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May 28, 2020

PALO ALTO —Covington advised Commerce Layer in its $6M Series A Preferred VC Financing, led by Benchmark with participation from Mango Capital, DAXN, PrimeSet, SV Angel, and NVInvestments. The investment required the Covington team to also reorganize Commerce Layer by establishing a US parent company for its existing Italian business.  Commerce Layer provides a ...

April 23, 2020, Financial Times

Lindsay Burke and Carolyn Rashby spoke with the Financial Times about the request from U.S. businesses that seek a shield from litigation if they expose employees to COVID-19 after calling them back to work. Both Ms. Rashby and Ms. Burke note that the firm’s employment practice has been flooded with questions about how employers could minimize their legal risks ...

April 22, 2020, Law360

Lindsay Burke and Carolyn Rashby are quoted in Law360 regarding legal dangers and logistical challenges associated with reopening businesses in the U.S. Ms. Burke says, “We're in a lot of new territory here. I don't think any employers in modern history have had to return to operations in the middle of a global health crisis. And so we're really trying to ...

April 21, 2020, Bloomberg Law

Lindsay Burke and Carolyn Rashby spoke with Bloomberg Law about the uphill battle employees who contract COVID-19 on the job may face if they choose to sue their employer. Ms. Burke says, “We’re in territory we haven’t seen before. We are looking at a whole lot of different legal risks and issues. It’s not clear how they will play out. Traditionally an illness ...

April 8, 2020, Covington Alert

Employers are facing new challenges in responding to COVID-19 and its implications for their workplaces in the United States. The checklist below will assist in thinking through the issues most likely to need attention in the immediate future. Information, agency guidance, and potential responses to COVID-19 are changing rapidly. This checklist was last updated ...

April 7, 2020, Covington Alert

On April 6, 2020, the California Supreme Court handed down a major victory for corporate policyholders facing liability for “long-tail” claims involving continuous or progressive injuries that span multiple insurance policy years, such as environmental, asbestos, construction defect, product liability, toxic tort, and sexual abuse cases. Montrose Chemical Corp. ...

April 6, 2020

WASHINGTON—Stacey Grigsby has joined Covington as a partner in its Commercial Litigation Practice in Washington. Ms. Grigsby is a stand-up trial lawyer who has drawn upon her experience in the private and public sector to get successful results for clients. She has served as a principal attorney in numerous bench and jury cases involving high stakes disputes in ...

March 25, 2020, Covington Alert

Piracy has long been a problem in America, although modern day pirates of intellectual property bear little resemblance to their old-school counterparts sailing along the Caribbean and the American coast. Yet in a ruling on Monday, March 23, the Supreme Court tied together the legacies of those two very different types of pirates: modern-day state governments ...

March 25, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has named Covington partners Kurt Calia and Clara Shin to its 2020 list of the “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” in California. Mr. Calia is a partner in our Palo Alto office who tries complex civil litigation and intellectual property matters in courts and tribunals throughout the country, and counsels clients in intellectual ...

March 3, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has selected Covington's successful defense of Dropbox Inc., in Ironhawk Technologies v. Dropbox Inc., as one of its 2019 Top Verdicts, recognizing the largest and most significant verdicts in California in 2019.   The Covington team led by Clara Shin and Jeff Davidson secured a significant victory on behalf of Dropbox in a ...

February 19, 2020, Daily Journal

January 31, 2020

Denny Kwon led a team of lawyers who advised ServiceNow, a digital workflow company, in its acquisition of Passage AI, a California-based artificial intelligence company. The deal was covered by Bloomberg Big Law Business, Daily Journal, Law360, and The Deal.

January 24, 2020

Denny Kwon led a team of lawyers who advised ServiceNow, a digital workflow company, in its acquisition of Loom Systems, an Israeli startup that specializes in artificial intelligence operational tools. The deal was covered by Bloomberg Big Law Business and Daily Journal.

January 22, 2020

WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has awarded Covington a perfect score of 100 percent for the twelfth consecutive year on its Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. “Diversity and inclusion, while an important component of our efforts ...

January 13, 2020, Global Data Review

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in Global Data Review regarding a recently released draft privacy bill from the US House Committee on Energy & Commerce which differs from current Senate bills. With roughly a quarter of House Democrats coming from California, Ms. Tonsager told GDR that there will be major opposition to pre-emption in the House. “We’ve already seen the ...

January 13, 2020

WASHINGTON—Law360 has named Covington one of its 2019 “Firms of the Year” for the second consecutive year based on the firm having received six Practice Group of the Year awards. The Covington practices named 2019 Practice Groups of the Year are: Competition/Antitrust Government Contracts International Arbitration Life Sciences Media & ...

January 1, 2020, Financial Times

Lindsey Tonsager spoke with the Financial Times about the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the different ways companies are trying to comply with the new law. Addressing some companies’ efforts to create self-serve portals to handle users’ privacy requests, Ms. Tonsager says, “This works fine but if you get a high spike of data access requests — right ...

2020, The North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation

December 2, 2019

Denny Kwon co-led a team of lawyers who acted as legal counsel to Astellas Pharma in its acquisition of Audentes Therapeutics, a drugmaker focused on treatments for rare neuromuscular conditions. The deal was covered by Bloomberg Big Law Business, Daily Journal, Law360, and The Deal. 

November 22, 2019

WASHINGTON—Law360 has named seven Covington lawyers as MVPs, third most among all firms, in their respective practice areas. The awards single out lawyers from across numerous practice areas based on their success in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters, and record-breaking deals. The Covington lawyers recognized as Law360 MVPs are: Thomas ...

October 11, 2019, Covington Alert

On October 10, 2019, California state attorney general Xavier Becerra announced the release of proposed implementing regulations concerning the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Interested stakeholders can submit written comments until December 6, 2019 at 5 PM (Pacific Time). In addition, four public hearings will be held on December 2nd (Sacramento), ...

September 30, 2019, Global Data Review

Lindsey Tonsager spoke with Global Data Review about proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act filed by Alastair Mactaggart of the Californians for Consumer Privacy. Ms. Tonsager said that given the time and resources spent on preparing staff within California’s office of the attorney general for the CCPA, she was “baffled” to see the proposal ...

September 27, 2019, Covington Alert

Real estate developer Alastair Mactaggart is making news with the announcement of another privacy ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act (“CPREA”). He intends to include his new initiative on the November 2020 ballot.

September 26, 2019, Financial Times

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in the Financial Times regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act’s effect on businesses in the state and around the world. Ms. Tonsager says, “Once the new law takes effect, the California attorney-general will overnight become one of the most powerful privacy regulators in the world.” She adds, “Companies that already had to apply ...

September 19, 2019, Covington Alert

Can an insurance company covering a risk in California use a New York choice of law clause to circumvent California’s pro-policyholder “notice of claim” rules?

September 16, 2019, Global Data Review

Lindsey Tonsager spoke with Global Data Review about the recently-passed California Consumer Privacy Act. Ms. Tonsager says the issues the attorney general need to clarify include what a “do not sell my personal information” link should look like on company websites, how that link should be formatted, and where it should be placed. One of the most important ...

September 10, 2019, The Recorder

August 2019, Privacy Laws & Business

July 25, 2019, Legaltech News

Lindsey Tonsager spoke with Legaltech News about the FTC’s public request for comment on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Ms. Tonsager said, “Regardless of whether the FTC is looking at the rule or not, I think the common best practice is to collect only the information that you need. The data minimization helps regardless if the regulator ...

July 22, 2019, The Recorder

Doug Sprague spoke with The Recorder about the increase in white-collar legal work in Silicon Valley. Mr. Sprague said, “The Department of Justice as a whole is focused on actors from overseas, especially Asia, and being more specific, China.”  

July 12, 2019

PALO ALTO—Covington advised Argo AI, LLC, a technology platform company that is working with leading automakers to deliver a fully integrated self-driving system, in the deal announced today with Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company. Volkswagen will be making a $2.6 billion investment, becoming Argo AI’s second investor and building upon a $1 billion investment ...

July 9, 2019, Wall Street Journal

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in the Wall Street Journal regarding the initiative to increase artificial intelligence legal practices. Ms. Tonsager says data is the fuel that drives artificial intelligence, but it can come with legal restrictions. Companies acquiring datasets need to be sure their contracts give them the right to use the data to train algorithms. ...

July 8, 2019, Law360

Covington secured a $35.5 million jury verdict for its client Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. in an insurance recovery case to recover the company's losses from the disruption of its business stemming from two major accidents at its Missouri smelting facility. Lead trial partner David Goodwin shared with Law360, "We obtained 95% of what we requested, so we were ...

June 27, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has named Lindsey Tonsager to its 2019 “Top Artificial Intelligence Lawyers,” recognizing the top artificial intelligence lawyers in California. Ms. Tonsager co-chairs the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative, which is a cross-functional practice advising companies developing or utilizing AI technologies. She is advising ...

June 25, 2019, World Trademark Review

Simon Frankel is quoted in World Trade Review regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in Iancu v Brunetti, holding that the Lanham Act’s prohibition on the registration of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks violates the First Amendment. Mr. Frankel says, “registration of ‘disparaging’ trademarks – today's decision is not very surprising. The Court extended its ...

June 10, 2019, Law360

May 21, 2019

WASHINGTON—Covington advised Merck & Co., Inc., in its definitive agreement under which Merck, through a subsidiary, will acquire privately held Peloton Therapeutics, Inc. in exchange for an upfront payment of $1.05 billion in cash. In addition, Peloton shareholders will be eligible to receive a further $1.15 billion contingent upon successful achievement of ...

May 8, 2019, Daily Journal

May 8, 2019

LOS ANGELES—The Daily Journal has named Robyn Polashuk, Clara Shin, and Sonya Winner to its 2019 “Top Women Lawyers,” recognizing the “top women lawyers in California.” Ms. Polashuk co-chairs the firm's Communications and Media Industry Group and serves as managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office. Her practice focuses on the licensing and distribution ...

April 30, 2019, Covington Alert

Federal and state policymakers introduced a range of new measures on artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the Internet of Things (“IoT”) in the first quarter of 2019. In our initial AI & IoT Quarterly Legislative Update, we detail the notable legislative events from this quarter on AI, IoT, cybersecurity as it relates to AI and IoT, and connected and autonomous ...

April 2, 2019

WASHINGTON—Covington has chosen Washington partner Brianne Bharkhda to be a member of The Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s 2019 class of Fellows. Ms. Bharkhda will participate in programs designed to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession. Ms. Bharkhda is a litigator who represents a variety of clients in ...

March 28, 2019

WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has awarded Covington a perfect score of 100 percent for the eleventh consecutive year on its Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. Covington is among 571 major U.S. businesses that earned a perfect ...

March 11, 2019, Covington Alert

This alert summarizes the major antitrust/competition developments in 2018 and offers a view on what to expect in 2019 in the U.S., EU and China.

March 1, 2019, Covington Alert

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. and European copyright law during 2018.

March 1, 2019, Covington Alert

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. trademark, false advertising, and right of publicity law during 2018.

Spring 2019, The NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law

February 13, 2019, Law360

Denny Kwon and Tom DeFilipps spoke with Law360 about Mr. Kwon’s move to Covington.   Mr. DeFilipps says, “Denny will greatly enhance our Northern California corporate offering and our ability to further develop M&A and broader corporate relationships with West Coast-based technology and life sciences clients.”   Mr. Kwon told Law360 that his favorite part of ...

February 12, 2019, The Recorder

Denny Kwon and Tom DeFilipps are quoted in The Recorder regarding Denny Kwon’s move to Covington.   Mr. Kwon, who moved to the firm’s San Francisco office as a partner, says, “I have seen complex regulatory issues arise more frequently for technology companies, not only in M&A transitions but also in their ordinary day to day operations. The depth and the ...

February 12, 2019, Law360

We are proud to partner with our client Uber in support of the first-of-its-kind Law in Technology Diversity Collaborative to help expand the pipeline of diverse lawyers. The summer internship program includes seven tech companies and 12 law firms that will provide opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities in technology law.

February 11, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO—Denny Kwon has joined Covington as a partner in its Corporate Practice in San Francisco. Mr. Kwon represents numerous public and private companies, private equity firms, and investment banks in a wide range of M&A transactions. His transactional experience includes the acquisition and sale of domestic and foreign public companies, private ...

February 6, 2019, Covington Alert

On January 25, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court decided the latest insurance appeal arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and blowout of the Macondo Well on April 20, 2010.

February 4, 2019, Covington Alert

With potential liabilities in excess of $30 billion stemming from a series of deadly wildfires that ignited across Northern California in 2017 and 2018, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and its holding company PG&E Corp. (PG&E) filed for Chapter 11 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California on Tuesday.

February 2019, Covington Alert

This International Employment Update summarises recent international employment law developments in China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

January 15, 2019, The Recorder

The American Lawyer named Covington the California Litigation Department of the Year, citing high-profile matters that we have handled for California institutions like the state Senate, Uber, the City of Los Angeles, McKesson, and the University of California.   The Recorder sat down to interview two of the firm's co-chairs of its Commercial Litigation ...

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. ...

2019, Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts

December 18, 2018, Law360

Covington successfully won dismissal of a summary judgment motion by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York in a case involving the Fourth Amendment and the Administrative Procedures Act. The Covington team is representing airline passengers who were required to show identification by U.S. Customs and Broder Protection and are now ...

October 24, 2018, Covington Alert

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a number of landmark bills aimed at strengthening sexual harassment protections in the workplace and boosting gender equality in the boardroom. Here is an overview of the new statutes; unless otherwise specified, they take effect on January 1, 2019.

October 1, 2018

WASHINGTON—Covington has promoted 20 lawyers to its partnership. “This group covers a wide range of the firm’s most important practices and reflects the ongoing imperative of continuing to build and expand our strengths and to position the firm most effectively to be vibrant in the years ahead,” said Timothy Hester, Covington’s chair. "The size of our class is a ...

September 28, 2018, San Francisco Daily Journal

Simon Frankel participated in a conference called “Righting a Wrong: The Future of Nazi Looted Art” and is quoted in the San Francisco Daily Journal. Mr. Frankel says, “A museum faced with a restitution claim to a daily accessioned work cannot restitute the work unless it determines that the claim is well-founded.” He adds, “The institution must reasonably ...

September 28, 2018

LOS ANGELES—The Daily Journal has named Covington partner Mitch Kamin among its “Top 100 Lawyers” in California. The Top 100 are selected for making a significant impact on their practice area, the legal industry or the larger society. Mr. Kamin is the co-chair of Covington’s Commercial Litigation Practice and represents global media, entertainment and other ...

September 21, 2018

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in the San Francisco Business Times regarding California’s new cybersecurity bill regulating internet-connected devices. Ms. Tonsager believes the vagueness of the “reasonable” standard makes the law flexible. She says, “It’s really helpful that the legislation acknowledges flexibility in identifying which standards are reasonable. ...

September 17, 2018, Law360

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in Law360 regarding California’s newly enacted rules mandating security features for internet-connected devices. Makers of IoT devices will be required under Senate Bill 327 to equip products with "reasonable security features." Ms. Tonsager says, "The 'reasonable security' standard is quite flexible, which is good when operating in a ...

