Memoranda & Reports

"When the Sky is Falling, Don’t Be Chicken Little," Covington Report (5/10/2012)
D. Jean Veta Co-Author

"Super PACs and the 2012 Election: A Primer for Corporations," Practicing Law Institute (3/3/2012)
Robert Kelner

"Neuromarketing: Legal and Policy Issues," Covington White Paper (January 2012)
Theodore Voorhees Co-Author

"Upcoming Changes to the D.C. Nonprofit Corporation Act," Covington Memorandum (11/28/2011)
Kevin Shortill Author

"Political Law Update," Covington E-Alert (10/19/2011)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author, Brian Smith Co-Author, Derek Lawlor Co-Author, Angelle Smith Co-Author, Matthew Connolly Co-Author, Kevin Glandon Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (10/20/2010)

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (7/1/2010)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author

"FCC Releases "National Broadband Plan For Our Future"," Covington Report (3/19/2010)
Yaron Dori Co-Author, Mace Rosenstein Co-Author, Matthew DelNero Co-Author, Lindsey Tonsager Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (3/10/2010)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author

"Top 10 Competition Law Developments of 2009," Covington Report (February 2010)
Thomas Barnett Co-Author, Deborah Garza Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (12/9/2009)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author

"DOD Policy Guidance for Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence ("FOCI")," Covington Report (October 2009)
David Fagan Co-Author, Mark Plotkin Co-Author, Damara Chambers Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (9/23/2009)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (8/11/2009)
Robert Kelner Co-Author, Robert Lenhard Co-Author

"Legal Issues Affecting Directors and Officers of Troubled Banks," Covington Report (July 2009)
D. Jean Veta Co-Author

"Response to the Consultation on the Commission's Broadband Guidelines," AmCham EU (6/22/2009)
Miranda Cole Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (6/11/2009)
Robert Lenhard Co-Author, Robert Kelner Co-Author

"Political Law Update," Covington Report (5/11/2009)
Robert Lenhard Co-Author, Kevin Shortill Co-Author, Robert Kelner Co-Author

"Making Risk Assessment More Useful to Public and Private Decision-Makers in an Era of Paradigm Change," National Academy of Sciences Symposium, Toxicity Pathway-Based Risk Assessment: Preparing For Paradigm Change (5/9/2009)
E. Donald Elliott

"Legal Issues Affecting Directors And Officers Of Failed Banks," Covington Report (May 2009)
D. Jean Veta Co-Author

"Comments Submitted to Federal Election Commission Concerning the Commission's Enforcement Policies and Procedures," (1/5/2009)
Robert Kelner Author

"Government Affairs Practice Group Post Election Analysis," Covington Report (11/7/2008)
Scott Danzis Co-Author, Roderick De Arment Co-Author, Yaron Dori Co-Author, Joan Kutcher Co-Author, William Massey Co-Author, Jack Schenendorf Co-Author, Brian Smith Co-Author

"FCPA Voluntary Disclosures: A Risk/Benefit Analysis," Covington Report (November 2008)

"Corporate Investigations & EU Data Privacy Laws - What Every In-House Counsel Should Know," Covington Report (2008)
Daniel Cooper Author

"DHS Chemical Facility Security Regulations," (6/11/2007)
David Fagan Co-Author

"Update on Senate Banking Committee Action and House Hearing," (5/16/2007)
David Fagan Co-Author

"Analysis of Senate CFIUS Reform Bill," (5/11/2007)
David Fagan Co-Author

"Administration Policy on Foreign Investment," (5/10/2007)
David Fagan Co-Author

"Communicating with Judges in IP Cases," (May 2007)
Roderick McKelvie Author

"Forum Selection in Patent Litigation: A Traffic Report for 2006," (May 2007)
Roderick McKelvie Author

"The Federal Circuit at 25 years: A Court on a Mission," (April 2007)
Roderick McKelvie Author

"Government Affairs Post-Election Analysis," Covington Post-Election Conference Call (11/10/2006)
Roderick De Arment Co-Author, Stuart Eizenstat Co-Author

"CFIUS Reform Legislation," (10/2/2006)
David Fagan Co-Author

"House and Senate Pass CFIUS Reform Legislation," (7/26/2006)
David Fagan Co-Author

"House Committee on Energy and Commerce Markup Session on CFIUS Reform Bill," (7/12/2006)

"House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection CFIUS Hearing," (7/11/2006)

"House Financial Services CFIUS Reform Bill (H.R. 5337)," (6/14/2006)

"House Committee on Homeland Security CFIUS Hearing," (5/26/2006)

"Hearing on House Financial Services CFIUS Reform Bill (H.R. 5337)," (5/18/2006)

"House Financial Services CFIUS Reform Bill Summary (H.R. 5337)," (May 2006)

"Pharmaceutical Antitrust Expertise," Covington Report (March 2006)

