January 15, 2019, Beat DC

The Beat DC covered Broderick Johnson’s move to Covington’s Public Policy practice. Mr. Johnson shared, “With the Democratic party assuming control of the House, companies across a spectrum of industries will face new challenges advocating for their legislative agendas and responding to congressional inquiries. Covington is well positioned to represent those ...

January 11, 2019, Reuters

David Martin is quoted in Reuters regarding the partial U.S. government shutdown’s effect on corporate executives’ decisions on proxies. Mr. Martin said corporate clients are already calling with questions and the pace will ramp up as deadlines loom to mail out proxies. He says, “A lot of the public companies are beginning to wonder about this and worry about ...

January 8, 2019, Law360

Kevin Poloncarz is quoted in Law360 regarding new California governor, Gavin Newsom’s aggressive long-term plans to tackle climate change in the U.S. and California. Former Gov. Jerry Brown laid down several ambitious climate change markers for Newsom before leaving office.   Mr. Poloncarz says, "Jerry Brown made climate change and clean energy a legacy issue. ...

January 1, 2019, Law360

Stephen Humenik spoke with Law360 regarding the high priority that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has placed on swap-trading rules. Mr. Humenik says, “I would expect that there will be continuity in terms of the CFTC chairman’s priorities because his agenda is addressing the issues the derivatives markets are currently grappling with — those ...

December 27, 2018, Bloomberg Law

Eric Mogilnicki is quoted in Bloomberg Law regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s future under newly appointed director, Kathy Kraninger. According to Mr. Mogilnicki, Kraninger may look to ratchet back tensions with congressional Democrats by bringing enforcement actions against clear bad actors. Potential targets include lenders that prey on ...

December 26, 2018, Bloomberg Law

Michael Nonaka is quoted Bloomberg Law regarding the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s 2019 revamped rules for banks’ community investments. Mr. Nonaka says, “It’ll be interesting to see what the next step is in the rulemaking process, and that will reveal whether there are these differences.” He said the agencies are likely to come together on some ...

December 14, 2018, Law360

Brianne Bharkhda and Natalie Derzko are quoted in Law360 regarding two Federal Circuit decisions that have cleared up lingering questions about patents can be invalidated under the double-patenting doctrine and identified situations where it does not apply. Ms. Bharkhda says, "I would characterize the two decisions as further defining the contours of the ...

December 7, 2018, Law360

Terrell McSweeny is quoted in Law360 regarding being named a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law & Policy. Ms. McSweeny says, "I am thrilled to join the important discussion on technology law and policy at the Institute. As an alum, I am looking forward to contributing to the excellent work Georgetown Law School [is] doing ...

December 3, 2018, Legaltech News

Robert Williams is quoted in Legaltech News regarding how China’s Internet Courts could provide a model to improve U.S. courts' inefficiencies. Mr. Williams said the Internet Courts can be useful for addressing online copyright infringement and domain name cyber squatting. He says, “The Internet Courts provide a useful set of tools to help address these disputes ...