September 5, 2018, Covington Alert

This client alert summarizes recent regulatory developments relating to fintech and discusses the implications of these developments.

August 20, 2018, Law360

Nitin Subhedar is quoted in a Law360 article regarding patent litigation in the Netherlands. Mr. Subhedar says, “If you can get a finding of infringement and an injunction in the Netherlands, you can effectively use that as a chokepoint to stop a lot of the inflow of the infringing products into the rest of the EU. That's why the Netherlands is a particularly ...

August 9, 2018

WASHINGTON—Covington advised Emergent BioSolutions in its $270 million acquisition of PaxVax. PaxVax is majority owned by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management. Emergent is a global life sciences company focusing on providing specialty products for civilian and military populations that address public health threats. PaxVax is a company focused on ...

August 2, 2018, The Recorder

Kevin Poloncarz spoke with The Recorder regarding his move to Covington. Mr. Poloncarz says, “Covington [is] renown for regulatory expertise in D.C. on federal matters, and that was very much a draw for me. I do environmental and energy work, and it is regulatory in nature, and so I really felt that was a great fit between my practice and the firm.” Mr. ...

August 1, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO— Kevin Poloncarz has joined Covington as a partner in its Energy Industry Group in San Francisco. Mr. Poloncarz represents electric power, petroleum, and chemicals companies, financial institutions, and project developers on federal and state air quality regulation and carbon markets matters. He has been deeply involved in legal and regulatory ...

July 30, 2018

SILICON VALLEY—Covington advised GlaxoSmithKline on its multi-year collaboration with and $300 million equity investment in 23andMe. GSK will become 23andMe’s exclusive collaborator for drug target discovery programs. The collaboration will focus on research and development of innovative new medicines and potential cures using human genetics as the basis for ...

July 27, 2018, Law360

Michael Plimack is quoted in Law360 regarding the importance of Germany as a global patent litigation venue. Mr. Plimack says, “Any company that is really thinking about one of these large-scale patent wars will have to look very carefully at Germany.” Because Germany does not allow for the same scope of pretrial discovery as the United States, Mr. Plimack adds, ...

July 18, 2018, Law360

Michael Plimack is quoted in Law360 regarding companies in high-stakes patent disputes adopting global enforcement strategies. Mr. Plimack provided insight into why many patent disputes are litigated in German courts. He says, “Because Germany is such a large economy in the world and in Europe, it's not uncommon for battles over things like smartphones, for ...

July 13, 2018, Bloomberg Class Action Litigation Report

July 13, 2018

WASHINGTON—Covington's patent litigators secured a significant win on behalf of Indivior, obtaining a preliminary injunction preventing Dr. Reddy's Laboratories from launching a generic version of Indivior's SUBOXONE®  Sublingual Film used in treatment of opioid addiction. The court's decision recognizes that Indivior had shown a likelihood of success on the ...

June 28, 2018, Politico

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in a Politico article regarding a bill passed by California lawmakers that imposes stricter consumer privacy rules on companies. Should the California law trigger other states to put their own restrictions on consumer privacy, industry lobbyists and advocates will likely look to Congress to create consistent standards, says Tonsager. ...

June 27, 2018, The American Lawyer

Alan Pemberton is quoted by The American Lawyer in an article accompanying the publication's Pro Bono Survey results. According to Pemberton, "The 2016 election acted as a kind of catalyst as it awakened in many of our lawyers a sense of engagement in public service matters generally." He adds that the current political climate spurred lawyers to do pro bono ...

June 21, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has named Covington partner Jeffrey Davidson one of its “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California. In its profile of Mr. Davidson, the Daily Journal highlights his representation of the University of California in its challenge to the federal government’s attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) ...

June 20, 2018

SILICON VALLEY—Covington was ranked sixth among “The Best Law Firms for Minority Attorneys” and ranked seventh among “The Best Law Firms for Minority Partners” by Law360 for firms with more than 600 lawyers.  "While there is much progress still to be made, these results are a reflection of Covington's sustained efforts to recruit, mentor, develop, promote, and ...

June 15, 2018, Law360

Gretchen Hoff Varner and Michael Greenberg are quoted in a Law360 article regarding the biggest insurance decisions of 2018. Commenting on Liberty Surplus v. Ledesma & Meyer Construction, Hoff Varner says that the state high court injected more certainty into liability coverage litigation by making clear that the question of whether an accident has occurred must ...

June 5, 2018

WASHINGTON—Covington’s Insurance Recovery practice has received the 2018 Chambers USA "Award for Excellence" in Insurance, marking the seventh time the firm has received this honor in the 12 years it has been awarded. The "Award for Excellence" is given to one U.S. firm representing policyholders in the insurance coverage field. In addition to the award, ...

May 22, 2018, Law360

In an article regarding the approval of the final iteration of the Restatement of Law, Liability Insurance, Law360 highlights David Goodwin and John Buchanan's efforts that resulted in deleting a provision of the guidelines that would have allowed an insurer to deny coverage for its policyholder's costs to defend a claim that the policyholder became aware of ...

May 18, 2018, Law360

John Buchanan and David Goodwin are quoted in a Law360 article regarding the final version of the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law on Liability Insurance. Commenting on Section 3, which addresses foundational principles of insurance law, Buchanan says that a strong presumption rule would already have been more favorable to insurers than the ...

May 17, 2018, Society for Human Resource Management

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted by the Society for Human Resource Management in an article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in this case, argued that the government's ...

May 16, 2018, The Washington Times

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted by The Washington Times in an article regarding the Ninth Circuit's response to oral arguments in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in this case, argued that there's case law that says even ...

May 15, 2018, Associated Press

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in an Associated Press article ahead of oral arguments in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to Davidson, who represents the University of California in the case, "The rescission of DACA is based on what appears to be an argument that ...

May 15, 2018, Law360

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in a Law360 article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in the case, argued that the Administration failed to provide proper justification ...

May 15, 2018, The Recorder

The Recorder highlights Covington's representation of the Regents of the University of California system in its challenge to the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This article provides key takeaways from the oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 15.

May 15, 2018, CBS

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in a CBS article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “The rescission of DACA is based on what appears to be an argument that DACA was illegal when it was enacted, but that’s just wrong," says ...

May 15, 2018, The Wall Street Journal

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted by The Wall Street Journal in an article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to Davidson, who represents the University of California in the case, the federal government's decision to ...

May 15, 2018, NBC

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in an NBC an article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in the case, said, "The record reflects not one word of consideration for the ...

May 15, 2018, The Hill

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted by The Hill in an article regarding oral arguments before the Ninth Circuit in a case challenging the federal government's attempted rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in this case, argued, “The record reflects not one word of consideration for ...

May 11, 2018, Law360

Alexander Berengaut and Jeffrey Davidson are quoted in a Law360 article regarding upcoming oral arguments related to the DACA challenge in which Covington represents the University of California. “Our case and its companion cases in other districts aren't about politics but, again, based on the law of how government decisions are supposed to be made,” says ...

May 11, 2018, La Opinión

Jeffrey Davidson and Alexander Berengaut are quoted in a La Opinión article regarding Covington's representation of the University of California in a lawsuit challenging the federal government's attempt to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

May 11, 2018, KCBS

Jeffrey Davidson appeared on KCBS to discuss the lawsuit filed on behalf of the University of California challenging the federal government's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. According to Davidson, "The reason the University has taken such a strong public stand is really because of the several thousand DACA ...

May 9, 2018

LOS ANGELES—Covington partners Carolyn Kubota, Robyn Polashuk, and Sonya Winner have been named to the Daily Journal’s 2018 “Top 100 Women Lawyers” list, recognizing the “top women lawyers in California.” Based in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Ms. Kubota is a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has served as lead counsel on high-profile ...

May 8, 2018, The AmLaw Litigation Daily

The AmLaw Litigation Daily highlights Covington’s work alongside the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Center, and prisoners’ rights litigator, Elizabeth Alexander, regarding a class action that was filed in the Southern District of Mississippi on behalf of the East Mississippi Correctional Facility’s prisoners, 80 percent of whom are mentally ill. “Prisoners suffer ...

May 2, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—The National Law Journal has named Covington to its “Pro Bono Hot List.” The 2018 special report recognizes 14 firms who “have taken on some of the biggest issues of our time.” In its profile of the firm, The National Law Journal highlights Covington’s pro bono efforts, led by San Francisco partner Jeffrey Davidson, on behalf of the University of ...

May 1, 2018

WASHINGTON—Covington advised Elbit Systems Ltd. in its $120 million acquisition of the assets and operations of the privately owned U.S. company, Universal Avionics Systems. Elbit Systems is an international high technology company engaged in a wide range of defense, homeland security, and commercial programs throughout the world. Universal Avionics is a ...

May 2018, The National Law Journal

Covington was named to The National Law Journal's "Pro Bono Hot List" for its representation of the University of California in challenging the government’s rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. "To be in court standing up for 700,000 immigrants, I don't know that there's anything quite like that. For them, it's not a legal ...

April 20, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has named Covington partner Michael Plimack to its 2018 list of the “Top Intellectual Property Lawyers” in California. Mr. Plimack, co-chair of Covington’s Patent Litigation Practice Group, represents leading technology companies that are faced with complex patent infringement cases. In its profile, the Daily Journal highlighted ...

April 18, 2018, Daily Journal

Michael Plimack was named to the Daily Journal's "Top Intellectual Property Lawyers" in California list. Commenting on recent changes in patent litigation, Plimack says, "Large-scale patent litigation these days is an international affair that requires experience in all the key jurisdictions, which I believe will increasingly include China over time."

March 23, 2018, MLex

Lindsey Tonsager recently spoke at the BCLT Privacy Law Forum in Silicon Valley is quoted in an mLex article discussing whether GDPR will automatically become a global privacy standard. Tonsager said that working with companies that depend on AI technology to become compliant with the GDPR “is incredibly, incredibly challenging." Commenting on modifications to ...

March 22, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—Covington’s Jeffrey Davidson, Thomas Garten, Laura Muschamp, and Michael Plimack have been named among the 2018 “California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year” by the Daily Journal. This annual award recognizes lawyers in the state who have made a “significant impact on public policy, the law, the profession, or a particular practice area.” Mr. Davidson ...

March 7, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—The San Francisco Business Times has named Covington partner Jeffrey Davidson to its “40 Under 40” list recognizing him among the region’s “most promising young talent.” Mr. Davidson is the only litigation attorney named to the list. Mr. Davidson’s trial and appellate practice focuses on high-stakes commercial, insurance coverage, products ...

March 7, 2018

WASHINGTON—Global Investigations Review and Who’s Who Legal: Investigations have recognized Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Group in its 2018 report. The publication named Covington partners Tammy Albarrán and Steven Fagell to the inaugural Future Leaders issue, a ranking of “the most eminent lawyers in the field under 45,” and ...

March 1, 2018, Covington Alert

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. trademark, false advertising, and right of publicity law during 2017.

March 1, 2018, Covington Alert

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. and European copyright law during 2017.

February 27, 2018, Law360

February 23, 2018, Covington Alert

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers. Ruling 9-0, the Court held that the Dodd-Frank Act prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers only if they reported suspected wrongdoing directly to the SEC.

February 14, 2018, Daily Journal

Winslow Taub is quoted in a Daily Journal article regarding a recent 9th Circuit decision stating that a district court judge gave too much deference to the Department of Homeland Security and didn't give proper judicial weight to the First Amendment in a case in which the government forced protestors to stay away from an immigration checkpoint in Arizona. ...

February 6, 2018

WASHINGTON—Law360 has named five Covington practice groups among its “2017 Practice Groups of the Year.” The practice groups recognized by Law360 are as follows: Government Contracts International Trade Product Liability Sports White Collar  

February 1, 2018, Covington Alert

This International Employment Update summarises recent international employment law developments in China, India, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

February 2018, Data Protection Leader

January 30, 2018, Law360

Law360 highlights the promotion of Covington's newest partners, including John Balzano, Lindsay Burke, Bradley Chernin, Christopher DeCresce, Guy Dingley, Matthew Dunn, Laura Flahive Wu, Pamela Forrest, Alexa Hansen, Megan Keane, Sam Pyun, Kyle Rabe, Ansgar Simon, Andrew Soukup, Emily Ullman, and Mark Young.

January 26, 2018, Covington Alert

This e-alert reviews trends emerging from warning letters and untitled letters concerning therapeutic product advertising and promotion issued in 2017 by the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), the Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality (OCBQ) of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research ...

January 24, 2018, Covington Alert

Digital advertising typically involves a vast network of publishers, advertisers and their agencies, advertising exchanges and networks, technology platforms, and measurement and data analytics providers. To help streamline the commercial dealings of all of these parties in this complex ecosystem, advertising industry self-regulatory groups have developed ...

January 19, 2018, Law360

Covington was named a 2017 International Trade Group of the Year by Law360. According to Peter Lichtenbaum, the Bombardier trade remedies case, which "presents very significant economic, legal, and political issues," was one of the group's biggest from the past year. "The company remains confident that the ITC will conclude that Boeing will not be harmed by the ...

January 12, 2018, The Litigation Daily

Jeffrey Davidson was named "Litigator of the Week" by The Litigation Daily for his representation of the University of California, one of the plaintiffs in the case challenging the Trump Administration's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On January 9, U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of ...

January 10, 2018, Reuters

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in a Reuters article regarding a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco that temporarily blocks the government from rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who represents the University of California in challenging the government's action, says that ...

January 10, 2018, San Francisco Business Times

Simon Frankel is quoted in a San Francisco Business Times article regarding the opening of Salesforce Tower, the new location of Covington's San Francisco office. "We are delighted to become one of the anchor tenants of the new Salesforce Tower, which is at the center of a flourishing area of downtown San Francisco," Frankel says. "This new building will allow ...

January 10, 2018, Law360

Jeffrey Davidson is quoted in a Law360 article regarding a nationwide injunction issued by U.S. District Judge William Alsup that prevents the government from proceeding with its plan to roll back the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Davidson, who serves as counsel for the University of California, one of the plaintiffs in the case, says ...

January 9, 2018, Covington Alert

This e-alert is part of a series of e-alerts summarizing publicly available FDA enforcement letters (i.e., warning letters and untitled letters) relating to the advertising and promotion of prescription drugs, medical devices, and biologics.

January 9, 2018, Covington Alert

2017 was another year of active enforcement globally—including in the U.S., despite the start of a new Presidential Administration touting an aggressive deregulatory agenda. Transactions in consolidated industries drew enforcement fire in both Europe and the United States (Dow/DuPont, ChemChina/Syngenta, Bayer/Monsanto, AT&T/TimeWarner). And, in March, the UK ...

January 9, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO—Covington secured a victory on behalf of its clients the University of California and UC President Janet Napolitano when Northern District of California Judge William Alsup issued a nationwide injunction blocking the federal government’s effort to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). On September 5, 2017, the ...

December 26, 2017

SILICON VALLEY—The Financial Times has recognized Covington among the most innovative firms in 2017 in the category of "Enabling Business Growth," for advising "Tencent in its acquisition of a $8.6bn majority stake in Supercell, the Finnish gaming company, while maintaining Supercell’s creative culture and retaining its employees by introducing incentive ...

