October 17, 2018

WASHINGTON—The Pro Bono Institute has presented Covington with the 2018 John H. Pickering Award, recognizing the firm’s outstanding institutional commitment to pro bono and the extraordinary pro bono efforts of its lawyers and staff.  In 2017, Covington lawyers devoted more than 146,000 hours to representing organizations and individuals in pro bono matters. ...

October 17, 2018, International Financial Law Review

Michael Nonaka is quoted in International Financial Law Review regarding the potential modernization of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977. Mr. Nonaka says, “It’s important to make sure that with new innovative technologies and people using smartphones and the internet to connect with banks, that all those services are tracked for purposes of CRA premise. ...

October 17, 2018, The Diplomat

The Diplomat featured David Fagan in a Q&A regarding the effects of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Act of 2018 on U.S.-China commercial relations. Mr. Fagan noted the national security rationale of the new law, how U.S. companies should incorporate FIRRMA into their deal making, and how FIRRMA will affect U.S. companies seeking to attract foreign direct ...

October 12, 2018, The Recorder

The Recorder featured the move of the firm's Silicon Valley office and its tenth anniversary and called Covington "the high-powered firm known for its connection in the nation's capital." The article quotes Emily Leonard, the managing partner of the firm's Palo Alto office and Tom DeFilipps, head of the firm's California Corporate practice.   Ms. Leonard says, ...

October 8, 2018, FCPA Flash

Daniel Suleiman sat down with the “FCPA Professor” for a podcast discussing the lifecycle of  FCPA investigations and what companies need to know about them.