"M&A Antitrust Expertise," Covington Report (March 2006)

"Trade Association Experience," Covington Report (March 2006)

"The Covington Life Sciences Monitor," (June 2005)
Peter Bogaert Co-Author

"Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Table," Covington Report (3/9/2005)

"In re Worldcom, Inc. Securities Litigation: Due Diligence for Underwriters and Directors," Covington Report (3/7/2005)
Bruce Bennett Author

"Report On Significant Developments in Global Internet Law in 2004," Covington Report (1/25/2005)

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (October/November 2004)

"SEC Alleges Another Fair Disclosure Violation Against Siebel Systems, Along with Lack of Disclosure Controls," Covington Report (7/2/2004)

"Informing And Consulting EU Employees: Less Than A Year To Go," (April 2004)

"Report On Significant Developments in Global Internet Law in 2003," Covington Report (3/24/2004)

"CFIUS and Network Security Agreements," Covington Report (3/12/2004)
Mark Plotkin Co-Author, David Fagan Co-Author

"All You Need To Know About the FTC's Recent Genzyme/Novazyme Decision In Under 10 Minutes," Covington Report (3/5/2004)

"New Pharmaceutical Agreement Antitrust Notification Requirements," Covington Report (3/4/2004)

"The SEC's New MD&A Interpretive Release," Covington Report (2/12/2004)
Bruce Bennett

"La Faillite À L'américaine: Une Introduction Au Chapitre 11 Du Code Des Faillites Des États-Unis," (2004)
Michael Baxter Author

"Significant Developments in U.S. Trademark Law in 2004 Brochure," (2004)

"National Bank Act Preemption Litigation," Practicing Law Institute (2004)
Keith Noreika Co-Author, Robert Long Co-Author

"Drug Import Provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003," Covington Report (12/8/2003)
Peter Safir Co-Author, Michael Labson Co-Author

"FCC Allows Spectrum Leasing and Trading on Wide Scale (Long Version)," (11/17/2003)

"FCC Allows Spectrum Leasing and Trading on Wide Scale (Short Version)," (11/17/2003)

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (September 2003)

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (July 2003)

"Treasury Final Rules on Verifying Customer Identity for New Accounts," Covington Report (5/13/2003)
Mark Plotkin Co-Author

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (May 2003)

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (March 2003)

"HR Legal Briefing," Covington Report (January 2003)

"Significant Developments in U.S. Trademark Law in 2003 Brochure," (2003)

"The Global Impact of U.S. Corporate Governance Initiatives," Covington Report (October 2002)
Dana Ackerly

"Compensation and Benefit Pointers," Covington Report (October 2002)

"Data Protection in the Workplace," Covington Report (7/24/2002)
Daniel Cooper Author

"Compensation and Benefit Pointers," Covington Report (April 2002)

"Significant Developments in U.S. Trademark Law in 2002 Brochure," (2002)

"Report and Recommendation of D.C. Bar Special Committee on Multidisciplinary Practice," (October 2001)
Charles Buffon Author

"Copyright Office Issues Report on Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Offers Legislative Recommendations on Copyright Matters," Covington Report (9/5/2001)

"Federal Court Refuses to Enforce Passive "Browse-Wrap" Arbitration Clause in License Agreement for Software Download," Covington Report (8/1/2001)

"American Inventors Protection Act," Covington Report (5/23/2001)
Paul Berman Co-Author, Andrea Reister Co-Author

"Key Procedures and Deadlines Announced for New .biz and .info Internet Domain Names," Covington Report (5/21/2001)

"The Community Reinvestment Act: An Overview," Covington Report (April 2001)
Stuart Stock Co-Author, Keith Noreika Co-Author

"An Appraisal of the Final Report to Congress of the Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control," PLI, Coping with U.S. Export Controls (2001)
John Ellicott Author

"Significant Developments in U.S. Trademark Law in 2001 Brochure," (2001)

"Amendments to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Notification Thresholds and Filing Fees," Covington Report (12/27/2000)

"Highlights of Revised Claims Procedure and SPD Regulations," Covington Report (11/21/2000)

"U.S. Customs Service Issues Final Rule Regarding "Physically and Materially Different" Gray Market Imports," Covington Alert (2/26/1999)

"1999 Annual Survey of Letter of Credit Law & Practice," (1999)
Michael Baxter Contributing Author

"A Primer on International Arbitration," Covington Report (May 1998)

"Report and Recommendations of the ABA Section of International Law on U.S. Extraterritorial Foreign Trade Controls," Recommendations adopted by ABA House of Delegates (1998)
John Ellicott Co-Author

"Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994," Covington Report (10/12/1994)

"Limits and Beyond: a report on the global environment," Nathan Cummings Foundation in New York (1993)
Rubén Kraiem Author

"Report and Recommendations of D.C. Bar Special Committee on Legal Specialization," (April 1981)
Charles Buffon Author, Chairman