December 12, 2017, Covington Alert

Massive wildfires have devastated Ventura County, and they now threaten lives, homes and businesses in Los Angeles and San Diego. In the face of these catastrophic fires, businesses and their employees should focus on safety. In their aftermath, businesses must act promptly and assertively to protect their insurance rights and remedies. Early and deliberate ...

November 16, 2017

WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has awarded Covington a perfect score of 100 percent for the tenth consecutive year on its Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ workplace equality. Covington is among 609 major U.S. businesses that earned a perfect ...

November 14, 2017, The Recorder

The Recorder recognized Clara Shin as a “Game Changer” for her successful representation of McKesson Corporation in a half-billion-dollar trade secrets case. Commenting on skills needed to achieve a come-from-behind victory, Shin says, "While it is important to respect prior counsel’s handling of the case, you must aggressively re-vet all potential legal ...

November 7, 2017, Covington Alert

On August 18, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (FDARA). This law, containing nine titles, reauthorizes and amends the user fee programs for prescription drugs, medical devices, generic drugs, and biosimilars.

October 29, 2017, The Times

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted by The Times in an article regarding the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Commenting on how regulators are beginning to address some of the issues, Tonsager says, "The law hasn’t caught up with the technology. Nobody knows exactly who will be responsible.” “Some diseases disproportionately affect certain types of ...

October 25, 2017, Covington Alert

Last month, Hurricanes Irma and Maria battered Puerto Rico, which is a major center of pharmaceutical manufacturing. Damage there to property, roads, bridges, communications, power, and water systems may take months or more to repair. Some, including the FDA, have expressed concern that the damage could lead to shortages of important drugs, medical devices, and ...

October 23, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—Following a weeklong bench trial, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ruled in favor of Covington client Deere & Company in a trademark lawsuit involving the company’s iconic green and yellow colors. Since the early 20th century, Deere's agricultural equipment has almost all been painted in Deere's distinctive and ...

October 17, 2017, Law360

Law360 highlights Covington's successful representation of John Deere in a trademark lawsuit involving the company's green-and-yellow color scheme. "Color trademarks are uncommon, and we are not aware of any color trademark case going through trial before this one," says Simon Frankel. "But John Deere has one of the strongest and most widely recognized color ...

October 10, 2017, Commercial Dispute Resolution

Commercial Dispute Resolution highlights Covington's 16-partner promotion, as well as the arrivals of Jennifer Saulino and Stephen Rademaker.

October 10, 2017, Covington Alert

This e-alert is part of a series of e-alerts summarizing publicly available FDA enforcement letters (i.e., warning letters and untitled letters) relating to the advertising and promotion of prescription drugs, medical devices, and biologics.

October 9, 2017

NEW YORK—Covington advised the underwriters in a registered public offering by The Clorox Company in an aggregate principal amount of $400 million. Clorox is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products based in Oakland, California. Clorox markets some of the most recognized consumer brand names, including its namesake ...

October 4, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—The Recorder has named Covington partner Ingrid Rechtin to its list of “2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law.” This annual recognition commemorates “recent outstanding work by California-based lawyers whose practices focus on technology companies and issues.” In its profile of Ms. Rechtin, the publication highlights her representation of Sanofi in ...

October 2, 2017

WASHINGTON—Covington has promoted 16 lawyers to its partnership. “It’s a great tribute to the firm’s vibrancy that we’re continuing to build an exceptional pipeline of new partners from within our ranks,” said Timothy Hester, Covington’s chair. “We’re confident that all 16 will add importantly to the firm’s strengths and will drive further expansion of core ...

October 2, 2017, The Recorder

The Recorder named Ingrid Rechtin one of its "2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law." In her profile, Ms. Rechtin provides advice to young lawyers in tech. She says, "Be flexible and open to new opportunities. The tech space evolves quickly and as a lawyer you can provide more value to your clients if you have a broader view—across industries, companies of all sizes, ...

September 22, 2017, The Recorder

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted by The Recorder in an article regarding the recent decision in a case brought by the FTC alleging that selling connected devices with known security weaknesses is an unfair and deceptive business practice. According to Tonsager, "Judge Donato's order should discourage the FTC from adopting a legal standard that would consider potential ...

September 20, 2017, Covington Alert

This e-alert is part of a series of e-alerts summarizing publicly available FDA enforcement letters (i.e., warning letters and untitled letters) relating to the advertising and promotion of prescription drugs, medical devices, and biologics.

September 19, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—The Recorder recognized Covington partner Clara Shin as a “Game Changer” for her successful representation of McKesson Corporation in a half-billion-dollar trade secrets case. Awarded in conjunction with the publication’s California Litigation Department of the Year awards, the recognition highlights individual litigators “who won big where others ...

September 13, 2017, Covington Alert

Hurricane Irma has battered much of Florida, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, just days after tropical storm Harvey devastated Houston and its environs. This e-alert provides practical tips to help maximize insurance recoveries for those organizations whose property was damaged or whose business was interrupted by these catastrophic events.

September 7, 2017, Covington Alert

On Tuesday, the Trump Administration announced plans to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program, which allows qualifying, vetted undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in the country and obtain temporary work authorization. While some components of the DACA termination will begin to take effect ...

September 2017, Covington Alert

On March 5, 2017, the Belgian parliament enacted the Flexible and Workable Work Law, which seeks to increase flexibility for both employers and employees.

August 25, 2017

NEW YORK—Covington has again been selected by Latinvex as a “Top International Law Firm” doing work in Latin America. In addition to this honor, Latinvex has recognized Covington as a leading firm in the FCPA & Fraud, International Arbitration, and Corporate/M&A subcategories. Covington’s Latin America practice draws on a dedicated team of lawyers and advisors ...

August 15, 2017

SILICON VALLEY—Covington secured a significant patent infringement victory on behalf of Elbit Systems Ltd. over its groundbreaking patent relating to high-speed satellite communications.  A jury in the Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas awarded Elbit Systems $21,075,000 in damages, exclusive of pre-judgment interest and post-verdict ...

August 10, 2017

NEW YORK—Covington is representing IFM Therapeutics in its sale to Bristol Myers Squibb for $300 million in cash and the right to receive contingent payments upon achievement of specified milestones that could total in excess of $1 billion for each of its two oncology programs. Prior to closing, IFM will spin off its inflammation program to a newly-formed ...

July 10, 2017, Covington Alert

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB” or the “Bureau”) published a final rule substantially curtailing the ability of financial services providers and consumers to enter into pre-dispute arbitration clauses. The final rule, like the proposed rule that preceded it, would: prevent financial services providers from including arbitration ...

June 30, 2017, Covington Alert

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling staying certain parts of the injunctions entered by the Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal against Executive Order No. 13780, the so-called "travel ban" Executive Order (the “Order”), and the State Department issued clarifying guidance on June 28. The effect of the Supreme Court ruling is to allow ...

June 29, 2017, Bloomberg Law

Lindsey Tonsager is quoted in a Bloomberg Law article regarding the FTC's updated guidance that includes adding online-based questions as a method of obtaining parental consent under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. According to Tonsager, the new methods are a quick way for parents to give consent without having to mail in forms, and will largely ...

June 20, 2017, Covington Alert

In a case that has drawn significant media attention for its potential effect on the Washington Redskins organization, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday, June 19, that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) cannot deny a trademark registration on the basis that the proposed mark may “disparage” “persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, ...

June 14, 2017

WASHINGTON—Covington’s Insurance Recovery practice has received the 2017 Chambers USA "Award for Excellence" in Insurance, marking the sixth time the firm has received this honor in the 11 years it has been awarded. The "Award for Excellence" is given to one U.S. firm representing policyholders in the insurance coverage field. In addition to the award, Covington ...

June 12, 2017

LOS ANGELES—Covington partners Robyn Polashuk, Clara Shin, and Sonya Winner have been named to the Daily Journal’s 2017 “Top 100 Women Lawyers” list, which recognizes the leading women lawyers in California who “try complex commercial disputes and put together industry-transforming deals.” Managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office, Ms. Polashuk focuses ...

June 7, 2017, Covington Alert

On Monday, in Kokesh v. SEC, the Supreme Court handed a major loss to the Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously holding that SEC claims for disgorgement of ill-gotten gains are subject to a five-year statute of limitations. The Kokesh decision also calls into question the proper measure of disgorgement (e.g., gross versus net profits) and even whether ...

May 26, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK—Latinvex has again selected Covington partners Tammy Albarrán and Nicole Duclos to its annual list of the “Top 100 Female Lawyers” focusing on Latin America at international law firms. Ms. Albarrán was selected a top practitioner in the FCPA & Fraud category, while Ms. Duclos was selected in the Arbitration & Litigation category.  Ms. ...

May 2017, Corporate Counsel

Corporate Counsel features Covington's "across-the-board trial win" on behalf of McKesson in a trade secrets case with half a billion dollars at stake. Clara Shin, who led the Covington team, says, "I'm proud of the fact we came in five months before trial and took a fresh look at the record.” She adds, "In addition to showing [PSKW] was not able to prove their ...

May 4, 2017, Covington Alert

With effect from today, policyholders may recover damages from insurers for late payment of some insurance claims. For insurance contracts agreed or renewed on or after May 4, 2017 and governed by English law, the UK Enterprise Act 2016 introduces an implied term, affording the policyholder the right to recover losses caused by the insurer’s failure to pay valid ...

May 3, 2017, Covington Alert

On May 2, 2017, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) released the final version of the Measures on the Security Review of Network Products and Services (Trial) (“the Measures”), with an effective date of June 1, 2017 (official Chinese version available here). The issuance of the Measures marks a critical first step toward implementing China’s ...

May 1, 2017, Covington Alert

In a widely anticipated step, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has released the text of a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to change the legal framework that governs broadband providers, eliminate the “Internet conduct standard” for evaluating broadband provider practices on a case-by-case basis, and seek comment on whether to keep, modify, or ...

April 26, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—The Daily Journal has named Covington partner Gretchen Hoff Varner one of its “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in California.  The Daily Journal praised Ms. Hoff Varner for her insurance coverage practice, which has successfully recovered millions of dollars from insurers on behalf of a diverse array of clients. The profile also highlighted Ms. Hoff ...

April 20, 2017, Law360

Earlier this month, in Maloney v. T3Media Inc.,[1] the Ninth Circuit held that former college athletes could not assert a right of publicity to prevent the NCAA and its licensee, T3Media, from distributing images of the players. The court ruled that the players’ right of publicity was preempted by Section 301 of the Copyright Act because photographs of the ...

April 2017, The American Lawyer

Covington’s successful representation of McKesson in a trade secrets case with half a billion dollars at stake is featured in The American Lawyer’s “Big Suits” section. According to Clara Shin, "In addition to showing [PSKW] was not able to prove their case, we used documents we found to tell an affirmative story that [McKesson] developed" the co-pay method on ...

March 30, 2017, Daily Journal

Simon Frankel and Peter Chen are quoted in a Daily Journal article regarding the arrival of Chen and Scott Kamholz to the firm’s Patent Office Trials Practice. According to Frankel, while the firm’s patent litigation activity spans the coasts, most of its patent office practice has been based in Washington D.C. Chen’s addition will help expand the firm’s patent ...

March 2017

February 27, 2017

WASHINGTON—Law360 has named four Covington practice groups among its “Practice Groups of the Year.” The practice groups recognized by Law360 are as follows: International Trade Life Sciences Product Liability Sports  

February 22, 2017, Covington Advisory

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. trademark, false advertising, and right of publicity law during 2016.

February 22, 2017, Covington Advisory

Selections of Covington’s Intellectual Property Rights Practice Group for the “Top Ten” most significant and interesting developments in U.S. and European copyright law during 2016.

February 13, 2017, Litigation Daily

Litigation Daily highlights Covington’s successful representation of McKesson in relation to a trade secrets case with half a billion dollars at stake. According to Clara Shin, "In addition to showing [PSKW] was not able to prove their case, we used documents we found to tell an affirmative story that [McKesson] developed" the co-pay method on its own. She adds, ...

February 13, 2017, Law360

Law360 highlights Covington’s successful representation of McKesson in relation to a trade secrets case with half a billion dollars at stake. According to Clara Shin, “We’re gratified by the court’s judgment, which confirms McKesson independently developed its LoyaltyScript product.”  The Covington team also included Nathan Shafroth, Robert Haslam, Christopher ...

February 10, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—After being retained just months before trial, Covington obtained a complete defense victory for a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation in a trade secrets bench trial in which plaintiff sought damages of nearly half a billion dollars.  In a lawsuit commenced in 2007, plaintiff PSKW accused McKesson of using its “new payment method” to develop ...

February 10, 2017, Covington Alert

Following last week’s advisory concerning President Trump’s Executive Order “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (the “Order”), numerous lawsuits were filed challenging the Order. One such challenge, filed by the State of Washington and the State of Minnesota, culminated in yesterday’s unanimous decision by the United States ...

February 10, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO—The BTI Consulting Group has named Covington lawyers John Nields and Clara Shin to its 2017 “Client Service All-Stars” list, which recognizes “remarkable attorneys and their ability to rise above all others with the most demanding clients.” Mr. Nields, based in Washington, is a highly regarded trial lawyer and member of the firm’s litigation and ...

February 7, 2017, Covington Alert

Barely two weeks after taking the oath of office, President Trump is already moving quickly to implement his campaign agenda. This alert addresses the actions Donald Trump has already taken with respect to environmental policy, and what can be expected going forward.

February 1, 2017, 21st Century Cures Act Webinar Series

January 9, 2017, Covington Alert

This alert reviews trends emerging from the warning and untitled letters issued in 2016 by the Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). No warning or untitled letters concerning promotion were issued this year by the Office of Compliance and Biologics Quality (OCBQ) of the Center for Biologics Evaluation ...

January 4, 2017, Covington Alert

One piece of the ongoing debate over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s use of Administrative Law Judges to adjudicate enforcement actions may be heading to the U.S. Supreme Court. On December 27, 2016, in Bandimere v. SEC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit invalidated SEC sanctions against an individual on the ground that the ALJ who ...

January 3, 2017

WASHINGTON—Law360 has named six Covington lawyers as MVPs in their respective practice areas. The awards single out lawyers from across various practice areas based on their “success in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters, and record-breaking deals.” The Covington lawyers recognized as Law360 MVPs are: Shara Aranoff, International Trade. Ms. ...

December 22, 2016, Covington Alert

On December 13, 2016, President Obama signed H.R. 34, the 21st Century Cures Act, which became Public Law No. 114-255 (“the Act”). Its enactment represents the culmination of a multi-year bipartisan legislative process spearheaded on the House side by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Ranking Member Frank Pallone, and Rep. Diana DeGette and on ...

December 21, 2016

WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has awarded Covington a perfect score of 100 percent for the ninth consecutive year on its Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. Covington is among 517 major U.S. businesses that earned a perfect score this ...

December 8, 2016, Covington Alert

On December 6, 2016, in the first insider trading case the Supreme Court has decided in nearly two decades, the Court, in Salman v. United States, unanimously upheld a conviction for trading based on material non-public information provided by the defendant’s brother-in-law as a gift. The decision was a big win for the Department of Justice and the Securities ...

