Related Practices
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Covington has represented corporations and individuals in many of the most significant congressional investigations in recent years.
The hallmark of Covington’s congressional investigations practice is the breadth of skills brought together for our clients. Our attorneys who practice in this area include skilled litigators, experienced players on Capitol Hill, and experts in the wide array of substantive and regulatory fields that come under congressional scrutiny. Our lawyers can mount a vigorous litigation-style defense and manage crisis communications while ensuring that a client’s public image is protected, that its reputation in the halls of Congress is maintained, and that its political strategies do not invite legal risks.
Our approach is to treat congressional investigations not merely as political or government relations exercises but as legal and public relations challenges that require vigorous litigation-style defense. The Covington lawyers who handle these investigations for clients have extensive litigation and government investigations experience.
Representative Matters
- We represented the University of California (“UC”) in an intense and wide-ranging investigation by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations into alleged fraud and mismanagement at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which UC has managed on behalf of the federal government for decades. The investigation involved over two dozen witness interviews and culminated in three days of Committee hearings. At the conclusion of the investigation, the University retained its contract to manage the Laboratory.
- We represented a major pharmaceutical company in an investigation by the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee regarding alleged off-label marketing of pharmaceutical products.
- We defended a former NASA official and a former White House official in investigations by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and the House Judiciary Committee regarding alleged political interference with the work of government environmental scientists.
- We represented the Republican National Committee in connection with investigations by the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committees regarding US attorney firings and the hosting of e-mail accounts for White House officials.
- We advised a major financial institution in connection with House and Senate investigations of the student lending industry.
- We represented Hoffman-La Roche, Inc., in an investigation into allegations that its drug, Accutane, contributed to teen suicides. The investigation ended with multiple congressional hearings in which we represented Roche.
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