about your background. Williams: I am originally from Florida, attended college and law school in Utah, and started my career in Houston at the Vinson & Elkins firm in 1995. On my second day at the firm, I got my first case in the Eastern District of Texas,...
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