December 6, 2016, Covington Alert

On December 2, 2016, the English High Court ruled that the members of the band Duran Duran would be in breach of the contracts under which they assigned their publishing copyrights if they exercised their U.S. statutory right to terminate the transfer of the U.S. copyrights under section 203 of the Copyright Act. The case, Gloucester Place Music Limited v Simon ...

December 1, 2016, Law360

Law360 selected Marty Myers as a 2016 Insurance MVP and profiled his work over the past year, including his representation of World Fuel Services which scored the company a $24.5 million reward for insurance coverage related to a $17 million marine cargo loss off the coast of West Africa. “Each case suggests its own strategies,” Myers says. “In part, it’s being ...

October 25, 2016, Covington Alert

In a recent case, Robinson v. U-Haul Company of California, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District affirmed a trial court's award of attorney’s fees and issuance of a permanent injunction against a company from using a noncompete in its California dealer contracts.

October 25, 2016, Society for Human Resource Management

Phillip Warren is quoted in a Society for Human Resource Management article regarding guidance released by the DOJ and the FTC alerting HR professionals to potential violations of antitrust laws stemming from nonpoaching or wage-fixing agreements with competing companies. According to Warren, “This is a major policy shift.” He continues, “The government has ...

October 13, 2016, Covington Alert

On September 21, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published its final rule, Clinical Trials Registration and Results Information Submission, 42 C.F.R. Part 11. Under Title VIII of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA), “responsible parties” for specified clinical trials of FDA-regulated drug and device products must submit ...

October 10, 2016, CDR News

CDR News highlighted the promotion of 13 Covington lawyers to partner, as well as the arrival of Lord Francis Maude in London as a Senior Advisor in the firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs practice. According to firm chair Timothy Hester, “Our new partners reflect the excellence, strengths, and diversity of the firm and will play important roles in the ...

October 3, 2016

WASHINGTON—Covington has promoted 13 lawyers to its partnership. “Our new partners reflect the excellence, strengths, and diversity of the firm and will play important roles in the firm for decades to come and will help drive our key practices to even greater success in the years ahead,” said Timothy Hester, Covington’s chair.  The new partners, who are based in ...

October 3, 2016, San Francisco Bar

Marty Myers was named a “Volunteer of the Month” by the Justice and Diversity Center and is quoted in a San Francisco Bar article regarding the importance of pro bono work. According to Myers, its rewarding to “bring the same high powered advice that major corporate clients use to help nonprofits meet their daily challenges.” He adds, “The benefits so far ...

September 30, 2016, Covington Alert

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues to aggressively pursue companies using severance and other employment agreements that could be perceived to discourage employees from reporting possible securities law violations. Three enforcement actions this past summer demonstrate the need for companies to proactively review and give consideration ...

August 1, 2016

WASHINGTON—The American Lawyer has named Covington to its 2016 “A-List,” an annual ranking of the top 20 firms based on revenue per lawyer, pro bono commitment, diversity, and associate satisfaction. Covington has appeared on the “A-List” eleven times since this honor was introduced in 2003. “We are extremely pleased to have again been named to The American ...

July 26, 2016, Law360

Clara Shin is quoted in a Law360 article regarding the qualities possessed by the top 20 litigation powerhouses that dominate the courtroom in bet-the-company cases. According to Shin, “We view every case and every trial as a way to reinforce our reputation.” She continues, “People come to Covington because of our reputation for delivering a bespoke, tailored ...

July 20, 2016, Global Competition Review

Phillip Warren participated in the American Bar Association’s bi-monthly criminal antitrust update and is quoted in a GCR article regarding the lower amount of criminal antitrust fines this year. According to Warren, “More than anything, the drop in numbers results from the winding down of the current financial sector and auto parts matters.” He continued, “It ...

June 24, 2016, Covington Alert

The UK has voted to leave the European Union in an advisory referendum. 52% leave - 48% remain. Were the UK to leave the EU, this would have significant implications for the UK and for international businesses operating in the UK. The longer term impact of the decision on the regulatory framework for the UK will depend, in part, on the relationship that the UK ...

June 21, 2016

SILICON VALLEY—Covington advised Tencent Holdings Limited, a leading provider of internet service in China, in connection with its acquisition of a majority stake in Supercell from SoftBank. A consortium established by Tencent will acquire up to 84% of Supercell for $8.6 billion in a transaction valuing Supercell at approximately $10.2 billion. Supercell is a ...

June 14, 2016, Covington Alert

Not content with California’s state law requiring employers to provide certain employees with paid sick leave, Los Angeles’s Mayor recently signed into law a new ordinance that would provide eligible employees working in the City of Los Angeles with more generous paid sick leave benefits. Meanwhile, voters in San Diego also recently approved a local sick leave ...

June 7, 2016

WASHINGTON—Covington has again received top rankings from Chambers USA, with 60 practice rankings and 120 individual rankings for lawyers in the publication’s 2016 edition. The legal guide identifies leading lawyers and law firm practices based on interviews conducted by Chambers’ researchers with thousands of lawyers and their clients. The firm was ranked in ...

May 16, 2016, Covington Alert

In a decision closely watched by businesses that are the targets of consumer class action lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that a plaintiff asserting a statutory claim must make a showing of particularized and concrete harm sufficient to establish Article III standing, even if the underlying statute provides for statutory damages without a separate ...

May 11, 2016, Covington Alert

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”), which creates a federal civil cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. The Senate passed the DTSA on April 4, 2016 by a unanimous vote of 87-0. The Senate bill (S. 1890) was passed by the House of Representatives without amendment on ...

April 24, 2016, Business Insurance

David Goodwin’s remarks from the annual RIMS conference are quoted in this article discussing the increased use of catastrophe bonds by risk managers. According to Goodwin, “This really is an up-and-coming issue for risk management.”

April 21, 2016, Daily Journal

April 21, 2016, Covington Alert

On April 5, 2016, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), through the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, announced a one-year Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) enforcement pilot program (the “Pilot Program”) intended to motivate companies to voluntarily disclose FCPA-related misconduct and increase transparency around the Fraud Section’s approach ...

April 20, 2016

LOS ANGELES — Covington partners Emily Henn, Robyn Polashuk and Sonya Winner have been named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of “Top Women Lawyers” in California. The list recognizes 100 lawyers who “try complex commercial disputes and put together industry-transforming deals.” Ms. Henn, based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, co-chairs the firm’s Class ...

April 14, 2016, BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal

April 5, 2016, Covington Alert

On Monday, April 4, 2016, the U.S. Senate passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the “DTSA,” S. 1890), as amended, by a unanimous vote of 87-0. S. 1890 was introduced by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Chris Coons (D-DE), and supported by 65 cosponsors. Companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 3326) has been introduced by ...

April 4, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK — Latinvex has again selected Covington partners Tammy Albarrán and Nicole Duclos to its annual list of the “Top 100 Female Lawyers” specializing in Latin America among international law firms. Latinvex chose attorneys from 57 law firms and ten practice areas. The criteria for selection included a combination of factors, including ...

March 28, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — The Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus (ALC) will be recognizing Covington as the 2016 Pro Bono honoree at its 44th Anniversary dinner on May 5th. The firm is being honored for its work on Omar v. Kerry, a case involving Mosed Shaye Omar, a U.S. citizen whose passport was illegally revoked by the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. The ...

March 22, 2016, Covington Alert

March 17, 2016, Law360

February 10, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO - After a week-long bench trial, a Covington trial team won a $34 million judgment on behalf of clients Draper Esprit, Scottish Equity Partners, and a class of former Zeus Technology investors, prevailing in a lawsuit initiated by San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology.  The case, tried in San Francisco Superior Court, lay at the intersection of ...

January 28, 2016

WASHINGTON, DC - Law360 has named six Covington practice groups among its “Practice Groups of the Year.” The practice groups recognized by Law360 are as follows: Government Contracts Insurance International Trade Life Sciences Product Liability Sports

January 2016, Covington Alert

This e-alert is part of a series of alerts summarizing publicly-available FDA enforcement letters relating to the advertising and promotion of prescription drugs, medical devices, and biologics. This alert reviews warning and untitled letters issued in 2015. In 2015, FDA’s Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) posted the following letters on FDA’s ...

December 28, 2015, Covington Alert

November 18, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, November 18, 2015 - The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) has awarded Covington a perfect score of 100 percent for the eighth consecutive year on its Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. Covington is among 400 major US businesses that ...

November 9, 2015, Multichannel News

October 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, October 1, 2015 - Covington has elected nine of its lawyers to partnership. “We are delighted to welcome our new partners, who exemplify the spirit and substance of Covington,” said Timothy Hester, chair of the firm’s management committee. “This partnership class reflects our focus on the firm’s core practice strengths. We are confident that ...

September 28, 2015, Covington Alert

August 26, 2015, Covington Alert

August 20, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, August 20, 2015 — Covington advised Tencent Holdings Ltd. on its US$50 million investment in Ontario-based Kik Interactive, Inc., a messenger application with more than 200 million registered users. Tencent is a Chinese company that provides value-added Internet, mobile and telecom services and online advertising. Its messaging app WeChat has ...

August 19, 2015, Law360

July 23, 2015

LONDON, July 23, 2015 — Covington has launched a new app designed specifically for smart phones and tablets called ‘The Arbitration Handbook’. The app compiles over 90 resources (arbitral rules, treaties, national laws and guidelines) commonly used in international arbitration into one convenient electronic resource, while enabling users to bookmark and ...

June 18, 2015

NEW YORK, June 18, 2015 - A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that former top U.S. officials can potentially be held liable for the abuse of detainees held at a center in New York City following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011. The plaintiffs in the case, Turkmen v. Ashcroft, are represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Covington & ...

June 9, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2015  — Euromoney Legal Media Group selected Covington partners Dianne Coffino and Andrea Reister for its annual Americas Women in Business Law Awards. The awards honor women who are leading the field in the legal sector across the Americas.   Ms. Coffino, a partner in the firm’s New York office, was recognized in the “Best in Insolvency ...

June 1, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 2015  — Covington has again received top rankings from Chambers USA, with 46 practice rankings and 152 individual rankings for lawyers in the publication’s 2015 edition. The legal guide identifies leading lawyers and law firm practices based on interviews conducted by Chambers’ researchers with thousands of lawyers and their clients. The ...

May 29, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, May 29, 2015 — Law360 ranked Covington eighth on its list of “Top 25 Best Law Firms For Black Attorneys.” The list highlights firms that have significantly more black attorneys than the industry average, particularly at the partner level. According to the publication, the firms in the top 25 average 6.6 percent black non-partners and 4.4 percent ...

May 21, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, May 21, 2015  — Covington’s insurance recovery practice won the 2015 Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Insurance, marking the fifth time the firm has received this honor in the nine years it has been awarded. The Award for Excellence, presented at Chambers USA’s annual awards dinner in New York City on May 19, was given to only one U.S. firm ...

May 19, 2015

NEW YORK, May 19, 2015 — Covington is advising Pandora Media, Inc., an Internet radio service, in its acquisition of Next Big Sound, Inc., a provider of online music analytics. The acquisition is expected to provide Pandora with a powerful analytics tool used by tens of thousands of music makers, labels and marketers looking for data and insights about artists ...

April 16, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2015 — Covington & Burling’s Simon Frankel and Ethan Forrest have been named recipients of the “2015 Burton Awards for Legal Achievement.” Their article, “Why Should That Matter?’’ The Potentially Dramatic Copyright Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Aereo Decision won in the legal writing for law firms category. The article, ...

April 13, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13, 2015  —  Covington advised Prosper Marketplace, Inc. in its $165 million Series D financing. This round was led by Credit Suisse NEXT Investors, part of Credit Suisse Asset Management, and included J.P. Morgan Asset Management, SunTrust Banks, a subsidiary of USAA, BBVA Ventures (BBVA’s representative office in San Francisco), Neuberger ...

April 8, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2015  —  Law360 named Covington partner Jeffrey Davidson one of five “Rising Stars” in the area of competition law. The award honors lawyers under the age of 40 whose “legal accomplishments belie their age.” In its profile, Law360 highlighted Mr. Davidson’s role in Samsung Electronics’ victory in its high-profile antitrust litigation ...

March 27, 2015

LONDON, 27 March, 2015 — Covington received 56 individual mentions and 29 practice mentions in the 2015 edition of Chambers Global. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers globally by pan-regional and country practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. The Covington lawyers selected as ...

March 6, 2015

LOS ANGELES, March 6, 2015 — Covington will open a new office in Los Angeles on March 9. The office will be staffed by current firm lawyers and three new senior lawyers and will focus initially on insurance coverage, media and content distribution, patent litigation, public policy/government affairs and white collar defense. "We believe there is a strong base ...

February 12, 2015, Law360

Covington's Ingrid Rechtin authored this article on the Delaware Chancery Court declining to follow an explicit Delaware choice of law provision, denying a Delaware limited liability company’s request for preliminary injunctive relief to enforce a noncompete provision against a California resident and former employee.

January 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2015 — Covington was named one of the top 2014 “Media and Entertainment Practice Groups of the Year” by Law360.Law360 highlighted the practice for its involvement in “the most-talked-about sports media rights deals last year,” including the NFL's Sunday Ticket agreement with DirecTV, Steve Ballmer’s bid for the Los Angeles Clippers, ...

January 21, 2015, Global Investigations Review

Covington & Burling partner Doug Sprague is featured in the article above regarding his move to the firm's San Francisco office.

January 20, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO, January 20, 2015 — Douglas Sprague, former chief of the San Francisco U.S. Attorney’s Office Economic Crimes and Securities Fraud section, has joined Covington & Burling’s litigation group as a partner, further strengthening the firm’s highly regarded white collar practice. He will be resident in Covington’s San Francisco office. Mr. Sprague has ...

January 16, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2015 — For the second consecutive year, Law360 named Covington’s antitrust and competition practice one of the top “Competition Practice Groups of the Year.”Law360 recognized Covington for securing the dismissal of separate antitrust suits against clients Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., JP Morgan Chase & Co., and Expedia, Inc. The ...

December 17, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, 2014 — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Covington & Burling partner Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. “We are very proud that President Obama nominated Haywood to the federal bench in Northern California and that the Senate has now confirmed his nomination,” said Timothy ...

December 17, 2014, The Recorder

December 17, 2014, Law360

Covington partner Haywood Gilliam is featured in these articles regarding the U.S. Senate confirming him to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

December 16, 2014, SF Gate

December 11, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2014- The Financial Times listed Covington as one of the top 40 most innovative firms in its 2014 “North America Innovative Lawyers” report. The annual report recognizes firms based on the originality of their legal work, the rationale behind strategy, and the impact of the work on the client’s business. In addition to its overall ...

11/20/2014

REDWOOD SHORES, CA, November 20, 2014 — Covington & Burling advised Oplink Communications, Inc. in its sale to Koch Optics, Inc., a wholly owned Koch Industries subsidiary. The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $445 million. Under the terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, Koch Optics will commence a tender offer and subsequent merger for all of ...

November 19, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, November 19, 2014 — For the seventh consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has awarded Covington & Burling the top rating of 100 percent in the 2015 Corporate Equality Index. Covington’s rating reflects its support for same-sex partners of employees through health insurance, bereavement and family leave policies, as well as its ...

11/4/2014

NEW YORK, November 4, 2014 — In a win for Covington & Burling’s clients, a federal appeals court has denied an effort by police unions to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk tactics. The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit clears the way for the implementation of ...

October 20, 2014, The Washington Post

"Covington & Burling of the District appointed Ashley Bass, Robin Blaney, Krista Carver, Jeffrey Davidson, Nicole Duclos, Shankar Duraiswamy, Scott Freling, David Garr, Jason Goldberg, Andrew Lazerow, Michael Lechliter, Anne Lee, Scott Schrader, Nathan Shafroth and Ranganath Sudarshan partners."

October 1, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, October 1, 2014 — Covington & Burling is pleased to announce that it has elected 15 lawyers to its partnership effective today. “Our new partners come from six firm offices and practice in a variety of areas that are of great importance to the firm’s clients,” said Timothy Hester, chair of Covington’s management committee. “These are all superb ...

September 19, 2014

REDWOOD SHORES, CA, September 19, 2014 — Covington & Burling advised Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of Canadian cloud-printing firm PrinterOn. The acquisition is expected to enhance Samsung’s mobile cloud services to the business-to-business market. Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung purchased all outstanding stock from the current ...

9/18/2014

SAN FRANCISCO, September 18, 2014 — Covington & Burling client Hewlett-Packard Co. scored a win in its patent litigation case against Linex Technologies on September 15 when a federal judge ruled that HP is entitled to an award of attorneys’ fees. In May, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken in Oakland ruled in favor of HP and other electronics manufacturers, ...

September 12, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, 2014 — For the second year in a row, Covington & Burling partner David Goodwin was named to the Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Lawyers” in California. The list honors “lawyers who have impact — on an industry or on the larger society,” according to the publication’s editors. Mr. Goodwin was recognized for his work representing ...

9/11/2014

WASHINGTON, DC, September 11, 2014 — The Stockholm District Court today dismissed the Russian Federation’s jurisdictional challenge to a previous arbitration ruling that ordered Russia to compensate a group of Spanish investors for the losses they suffered when the government expropriated the Yukos Oil Company, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the ...

August 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, August 25, 2014 — Covington & Burling has been named to Latinvex’s “Legal 50,” a list of top international law firms doing work in Latin America. The firm ranked seventh among the top 15 firms doing international arbitration work in Latin America and 27th overall. Latinvex evaluated more than 100 international law firms and selected the top 50 ...

August 18, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, August 18, 2014 — Best Lawyers named Covington & Burling’s Stuart Eizenstat and Gregg Levy each a 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” in international trade and sports law, respectively, citing their “abilities, professionalism and integrity.” Overall, Covington lawyers received 217 individual mentions in 58 areas of law in the newly released annual survey ...

August 15, 2014, Law360

Covington partner Anita Stork recently argued a motion summary judgement for client Philippine Airlines, which is quoted in this article: "Under questioning from Judge Breyer, Philippines Airlines attorney Anita Stork of Covington & Burling LLP said the airlines file the majority of their rates with the ATPCO, and the remainder are “unfiled rates within the ...

August 8, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, August 8, 2014 — Northern California Super Lawyers named Tammy Albarrán one of Northern California’s “Top 50 Women” lawyers and Robert Haslam one of the region’s “Top 100” lawyers. The publication selected 33 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2014 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects no more than five percent of the total lawyers who ...

7/16/2014

WASHINGTON, DC, July 16, 2014 — Covington & Burling secured a victory on July 7, 2014 when an administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that Samsung, LG and Toshiba did not violate Section 337 of the Tariff Act, a U.S. trade law frequently used by patent owners to target imports. Black Hills Media LLC, based in Delaware, ...

July 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2014 — Legal 500 named Covington & Burling’s trade secrets practice as the “Trade Secrets Team of the Year” in its inaugural Legal 500 US Awards. The Legal 500 US Awards recognizes the best in-house and private practice teams and individuals from the previous year.

7/2/2014

SAN FRANCISCO, July 2, 2014 — Michelle Lee, deputy director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, spoke at Covington’s San Francisco office on June 27 in connection with a White House Business Council and TechNet roundtable on patent policy. Speaking to members of the technology and legal communities, Ms. Lee addressed the state of the U.S. patent system, ...

June 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2014 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling to its “A-List,” a ranking of the nation’s top 20 firms. The “A-List” is the magazine’s effort to identify the leading firms that best reflect the legal profession’s core values and measures performance based on revenue, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction and diversity. The new ...

June 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, June 3, 2014 — The National Law Journal has named Covington & Burling to its 2014 “Intellectual Property Hot List,” which recognizes 20 firms that have “become leaders on the latest trends in intellectual property law.” This is the second time since 2012 that Covington has been named to the list. In naming Covington to the list, the NLJ cited the ...

June 2, 2014, Global Competition Review

May 30, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2014 — Covington & Burling advised Graham Holdings Company in its acquisition of Joyce/Dayton Corp., an Ohio-based manufacturer of screw jacks and other linear motion systems. The acquisition was announced earlier today. Graham Holdings is an education and media company whose principal operations include educational services, television ...

May 30, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, May 30, 2014 — Phillip Warren, former chief of the San Francisco office of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, has joined Covington & Burling as a partner. He will practice in the firm’s global antitrust and competition law practice and be resident in the San Francisco office. Mr. Warren has more than 30 years of antitrust ...

May 30, 2014, Bloomberg News

May 30, 2014, Law360

Phillip Warren, former chief of the San Francisco office of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, has joined Covington as a global antitrust and competition law partner in San Francisco. Law360 writes, "Covington has been busy deepening its antitrust team of late. Warren's hire was announced roughly a month after the firm hired two new competition ...

May 30, 2014, The Am Law Daily

5/27/2014

WASHINGTON, DC, May 27, 2014 — Covington & Burling received several top honors as part of this year’s Chambers USA Awards for Excellence and Chambers USA rankings. The London-based publication honored Covington’s Paul Tagliabue with a Lifetime Achievement Award, recognized the firm’s Intellectual Property practice with a Client Service Award, and ranked 47 ...

May 27, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, May 27, 2014 —Covington & Burling was named the “Transfer Pricing Advisory Firm of the Year - Washington D.C.” by Corporate LiveWire, a global news resource for corporate finance professionals. The Corporate LiveWire Global Awards honor law firms, individuals and businesses who have demonstrated distinction in corporate finance, and consistently ...

May 14, 2014, Law360

Covington partner Marty Myers is featured in this article about his recent move to the firm.

May 12, 2014, Bloomberg

Marty Myers is mentioned in Bloomberg regarding his recent move to Covington: "Covington & Burling LLP said Martin H. Myers joined its insurance recovery practice, representing corporate policyholders in complex coverage disputes with insurers. Myers, who joins the firm as a partner in San Francisco, was previously at Jones Day."

May 8, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2014 — Covington’s David Bayless will participate in a West Coast SEC Directors Roundtable featuring a panel of six current and former directors from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco and Los Angeles regional offices. Hosted by Securities Docket, the panel will address the most pressing and important issues and trends ...

5/7/2014

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2014 — Covington & Burling advised Prosper Marketplace, Inc. in its $70 million Series C financing. The round was led by new investor Francisco Partners and also included Institutional Venture Partners and Phenomen Ventures. Covington advised on the structuring and execution of the transaction. Prosper Marketplace, headquartered in San ...

5/5/2014

SAN FRANCISCO, May 5, 2014 — Covington & Burling is pleased to announce that Martin H. (Marty) Myers has joined the firm’s insurance recovery practice representing corporate policyholders in complex coverage disputes with their insurers. Mr. Myers joins the firm as a partner, resident in its San Francisco office. A nationally recognized insurance recovery ...

May 6, 2014, Law360

Lawrence Hobel is mentioned regarding the Second Circuit ruling that the 9/11 attacks were “acts of war” under a federal pollution cleanup law.

April 16, 2014, The Daily Journal

David Bayless is quoted regarding the new SEC director in San Francisco.

April 11, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2014 — Covington & Burling partners Robert Haslam and Clara Shin were named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of “Top Intellectual Property Attorneys” in California. The list recognizes 75 litigators and 25 patent managers and patent prosecutors from around the state. Ms. Shin was recognized for work representing clothing company ...

4/17/2014

WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2014 — Covington & Burling has been named “International Trade Commission Firm of the Year” by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. Covington was selected from among eight law firm finalists. This is the second time the firm has won the award, receiving the previous recognition in 2010. The award recognizes the excellence of the ...

February 20, 2014

NEW YORK, February 20, 2014 — Covington & Burling represented Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, an international financial group based in Spain, in its acquisition of financial technology company Simple. The acquisition is part of BBVA's strategy to lead the technology-driven change that is transforming the financial services industry. According to Francisco ...

February 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, February 6, 2014 — Law360 has named Covington & Burling’s insurance group as one of eight “Insurance Groups of the Year.” In its profile of the firm, Law360 recognized the firm’s strength in the insurance practice, including “scoring a marquee win” for MF Global Inc. and its work in “headline-grabbing insurance disputes” for clients such as BP ...

January 31, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 31, 2014 — Am Law Litigation Daily named Covington & Burling’s Robert Wick as “Co-Litigator of the Week” for his role in securing dismissal of various antitrust claims, valued at more than $3 billion, brought by Motorola Mobility against Samsung Electronics and several other liquid crystal display manufacturers. In a ruling issued on ...

January 24, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2014 — Covington & Burling scored a major victory for several of the world’s largest liquid crystal display manufacturers by persuading a federal judge in Chicago to dismiss antitrust claims asserted by Motorola Mobility, Inc. U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall of the Northern District of Illinois found that U.S. antitrust law ...

January 13, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 13, 2014 — For the second consecutive year, Law360 has named Covington & Burling’s life sciences practice as one of the top five “Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.” In a profile of the firm, Law360 noted that Covington “delivered for drugmakers on three continents in 2013, spearheading a momentous investment by U.K.-based ...

January 7, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 6, 2014 — For the second consecutive year, The National Law Journal has named Covington & Burling to its “Pro Bono Hot List.” This year’s list recognizes nine firms and one corporate law department for their strong commitment to public service. In the profile of Covington, the NLJ features the pro bono efforts of the firm’s New York ...

January 6, 2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 6, 2014 — Law360 named Covington & Burling’s energy practice as one of the top five “Energy Practice Groups of the Year.” In giving this award, Law360 recognized the breadth of Covington’s practice capabilities (including litigation, transactions, regulatory and government policy) in both the traditional and emerging energy sectors and ...

1/3/2014

WASHINGTON, DC, January 3, 2014 — Covington & Burling has been selected by The American Lawyer as one of the nation’s top six litigation departments. A profile of the firm’s litigation practice is featured in the January 2014 issue of the magazine. In naming Covington a finalist for its biennial “Litigation Department of the Year” award, The American Lawyer ...

December 20, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, December 20, 2013 — Covington & Burling advised Emeryville, Calif.-based Aspera, Inc. in its sale to IBM. Aspera’s high-speed transfer technology helps clients securely speed the movement of massive data files around the world. Aspera's technology, licensed to clients and partners either in the cloud or on premises, reduces transmission times for ...

December 19, 2013

NEW YORK, December 19, 2013 — Covington & Burling advised AstraZeneca in its acquisition of Bristol-Myers Squibb's interests in the companies’ diabetes alliance for an initial consideration of $2.7 billion on completion and up to $1.4 billion in regulatory, launch and sales-related payments. AstraZeneca has also agreed to pay various sales-related royalty ...

December 9, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, December 9, 2013 — For the sixth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation has awarded Covington & Burling the top rating of 100 percent in the 2014 Corporate Equality Index. Covington’s 100 percent rating reflects its written non-discrimination policy, sexual orientation and gender identity training, and support for same-sex ...

November 1, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2013 — U.S. News-Best Lawyers named Covington “Law Firm of the Year” in both Corporate Compliance Law and Sports Law. The honor, part of the 2014 “Best Law Firms” survey, is presented to one law firm in each of the nationally-ranked legal practice areas. The firm also received 98 first-tier practice rankings, placing Covington among ...

October 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2013 — Covington & Burling partners Bruce Baird and David Bayless were named to Securities Docket’s inaugural “Enforcement 40,” the publication’s list of the “40 best and brightest securities enforcement defense lawyers in the business.” The names were announced at the conclusion of this year’s Securities Enforcement Forum, held ...

9/12/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, September 12, 2013 — Covington & Burling partners Bruce Deming and David Goodwin have been named to the Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Lawyers” in California. The list recognizes “the tremendous legal talent” in the state, according to the publication’s editors. Mr. Deming was recognized for his work representing Microsoft Corp. in major ...

9/4/2013

WASHINGTON, DC, September 4, 2013 — Law360 named Covington & Burling to its list of “Pro Bono Firms of 2013,” recognizing the firm’s success in securing high-profile victories and devoting more than 117 pro bono hours per lawyer. Law360 highlighted Covington’s wins in pro bono cases over the past year, noting the firm’s fight against government-sanctioned ...

September 3, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, September 3, 2013 — Covington & Burling is advising Microsoft Corp. in its purchase of substantially all of Nokia’s devices & services business. Under the transaction, Microsoft will also license Nokia’s patents, and license and use Nokia’s mapping services. The total transaction price is EUR 5.44 billion in cash — or more than $7 billion. The ...

August 15, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, August 15, 2013 — Best Lawyers named nine Covington & Burling lawyers as “2014 Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas and cities. The selected lawyers received strong ratings from their peers for their “abilities, professionalism and integrity” in the publication’s annual survey. Overall, Covington lawyers received 204 ...

7/22/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2013 — A Covington trial team on Friday won a $3.6 million jury verdict in California federal court after a jury found that apparel giant Quiksilver Inc. willfully infringed World Marketing, Inc.’s longstanding federally registered “VISITOR” brand. Following a six-day trial before U.S. District Judge David O. Carter in Santa Ana, ...

July 12, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2013 — Covington & Burling has been recognized as an honoree with two American Lawyer Global Legal Awards: Global Dispute of the Year, Investment Arbitration and Global M&A Deal of the Year, Canada. Covington’s International Arbitration Group, comprised of more than 50 lawyers, handles cases under the rules of every major arbitration ...

July 11, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2013 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling has received a Gold Standard Certification from the Women In Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), a leading organization dedicated to assisting women in law to assume leadership roles in private law firms, corporate legal departments, and the legal community at large. The certification ...

7/11/2013

WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2013 — Thomson Reuters has ranked Covington & Burling among the Top 20 legal advisers worldwide in completed M&A transactions in emerging markets during the first half of 2013. Covington ranked among the top 10 for deals involving China and the Asia Pacific region, and among the top 15 for deals involving Latin America. “We have made a ...

June 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, June 28, 2013 — Covington & Burling’s international arbitration practice has been shortlisted for a Chambers Latin America Award for Excellence. The awards recognize notable achievements over the past year, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth, and excellence in client service. The Chambers Latin America Awards for Excellence ...

6/27/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2013 — Covington & Burling advised Microsoft Corp. in negotiating a partnership with Oracle Corp. that will enable customers to run Oracle software on Microsoft’s private and public cloud-based platforms. The transaction involved a number of agreements documenting the licensing, product development, support and cooperation aspects of the ...

May 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, May 28, 2013 — Covington & Burling received 134 individual rankings and 56 practice mentions in the 2013 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guidebook. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. ...

5/25/2013

REDWOOD SHORES, CA, May 24, 2013 — A federal judge ruled Friday that Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) unlawfully targeted Latino drivers and passengers in Maricopa County, Ariz. and ordered an end to the practice of using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions. The plaintiffs are represented by Covington & Burling, the ...

5/23/2013

WASHINGTON, DC, May 23, 2013 — Covington & Burling has been named to Corporate Board Member magazine’s list of top 25 national corporate law firms. The survey, conducted by the magazine and FTI Consulting, asked directors and general counsels at publicly traded companies to identify the firms they would most likely retain for a variety of legal matters. The ...

5/9/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2013 — Covington & Burling partners Amy Toro and Sonya Winner have been named to the Daily Journal’s annual list of “Top Women Lawyers” in California. The list, which includes 75 litigators and 25 corporate practitioners, recognizes “excellent lawyering and leadership skills among women attorneys.” Ms. Toro was recognized for her work ...

March 28, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2013 — Lanny A. Breuer, most recently the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, is returning to Covington & Burling as Vice Chair of the firm. Mr. Breuer’s practice will encompass a wide range of civil and criminal litigation matters, as well as governmental and internal investigations. ...

March 27, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, March 27, 2013 — For the second straight year, Covington & Burling has been nominated for the 2013 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence in five national practice areas. Chambers released its “shortlist” of the law firms nominated based on their pre-eminence and recent achievements in 21 distinct practice areas. Covington is a finalist in each of ...

March 27, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2013 — The Recorder, a leading California legal newspaper, has named Covington & Burling partner Bruce Deming as one of its “Attorneys of the Year” for 2012. The winners were chosen based on their exceptional work handling “market-moving deals and industry shaping litigation” as well as achieving “precedent-setting outcomes” and ...

March 25, 2013

LONDON, 25 March, 2013 — AstraZeneca and Moderna Therapeutics announced an agreement to develop and commercialise pioneering messenger RNA therapeutics™ for the treatment of serious cardiovascular, metabolic and renal diseases as well as cancer. Covington & Burling advised AstraZeneca on the deal, working alongside AstraZeneca’s in-house legal team. Under the ...

3/19/2013

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2013 — Covington & Burling secured an appellate victory on behalf of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in a long-running dispute over Persian antiquities held by the museum. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled on February 27 that the MFA and Harvard University do not have to turn over thousands of antiquities ...

March 14, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2013 — Congressman Howard Berman, a widely respected leader in the U.S. Congress, is joining Covington & Burling’s global public policy and government affairs practice. The addition of Rep. Berman, the former chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, comes a week after Sen. Jon Kyl joined Covington’s public policy and government ...

March 6, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 2013 — Senator Jon Kyl, who recently left Congress as the second-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. Senate, is joining Covington & Burling’s global public policy and government affairs practice. “Senator Kyl’s deep knowledge and extraordinary legislative skills from his years as a senior leader in Congress make him ideally suited to ...

February 25, 2013

London, February 25, 2013 — Global Arbitration Review has named Covington & Burling to its list of the world’s top 30 international arbitration practices. In announcing the GAR 30 list, the publication notes Covington’s major arbitral victories last year, including the award for Spanish investors in Yukos Oil Company in Quasar de Valores SICAV S.A., et al. v. ...

January 22, 2013

WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2013 — For the second straight year, Law360 named Covington & Burling’s global privacy and data security practice as one of the top five “Privacy & Consumer Protection Practice Groups of the Year.” In a profile highlighting the firm’s privacy-related work, Law360 noted the group’s recent litigation win for LinkedIn Corp. In that case, ...

1/22/2013

WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2013 — Law360 named Covington’s life sciences practice as of one of the top five “Life Sciences Practice Groups of the Year.” In a profile highlighting Covington’s life sciences practice, Law360 noted that the group has “grown to develop an increasingly global reach that has made it a go-to for complex transactions, high stakes ...

1/8/2013

WASHINGTON, DC, January 8, 2013 — The National Law Journal has named Covington & Burling to its Pro Bono Hot List. The annual list recognizes firms that demonstrate a strong commitment to public service. The NLJ profile of Covington featured the pro bono efforts of Martin Gold, Elizabeth Bell, and Erica Lai, who worked with the Chinese-American community in ...

January 7, 2013

NEW YORK, January 7, 2013 — Covington & Burling advised Illumina, Inc. on its announced acquisition of Verinata Health, Inc. for cash consideration of $350 million plus up to $100 million in milestone payments through 2015. Upon completion of the acquisition, Illumina will have access to the Verinata’s verifi® prenatal test, the broadest non-invasive prenatal ...

December 28, 2012

BEIJING, December 28, 2012 — Chambers has named Covington & Burling as a finalist for the 2013 Chambers China Awards for Excellence in the International Trade category. The awards recognize preeminence in key practice areas and significant achievements over the past 12 months, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client ...

December 20, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, December 20, 2012 — A federal jury has awarded $4.5 million to more than 300 Filipino teachers who were victims of an illegal scheme hatched by a Los Angeles employment placement agency. Covington & Burling represented the teachers on a pro bono basis. After a two-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in ...

November 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, November 14, 2012 — For the fifth consecutive year, the Human Right Campaign Foundation has awarded Covington & Burling the top rating of 100 percent in the 2013 Corporate Equality Index. Covington’s 100 percent rating reflects its written non-discrimination policy; sexual orientation and gender identity training; support for same-sex partners of ...

11/7/2012

WASHINGTON, DC, November 7, 2012 — Covington & Burling received 97 first-tier practice rankings in the 2013 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News-Best Lawyers, placing Covington among the top 10 firms nationwide. Covington was also named “Law Firm of the Year” in both FDA Law and Corporate Compliance Law. The honor is presented to one law firm in each of the ...

November 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2012 — Covington & Burling opens its Seoul office today after securing final approval from the Korean Ministry of Justice and the Korean Bar Association. The new office will be located in the Meritz Tower, at 825-2, Yeoksamdong in the heart of Seoul’s Gangnam business district. “We are honored to be among the first U.S. law firms to ...

10/23/2012

WASHINGTON, DC, October 23, 2012 — AstraZeneca and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today an agreement to develop and market Ironwood’s linaclotide in China. Covington & Burling advised AstraZeneca on the deal. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved linaclotide last August, making it the first of its class of drugs approved in the United States. ...

October 1, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, October 1, 2012 — Covington & Burling is pleased to announce that it has elected 15 new lawyers to its partnership. This group is comprised of diverse and talented individuals from five offices who have made their mark at the firm through exceptional work and the highest standards of client service. “We’re delighted to welcome these 15 lawyers to ...

September 18, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, September 18, 2012 — For the seventh consecutive year, Working Mother magazine has named Covington & Burling as one of the “100 Best Companies” in the nation. Covington is one of only five law firms on the list, which is mainly comprised of Fortune 500 companies. “We are very happy that Working Mother has once again recognized Covington as one ...

9/13/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, September 13, 2012 — Covington & Burling partner Bruce Deming has been named to the Daily Journal’s list of “Top 100 Lawyers” in California. The list recognizes “lawyers who moved the needle, had an impact on the legal industry, our state, the nation and the world,” said the publication’s editors, who considered more than 1,000 attorneys from ...

August 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP lawyers received 196 individual mentions in 57 areas of law in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top U.S. lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as ...

8/23/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2012 — Northern California Super Lawyers selected 24 Covington & Burling lawyers for its 2012 list of top legal talent. Super Lawyers selects no more than five percent of the total lawyers who practice in Northern California based on peer review and the publication’s independent research. Robert Fram and Robert Haslam were named among ...

August 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, August 23, 2012 — Law360 named Covington & Burling on its “Pro Bono Firms of 2012” list in recognition of the firm’s success in securing high-profile victories and devoting more than 133 pro bono hours per lawyer. Law360 highlighted Covington’s wins in pro bono cases over the past year, noting that the firm succeeded in getting two wrongly ...

August 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, August 14, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP has received a top tier ranking in six practice areas and 18 individual attorneys are named “Leading Lawyers” in the recently released Legal 500 US 2012 edition. Additionally, Legal 500 US also “recommended” 36 Covington practice areas and 123 Covington lawyers. The six Covington practices given the top ...

8/2/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, August 2, 2012 — Covington & Burling represented Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. in connection with its new $64.4 million project finance fund with partners U.S. Bank and National Cooperative Bank. The fund will be used to build more than 18 megawatts of solar energy systems, including systems to be located at four municipal landfill installations and ...

7/26/2012

WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP’s international arbitration practice has been nominated for a Chambers Latin America Award for Excellence. The awards recognize notable achievements over the past year, including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth, and excellence in client service. The Chambers Latin America Awards for ...

June 28, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, June 28, 2012 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling to its “A-List,” a ranking of the nation’s top 20 firms. The “A-List” is the magazine’s effort to identify the leading firms that best reflect the legal profession’s core values and measures performance based on revenues, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction and diversity. The ...

June 11, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2012 — Covington & Burling’s insurance practice won the 2012 Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Insurance, marking the fourth time the firm has received this honor in the six years it has been awarded. The Award for Excellence, presented at Chambers USA’s annual awards dinner in New York City on June 7, was given to only one U.S. ...

June 4, 2012

NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 — Covington advised UCB S.A. in the acquisition of a majority interest in Meizler Biopharma, S.A., a Brazilian pharmaceutical company that commercializes a portfolio of in-licensed specialty products. The transaction agreements foresee performance related milestone payments in the coming years as well as an option to purchase the ...

June 4, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, June 4, 2012 — Euromoney Legal Media Group recently named Covington & Burling “Best Firm for Minority Women Lawyers” and “Best Firm in the U.S. West” at its inaugural Americas Women in Business Law Awards ceremony. Euromoney -- which publishes Benchmark: Litigation, Managing Intellectual Property and International Financial Law Review (IFLR) -- ...

May 16, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2012 — Covington & Burling has been named to Corporate Board Member magazine’s list of the top 25 national corporate law firms in 2012 based on a comprehensive survey of general counsel at publicly traded companies. The survey, conducted by the magazine and FTI Consulting, asked general counsels to identify the firms they would most ...

5/9/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP partner Sonya Winner has been named to the Daily Journal’s list of “Top Women Lawyers” in California. The list, which includes 75 litigators and 25 corporate practitioners, recognizes “excellent lawyering and leadership skills among women attorneys.” Ms. Winner was recognized for her work representing ...

May 8, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, May 8, 2012 — The National Law Journal has named Covington & Burling to its inaugural Intellectual Property Hot List, which recognizes 20 top firms that have “demonstrated creative strategies for litigation, patent prosecution, licensing and other transactional work” in the intellectual property field. In naming Covington to the list, the NLJ ...

May 2, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP advised the University of California, Santa Cruz on the creation of a national, federally-financed bioinformatics database. The database will serve as a secure repository for storing, cataloging, and accessing cancer genome sequences, alignments, and mutation information from leading cancer-related projects ...

April 23, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2012 — Covington & Burling advised Microsoft Corp. in negotiating a definitive agreement with Facebook that assigns the social networking company the right to purchase a portion of a patent portfolio that Microsoft recently purchased from AOL Inc. Under the agreement, announced today, Facebook will pay $550 million in cash. Covington ...

April 16, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2012 — Covington & Burling is pleased to announce the promotion of one lawyer to of counsel and five lawyers to special counsel, effective April 1, 2012. Wendy Feng (San Francisco), the new of counsel, represents policyholders in insurance coverage cases in state and federal courts. She provides strategic claims-related advice and has ...

April 13, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 , 2012 — The Recorder has named Ingrid Rechtin to its list of “50 Lawyers on the Fast Track.” The publication’s editors chose the winners after reviewing materials on more than 300 nominees, all California lawyers in their first 10 years out of law school. “We judged the nominees as leaders, lawyers and community members: Making the ...

3/26/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that Clara Shin has joined the firm’s litigation practice as a partner. She will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Shin has more than a decade of experience representing companies in cutting-edge intellectual property disputes, including copyright and trademark ...

March 23, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, March 23, 2012 — Covington & Burling has been nominated for the 2012 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence in five national practice areas. On March 20th, Chambers released its shortlist of the law firms nominated based on their pre-eminence and recent achievements in 21 distinct practice areas. Covington was one of two firms receiving team ...

March 19, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that Nora Gibson, a well-regarded capital markets lawyer, has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner. She will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Gibson advises companies and underwriters in initial public offerings and other capital market transactions. ...

March 12, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP has applied to open a new office in Seoul and tapped William H.Y. Park, a veteran corporate lawyer based in Korea, to help oversee the expansion. Mr. Park will work closely with former Ambassador to the United Nations Daniel Spiegel, senior of counsel at Covington, who will be the Foreign Legal Consultant ...

3/1/2012

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2012 — Covington & Burling LLP represented Borrego Solar Systems, Inc. in connection with its new $47 million project finance fund with partners U.S. Bank and East West Bank. The fund will finance solar energy projects that are expected to create hundreds of new jobs and generate electricity to power nearly 2,000 homes. Borrego Solar is ...

January 27, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, January 27, 2012 — Law360 named Covington’s life sciences practice as of one of the top five “Health Practice Groups of the Year,” recognizing its substantial strengths across multiple practices in Asia, Europe and the United States. Covington’s life sciences practice history dates back to the founding of the firm nearly a century ago. The ...

January 20, 2012

WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2012 — Law360 named Covington & Burling’s white collar defense and investigations practice as of one of the top five “White Collar Practice Groups of the Year.” In a profile about the firm’s practice published on Jan. 19th, Law360 noted the breadth of Covington’s clients and matters in the white collar practice area as a key reason ...

December 8, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, December 8, 2011 — For the fourth consecutive year, the Human Right Campaign Foundation has awarded Covington & Burling the top rating of 100 percent in the 2012 Corporate Equality Index. Covington’s 100 percent rating reflects its written non-discrimination policy; sexual orientation and gender identity training; support for same-sex partners of ...

November 14, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, November 14, 2011 — Law360 named five Covington & Burling lawyers today as “Most Valuable Players” in their respective practice areas. The inaugural award singles out lawyers whose accomplishments in major litigation or transactional matters have “raised the bar” over the past year. The 92 lawyers awarded this honor focus their work in 16 ...

November 2, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, November 2, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP represented Microsoft Corporation in the sale of its minority interest in ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. to Pendrell Technologies LLC. ContentGuard, based in El Segundo, Calif., is a leading inventor, developer and licensor of digital rights management (DRM) and related content distribution patents and ...

November 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, November 1, 2011 — For the second consecutive year, U.S. News-Best Lawyers awarded Covington & Burling the most first-tier practice rankings for Washington, DC in the “Best Law Firms” survey. The 2011-12 survey also awarded the firm 82 first-tier practice rankings, placing Covington among the top 20 firms nationwide. Additionally, U.S. ...

October 5, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, October 5, 2011 — Best Lawyers named eight Covington & Burling lawyers as the “2012 Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas and cities. According to Best Lawyers, the selected lawyers have received particularly strong ratings in the Best Lawyers' survey by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their “abilities, ...

September 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, September 15, 2011 — Working Mother magazine named Covington & Burling LLP to its list of the nation’s “100 Best Companies” for the sixth straight year. Covington is one of only four law firms on the list, which is mainly comprised of major public companies. Working Mother’s “100 Best Companies” list recognizes the nation’s top companies for ...

September 13, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP has been named as one of the nation’s best law firms for women lawyers by the National Association of Female Executives and Flex-Time Lawyers. The firm has won the award every year that the award has been given. The 50 winning firms were selected to the “Best Law Firms for Women” based on their ...

September 7, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP lawyers received 184 individual mentions in 56 areas of law in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: ...

September 2, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, September 2, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP represented Microsoft Corp. in a patent monetization transaction involving the acquisition by MOSAID Technologies Incorporated of Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company that holds a portfolio of 400 patent families, consisting of approximately 2,000 wireless patents and patent ...

August 18, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, August 18, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP partner Anita Stork has been named to the 2011 “Top 50 Women” list by Northern California Super Lawyers.  Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selection process is multi-phased and ...

July 22, 2011

NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 — Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., have reported that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Bristol-Myers Squibb will acquire privately held Amira Pharmaceuticals. Covington & Burling LLP represented Bristol-Myers Squibb in the transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, ...

July 13, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2011 — Twenty-two Covington & Burling LLP lawyers are recognized in the 2011 edition of Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. Fourteen Covington lawyers were named Northern ...

July 5, 2011

NEW YORK, July 5, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP represented Microsoft Corp. in the $4.5 billion winning bid in the auction of Nortel Networks Corporation’s 6000 patents and patent applications. A consortium of Microsoft and several other technology companies will share Nortel’s 4G wireless, data networking, optical, voice, Internet, service provider, ...

July 1, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, July 1, 2011 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling LLP to its “A-List,” a ranking of the top 20 firms headquartered in the United States. The “A-List” is an effort to identify the leading firms that best reflect the legal profession’s core values and measures performance based on revenues, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction, and ...

June 10, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP received 123 individual mentions and 45 practice mentions in Chambers USA 2011. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...

June 9, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, June 10, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP received 92 individual mentions and 32 practice mentions in the Legal 500 US 2011 edition.  Legal 500 reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in more than 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...

June 8, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2011 — Prosper.com, a social lending marketplace that brings together creditworthy borrowers with individual and institutional investors, has raised over $17 million in funding from new investors, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Crosslink Capital. Covington & Burling LLP advised Prosper on the transaction. Existing investors, Accel Partners, ...

May 10, 2011

WASHINGTON, SAN FRANCISCO, BRUSSELS, AND LONDON, May 10, 2011 —Covington & Burling LLP is advising Microsoft Corp. in its acquisition of Skype Global S.à.r.l., the leading Internet communications company, for $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft’s purchase of Skype from the investor group led by Silver Lake is expected to increase the accessibility of real-time ...

5/10/2011

WASHINGTON, DC, May 10, 2011 — For the sixth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named to Corporate Board Member’s list of America’s Best Corporate Law Firms. The list of 25 firms is based on a comprehensive survey of directors of publicly traded companies by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting. Covington was also again named to the ...

April 29, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, April 29, 2011 — Covington & Burling LLP has been named to Yale Law Women’s 2011 list of Top Ten Family Friendly Firms. This marks the fourth time that Covington has been honored with this award since its inception six years ago. The Yale list recognizes firms that demonstrate a strong commitment to family friendly practices. The judges evaluate ...

April 8, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2011 — The San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals have named Covington & Burling LLP partners Rob Fram and Bob Haslam to their list of Top Intellectual Property Litigators in California for the fourth year in a row. The list honors lawyers from both the public and private sectors whose work has a significant impact on the world of ...

April 7, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, April 7, 2011 — Three practices at Covington & Burling LLP have been nominated for the 2011 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence. The firm received team nominations in the antitrust, insurance, and international trade categories. The awards recognize the firm’s pre-eminence in key practice areas and significant achievements over the past 12 months, ...

March 22, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, March 22, 2011 — The Global Arbitration Review has named Covington & Burling LLP to its prestigious list of the world’s top 30 international arbitration practices. Published by GAR, the international journal of commercial and treaty arbitration, the GAR 30 is part of a larger survey of the world's leading arbitration practices commonly known as ...

February 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, February 15, 2011 — For the seventh time, Practical Law Company has awarded Covington & Burling LLP its worldwide first place ranking in the Life Sciences Regulatory Super League category. PLC also singled out Covington’s Antitrust/Competition, Corporate, and Insurance practices, along with lawyers from each group, in its practice-specific ...

February 15, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, February 15, 2011 — Bruce Deming has been elected as co-chair of the national board of directors of Lambda Legal, the oldest national organization pursuing high-impact litigation, public education and advocacy on behalf of equality and civil rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. Prior to being selected ...

January 25, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2011 — Law360 has named Covington & Burling LLP’s insurance practice as one of five “Insurance Groups of the Year.” Law360’s January 21 account praised Covington’s policyholder recovery practice for its work over “the past year securing favorable verdicts and more than 100 settlements in litigation, arbitration and negotiations for ...

January 11, 2011

NEW YORK, January 11, 2011 — Scout Partners LLC has announced that it has made a growth capital investment in The Hinckley Company. Terms of the transaction, which closed on December 30, 2010, were not disclosed. Covington & Burling LLP advised Scout Partners on the deal. Scout Partners, a partnership between David Howe and Peterson Capital LLC, was created ...

January 7, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2011 — Law360 has named Covington & Burling LLP’s employment practice as one of five “Employment Groups of the Year.” “The key to Covington's success has been its laser focus on a select number of vital cases with major implications for the future of ERISA, while other firms may focus on handling a greater volume of routine ERISA ...

November 16, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, November 16, 2010 — Four Covington & Burling LLP lawyers have been recognized as the "2011 Lawyer of the Year" in their respective practice areas by The Best Lawyers in America. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored. The Covington lawyers recognized for this honor are: Jonathan Blake, Washington Communications ...

October 25, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, October 25, 2010 — Omeros Corporation today announced that it has received $20 million from Vulcan Capital as well as a grant award for $5 million from Washington State's Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) to support the advancement of the Company's G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) program. In return, Vulcan Capital and LSDF have a right to ...

October 12, 2010

NEW YORK, October 12, 2010 — King Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer announced today that they have entered into an agreement for Pfizer to acquire all of the outstanding stock and stock equivalents of King for $14.25 in cash per share, or aggregate consideration of $3.6 billion. Covington & Burling LLP advised King on the transaction. King is a vertically integrated ...

October 4, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, October 4, 2010 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2011 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Covington’s 100% rating reflects its written non-discrimination policy; sexual orientation and gender identity ...

September 17, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP received 33 first-tier practice rankings in the 2010 “Best Law Firms” survey by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. Covington’s first-tier national rankings place it among the top 10 firms nationwide and at the top of the first-tier rankings for Washington, DC. The inaugural rankings presented in ...

September 14, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, September 14, 2010 — For the fifth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named to Working Mother magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies.” This is the silver anniversary of the Working Mother “100 Best Companies” list which recognizes the nation’s top companies for family friendly benefits. Companies were selected based on an ...

September 2, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, September 2, 2010 — Insurance Law360 has named Covington & Burling LLP partner Donald Brown one of the “Most Admired Insurance Attorneys.” The list of ten attorneys from all over the U.S., including some representing insurance companies and others representing policy holders, was selected by a board comprised of lawyers and the editors of Law360 ...

August 9, 2010

REDWOOD SHORES, CA, August 9, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that three partners from its Washington, D.C. office, Kurt Calia, Emily Henn, and Emily Leonard, have relocated to the Silicon Valley office. Their move will strengthen the link to the firm’s deep regulatory roots as well as further enhance the firm’s transactional and litigation ...

August 6, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, August 6, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP received 138 individual mentions in 40 areas of law in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: Administrative: ...

July 16, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16, 2010 — Eighteen Covington & Burling LLP lawyers are recognized in the 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. Eleven Covington lawyers were named Northern California Super ...

July 15, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, July 15, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce the signing of a Purchase Agreement for the sale of the Golden State Warriors, the NBA franchise based in Oakland, California, to an investor group led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Managing Partner Joe Lacob and Mandalay Entertainment Group Chairman Peter Guber. The sale price ...

July 1, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, July 1, 2010 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling LLP to its “A-List,” a ranking of the top 20 firms headquartered in the United States. The “A-List” is an effort to identify the leading firms that best reflect the legal profession’s core values and measures performance based on revenues, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction, and ...

June 25, 2010

NEW YORK, June 25, 2010 — Gilead Sciences, Inc. and CGI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Gilead will acquire CGI. Under the terms of the agreement, Gilead will acquire CGI for up to $120 million, the majority as an upfront payment and the remaining based on clinical development progress. Covington & ...

June 23, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP received 85 individual mentions and 23 practice mentions in the Legal 500 US 2010 edition. Legal 500 reviews the strengths and strategies of law firms in more than 90 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America, and the Caribbean. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...

June 16, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP received 112 individual mentions and 44 practice mentions in Chambers USA 2010. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...

June 11, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, June 11, 2010 — Covington & Burling LLP’s insurance practice has received the Chambers USA Award for Excellence in Insurance, becoming the only firm representing corporate policyholders to win the award two years in a row. Covington was presented with the award at a gala celebration in New York last night held in conjunction with the release of ...

June 1, 2010

NEW YORK, June 1, 2010 — Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, announced today that it has acquired UK-based RespiVert. Covington & Burling LLP advised Johnson & Johnson on the deal. Johnson & Johnson embraces research and science - bringing innovative ideas, products and services to advance the health and well-being of people. Johnson ...

May 12, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2010 — For the fourth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP partner Sonya Winner has been named to the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal’s list of “Top Women Litigators” in California. In recognizing Ms. Winner again this year, the editors cite her current representation of Wells Fargo Co. in a major consumer class action ...

May 7, 2010

WASHINGTON, DC, May 7, 2010 — For the fifth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named to Corporate Board Member’s list of America’s Best Corporate Law Firms. The list of 20 firms is based on a comprehensive survey of directors of publicly traded companies by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting. Covington was also again named to the ...

April 19, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2010 — Prosper.com, the world’s largest peer-to-peer lending marketplace with nearly one million members and more than 32,000 funded loans totaling over $194 million, announced that it has raised $14.7 million in a Series D round from new investors TomorrowVentures, LLC and CompuCredit Holdings Corporation, and all of Prosper’s existing ...

April 8, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2010 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP partners Rob Fram and Bob Haslam have been named to The San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals’ list of Top Intellectual Property Litigators in California. The list honors lawyers from both the public and private sectors whose work has a significant impact on the world ...

February 9, 2010

LONDON, February 9, 2010 — BioPharm Insight has ranked Covington & Burling LLP as the top legal advisor for biotech and pharma licensing agreements by value. Along with leading the 2009 league tables by value globally and in North America, Covington was ranked first by volume and second by value in Europe, and in Asia, the firm topped both the value and volume ...

December 17, 2009

NEW YORK, December 17, 2009 — Ethicon, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company and a worldwide leader in surgical care, and Acclarent, Inc., a privately held medical technology company dedicated to designing, developing and commercializing devices that address conditions affecting the ear, nose and throat, have announced a definitive merger agreement whereby Ethicon ...

November 16, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 16, 2009 — Fate Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has completed a $30 million series B financing led by OVP Venture Partners. Covington & Burling LLP advised OVP on the transaction. Also participating in the financing were ARCH Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners and Venrock, which collectively led the company’s series ...

9/24/2009

NEW YORK, September 24, 2009 — Boehringer Ingelheim, and its US animal health business Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Pfizer to acquire certain assets of Wyeth’s Fort Dodge Animal Health business upon the closing of the global Pfizer-Wyeth merger. Covington & Burling LLP represented Boehringer Ingelheim on the ...

9/23/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 23, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP partner Donald W. Brown has been named one of the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal’s Top 100 Lawyers in California. In naming Mr. Brown to the “Top 100” list, the editors observed that he is “considered one of the best insurance policyholder lawyers in California.” Among the recent ...

9/22/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, September 22, 2009 — For the fourth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named to Working Mother magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies.” Covington is one of only four law firms on the list, which is comprised mainly of major public companies. “We are pleased to be recognized again as one of Working Mother’s 100 Best ...

9/14/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, September 14, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that it has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2010 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Covington’s 100% rating reflects its written non-discrimination policy; sexual orientation and gender identity ...

8/20/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, August 20, 2009 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named one of the nation’s Top Ten Family Friendly Firms by Yale Law Women. The list recognizes firms who are leaders in developing and implementing family friendly policies. Factors evaluated include access to and use of parental leave, emergency and on-site child ...

8/11/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, August 11, 2009 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named one of Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firms for Women. The 50 winning firms were selected based on their workforce profile, family-friendly benefits and policies, flexibility, leadership, compensation, advancement and retention of ...

August 7, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC, August 7, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP received 131 individual mentions in 38 areas of law in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: Administrative: ...

7/22/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, July 22, 2009 — Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD), a NASDAQ-listed leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial rooftop markets, and Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. (SIT), an AIM-listed leading provider of building integrated photovoltaic roofing systems, today ...

7/15/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 15, 2009 — Eleven Covington & Burling LLP partners are recognized in the 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based upon peer review and the publication’s independent research. In addition, seven lawyers have been named Northern California ...

6/30/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2009 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling LLP to its “A-List,” a ranking of the top 20 firms headquartered in the United States. “The A-List” is an effort to identify the leading firms that best reflect the legal profession’s core values, and measures performance based on revenues, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction, ...

6/24/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP has again been named in Corporate Board Member’s annual “top 20” rankings of corporate law firms. The featured list is based on a survey of directors of publicly traded companies by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting. Covington was also included in the magazine’s separate “top 20” list based ...

June 12, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC, June 12, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP received 100 individual mentions and 40 practice mentions in Chambers USA 2009. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. Here are the Covington lawyers and practices ...

June 12, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC, June 12, 2009 — In the 2009 Chambers USA guide, released today, Covington & Burling LLP’s policyholder insurance practice is ranked as the best in the nation, marking the second time this month that the practice has received an exclusive top tier national ranking by a prominent legal guidebook. On June 3, Legal 500 also gave Covington’s ...

4/15/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, April 15, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP has announced the formation of a Clean Energy and Climate industry group designed to enhance the firm’s ability to help clients navigate the business challenges and opportunities presented by rapidly transforming energy and transportation infrastructures and by developments in climate change policy, both ...

4/13/2009

WASHINGTON, DC, April 13, 2009 — For the fourth consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been awarded worldwide first place firm rankings by the Practical Law Company in both the Life Sciences Industry and Life Sciences Regulatory Super League categories. The rankings are published in PLC’s Cross-border Quarterly for April-June 2009. In honoring Covington, ...

4/9/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 9, 2009 — For the second consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP partners Robert Fram and Robert Haslam have been named to The San Francisco and Los Angeles Daily Journals’ list of Top 75 Intellectual Property Litigators in California. The list honors lawyers from both the public and private sectors whose work has a significant impact ...

3/17/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 17, 2009 — Sanofi-aventis U.S. and Æterna Zentaris GmbH have signed an agreement for the development, registration and marketing for cetrorelix for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) for the US market. Under the terms of the agreement sanofi-aventis will make upfront and future milestone payments, and Æterna Zentaris ...

March 2, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 2, 2009 — Borrego Solar Systems Inc. and groSolar Inc. announced that they have completed the sale of the residential solar division of Borrego to groSolar.  Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.  Covington & Burling LLP advised Borrego on the transaction.  Following the sale, Borrego Solar will continue its focus on ...

2/5/2009

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 5, 2009 — Covington & Burling LLP advised solar power systems designer and installer Borrego Solar Systems Inc. in a $14 million first round of venture financing from an unnamed publicly traded company. Borrego Solar is a solar electric contractor specializing in commercial, residential and public sector turnkey, grid-connected solar ...

12/11/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, December 11, 2008 — Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. announced that it has acquired rights to crofelemer from Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Covington & Burling LLP represented Salix in the deal. Crofelemer currently is being investigated in a Phase 3 study as an anti-diarrheal agent for the treatment of chronic diarrhea in people living with HIV. Salix ...

12/2/2008

NEW YORK, NY, December 2, 2008 — Roche and Memory Pharmaceuticals have announced a definitive merger agreement for Roche to acquire all the outstanding shares of Memory Pharmaceuticals. Covington & Burling LLP advised Memory Pharmaceuticals on the deal, valued at approximately $50 million. Roche, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world’s leading ...

11/3/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 3, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP has secured a damages verdict for Ariba Inc. after a jury found that Emptoris Inc. infringed Ariba’s patents on electronic auction technology. The jury’s verdict followed a seven day trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The jury found that one of the patents was ...

10/16/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 16, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP was honored last night by The Nature Conservancy with a Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Award for 2008. The award, which recognizes Covington’s many years of pro bono legal services, was presented at the Conservancy’s 2008 Conservation Learning Exchange Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. The ...

10/6/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is significantly expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of approximately 50 lawyers in California and Washington, DC. Covington is also opening new offices in Silicon Valley, where it already has a large client base, and San Diego, which presents significant ...

10/1/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, October 1, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP today announced that 12 of its lawyers have been elected to the firm’s partnership. These new partners are resident in four of the firm’s offices and practice in the litigation, corporate/tax, and regulatory fields. Timothy Hester, chair of the firm’s management committee, commented: “These young and ...

September 29, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC, September 29, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP received 124 individual mentions in 40 areas of law in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The Covington lawyers recognized are as follows: Administrative: ...

9/23/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, September 23, 2008 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named in Working Mother magazine’s list of “100 Best Companies.” Covington is one of only four law firms named in the list, which is comprised mainly of major public companies. “We are delighted that Working Mother has once again selected Covington for this ...

9/18/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 18, 2008 — BioMérieux announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held AviaraDx, Inc. for $60 million. BioMérieux plans to keep AviaraDx as an independent legal entity called bioTheranostics, Inc. Covington & Burling LLP advised bioMérieux on the transaction. BioMérieux, based in France, specializes in the in ...

9/10/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2008 — For the second consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named one of the nation’s Top Ten Family Friendly Firms by Yale Law Women. The list was created to celebrate firms who are the leaders in facilitating work-life balance for lawyers. The factors that were evaluated include access to and use of ...

9/4/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 4, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to welcome two more lawyers to its recently expanded policyholder insurance coverage practice. Michael Greenberg, of counsel, and Esta Brand, special counsel, follow the recent arrival of Covington partners David Goodwin and Lawrence Hobel. All four are resident in the firm’s San Francisco ...

9/2/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, September 2, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that it has earned the top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), an annual survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The CEI evaluated 583 businesses for their LGBTQ-related policies and practices including non-discrimination ...

8/27/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 27, 2008 — Eleven Covington & Burling LLP partners are recognized in the 2008 Northern California Super Lawyers. The annual list by Super Lawyers selects only five percent of the total lawyers in the state based on peer review and the publication’s independent research. In addition, San Francisco partners Anita Stork and Donald Brown ...

8/12/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, August 12 , 2008 — For the second consecutive year, Working Mother magazine, the authoritative source for career mothers, and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm advising lawyers and legal employers on work/life balance, have named Covington & Burling LLP a Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women. In order to ...

8/5/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 5, 2008 — Gilead Sciences and Merck & Co., Inc. have entered into an agreement through which Gilead will assume the lead role for the distribution of the HIV medication Atripla(R) in 12 countries located primarily in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Covington & Burling LLP advised Gilead in the agreement. Atripla is the first ...

8/4/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, August 4, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP lawyer Ingrid Rechtin has been appointed as a member of the Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. Section Committee membership provides a unique opportunity to participate in the creation of practice area law. The Corporations Committee consists of 24 ...

7/23/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that it has opened an office in Beijing.  The office is the first in Asia for Covington, which also maintains offices in Brussels, London, New York, San Francisco, and Washington. “Covington has been advising its international clients on legal and business matters in Asia for ...

7/11/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2008 — Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with AstraZeneca to promote and provide support in the United States for MERREM® I.V. Covington & Burling LLP advised AstraZeneca on the deal. AstraZeneca, a major international healthcare business, is engaged in the research, development, ...

7/1/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 1, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP is pleased to announce that David Goodwin and Lawrence Hobel have joined the firm’s policyholder insurance coverage practice as partners. Both will be resident in Covington’s San Francisco office. Mr. Goodwin is one of the nation’s leading insurance coverage practitioners, placed in the first rank by ...

6/30/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, June 30, 2008 — The American Lawyer has named Covington & Burling LLP to its “A-List,” a ranking of the 20 top firms headquartered in the United States. According to the editors, the “A-List” includes the firms that best embody what it means to be a success in the legal community based on revenues, pro bono efforts, lawyer satisfaction, and ...

6/19/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, June 19, 2008 — For the third straight year, Covington & Burling LLP has been named one of Corporate Board Member’s top 20 corporate law firms. The annual list is based on a survey of directors of publicly traded companies by Corporate Board Member magazine and FTI Consulting. A separate survey of general counsels also ranked Covington as one of ...

June 16, 2008

WASHINGTON, DC, June 16, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP received 81 individual mentions and 45 practice mentions in the newly released 2008 Chambers USA. The guidebook, which ranks lawyers by state and national practice area, is designed to identify the most skilled legal practitioners based on the qualities most valued by clients. Here are the Covington ...

May 15, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 15, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP partner Sonya Winner has been named one of "Top 75 Women Litigators" by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal for the second consecutive year. Ms. Winner was a founding partner of Covington’s San Francisco office in 1999 and has a highly successful civil litigation practice in the state and ...

May 13, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, May 13, 2008 — Bruce Deming has been appointed to the national board of directors of Lambda Legal, the oldest national organization pursuing high-impact litigation, public education and advocacy on behalf of equality and civil rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people with HIV. The issue of gay rights has long been ...

4/9/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2008 — For the third consecutive year, Covington & Burling LLP has been awarded worldwide first place firm rankings by the Practical Law Company in both the Life Sciences Industry and Life Sciences Regulatory Super League categories. In honoring Covington, PLC states: “Known for its outstanding regulatory practice in Washington DC, the ...

4/3/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, April 3, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP has announced the promotion of four new of counsels and five new special counsels in the firm’s five offices. The new of counsels are as follows:  Christopher Denig (Washington) focuses on representing clients in complex federal civil litigation (including class actions), internal corporate ...

2/21/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, February 21, 2008 — Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Pfizer Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of Encysive for $2.35 per share, representing an equity value of approximately $195 million. ...

2/1/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, February 2, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP advised Schwab Performance Technologies in its acquisition of RIA back office outsourcing provider Etelligent Consulting, Inc. Financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1985, Schwab Performance Technologies is a subsidiary of The Charles Schwab Corporation and a leading ...

1/2/2008

WASHINGTON, DC, January 2, 2008 — Covington & Burling LLP has been selected by The American Lawyer as one of the nation’s top five litigation departments. The recognition, and a profile on the firm’s litigation practice, are featured in the widely read publication’s January 2008 issue. In naming Covington one of five finalists for its biennial Litigation ...

1/2/2008

NEW YORK, NY, January 2, 2008 — Coty Inc. has completed its acquisition of DLI Holding Corp., the parent company of Del Laboratories, Inc., one of the leading manufacturers of nail care, cosmetics, personal care, and OTC products. Covington & Burling LLP advised Coty on the transaction.Coty Inc. is the world’s largest fragrance company and a recognized leader in ...

1/2/2008

NEW YORK, NY, January 2, 2008 — Pfizer announced on December 31 that it has completed the cash tender offer for the outstanding shares of common stock of Coley Pharmaceutical Group, Inc., a publicly-held biopharmaceutical company specializing in vaccine adjuvant technology and a new class of immunomodulatory drug candidates designed to fight cancers, allergy and ...

12/18/2007

NEW YORK, NY, December 18, 2007 — Pfizer Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CovX, a privately-held biotherapeutics company. Covington & Burling LLP advised Pfizer on the transaction. Pfizer, the world’s largest research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company, discovers and develops innovative medicines to treat and help ...

9/28/2007

WASHINGTON, DC, September 28, 2007 — In its inaugural year, The Legal 500 US has recognized Covington & Burling LLP’s practice excellence in 23 fields. Compiled in four volumes published in 2007, the Legal 500 US singles out the following practices:  Broadcasting and Digital Buyouts: sub-$1b Copyright - regional Copyright Litigation - regional Data ...

9/26/2007

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 26, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP today filed a brief in California Supreme Court in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The amicus curiae brief supports the City of San Francisco’s challenge to the California law that prevents same-sex couples from being married in the state. Addressing the issue of “separate but ...

9/26/2007

WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2007 — Yale Law Women has named Covington & Burling LLP one of the Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms. The rankings were based on a number of factors, including maternity/paternity leave, emergency and on-site child care, alternative work arrangements and the ratio of women partners and associates. The 2007 list was co-sponsored by the ...

9/25/2007

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2007 — For the second consecutive year, Working Mother magazine has named Covington & Burling LLP to its “100 Best Companies” list. The list identifies the top one hundred companies in the United States based on a survey of all areas of work life, including company culture, family-friendly policies, and compensation. Most of the ...

September 6, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC, September 6, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP received 115 individual mentions in 38 areas of law in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. This annual compilation of top US lawyers is based on peer-review surveys and is used as a referral guide in the legal profession. The recipients are as follows: Administrative: E. Edward Bruce and ...

8/14/2007

WASHINGTON, DC, August 14, 2007 — Working Mother magazine, the authoritative source for career mothers, and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm advising attorneys and legal employers on work-life balance and the retention and advancement of women, have named Covington & Burling LLP a 2007 Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers Best Law Firm for Women. ...

June 18, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC, June 18, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP received 44 practice mentions and 74 individual mentions in the newly released 2007 Chambers USA guidebook. The 2007 edition of Chambers USA attempts to identify the most skilled legal practitioners throughout the country based on the qualities most valued by clients. Covington attorneys have been ...

June 15, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP was presented last evening with the Chambers Award for Excellence for its 70-member policyholder coverage practice. This is the first time that Chambers USA has issued this award, which singles out one insurance coverage practice in the nation for its notable achievements. During the past 30 years, ...

April 26, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 26, 2007 — Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Pfizer Inc. today announced a worldwide collaboration to develop and commercialize apixaban, an anticoagulant discovered by Bristol-Myers Squibb being studied for the prevention and treatment of a broad range of venous and arterial thrombotic conditions. In a separate agreement, the companies ...

March 5, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 5, 2007 — Covington & Burling LLP announced today that David Bayless has joined the firm as partner. He will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.Mr. Bayless was the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco office from 1994 to 1999, during which time he was responsible for all enforcement and regulatory ...

January 19, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC, January 19, 2007 — Barclays has announced that it will pay an undisclosed amount for naming rights to the new Barclays Center located in Brooklyn, New York for a term of 20 years. Covington & Burling LLP advised Barclays on the transaction.The new Barclays Center is the core feature of the Frank Gehry designed $4 billion Atlantic Yards ...

9/25/2006

WASHINGTON, DC, September 25, 2006 — Working Mother magazine today announced that Covington & Burling LLP is a 2006 Working Mother 100 Best Company. For 21 years, Working Mother has celebrated employers whose groundbreaking benefits—from flexible schedules and child care to innovative leave policies for new parents—are helping redefine workplace standards across ...

9/1/2006

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 1, 2006 —  Covington & Burling LLP announced that Anita Stork will join the firm as a partner in the Litigation and Antitrust and Consumer Law practice groups.  She will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Stork’s practice focuses on antitrust litigation and counseling.  She has experience advising clients on ...

July 20, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2006  -  The San Francisco office of Covington & Burling LLP advised Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a division of The Procter & Gamble Company, in its strategic alliance with ARYx Therapeutics, a private drug discovery and development company based in Fremont, CA.  Under the terms of the agreement, P&G will develop and ...

April 6, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 6, 2006 -  Covington & Burling announced today that Simon J. Frankel will join the firm's intellectual property litigation group as a partner.  Mr. Frankel will be resident in the firm's San Francisco office. Mr. Frankel's extensive IP litigation experience includes handling trademark, copyright, patent, anti-counterfeiting, and trade ...

October 3, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 3, 2005 - Covington & Burling announced the election of ten new partners, effective October 1. Stuart Stock, chair of the firm's management committee, commented: "These exceptional lawyers reflect the strength, excellence and diversity of the firm, and the continuing growth of our practices across the firm."  Covington's newest partners ...

October 2, 2003

October 2, 2003 - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Covington & Burling announced the election of five new partners, effective October 1, 2003. "These fine individuals and lawyers, who very much represent the future of our firm, reflect the firm's strengths and diversity, coming as they do from four of the firm's five offices and ranging across our corporate, life sciences, ...

October 17, 2002

October 17, 2002 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The international law firm Covington & Burling has added four associates to its growing San Francisco office. Darren D. Cooke, Vince G. Chhabria, Cameron Alston and John R. Tighe will support the firm's increasingly busy West Coast litigation practice. Together with two more associates, due to start work before year's end, ...

May 8, 2002

May 8, 2002 - WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO - Covington & Burling has promoted seven attorneys to counsel positions effective April 1, 2002. The new counsel are Dennis B. Auerbach, Wendy L. Feng, Marie A. Lavalleye, John B. Maclay, Lucinda Osborne, Lisa Peets and Elaine W. Stone. Mr. Auerbach is Of Counsel in the Washington office. His ...

March 18, 2002

March 18, 2002 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The international law firm Covington & Burling launches its West Coast white-collar criminal defense practice with the addition of John M. Potter as a partner in its San Francisco office. Mr. Potter held numerous supervisory positions in the United States Attorney’s office, including service as Deputy Chief in the Criminal ...