| Date | | Headlines | | | 16 March 2005 |  | Warren R. Loui Joins Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Los Angeles Banking & Finance Practice
News Release - Banking & Finance, Securitization, Worldwide
16 March 2005 - Warren R. Loui has joined the Los Angeles banking and finance practice of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP. Previously, he was a partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP. Mr. Loui has represented financial institutions and corporations in asset securitizations up to $3.5 billion, complex acquisition financings up to $3.7 billion, and venture capital financings. |
| | | 9 March 2005 | | Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw advises Crompton Corp. in merger with Great Lakes Chemical Corp.
Media Coverage - Corporate & Securities, Worldwide
9 March 2005 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is advising chemicals maker Crompton Corporation in connection with its merger agreement with Great Lakes Chemical Corporation. |
| | | April 2005 |  | The American Lawyer: Dealmakers of the Year
Article - Worldwide
April 2005 - "If you believe that," the saying goes, "I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you." Edwin Feo and John Schmidt haven't gone that far-yet-but they may have done the next best thing. The pair hammered out a lease that put the Chicago Skyway toll road, a 7.8-mile elevated roadway linking Chicago to northwestern Indiana's riverboat casinos, in private hands; it was the first privatization of an American toll road. |
| | | 22 February 2005 | | Impact of the Pensions Act 2004 on MNT employer opt-outs in place before April 2006
Pensions
Media Coverage - Pensions, Worldwide
22 February 2005 - The Government plans to bring new member-nominated trustee requirements into force in April 2006. Until now, people involved with occupational pension schemes have been wondering how this will impact on employer opt-outs in place before April 2006. |
| | | 31 January 2005 | | Marcia Madsen Appointed as Chair of Panel to Improve Federal Procurement System
News Release - Government Contracts, Worldwide
31 January 2005, Washington, D.C. -- Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP partner Marcia Madsen has been selected to chair a 14-member advisory panel mandated by Congress to review federal contracting laws, regulations, and policy. |
| | | 4 January 2005 |  | Philip Lacovara: Legend in the Law
Media Coverage - Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Pro Bono, Supreme Court & Appellate, Americas
4 January 2005, Washington D.C. - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Senior Counsel Philip Lacovara is featured in the Washington Lawyer's periodic series "Legends in the Law." |
| | | 9 December 2004 | | Lawyers, Clients Reach Out to Each Other in Field of Asylum Law
Media Coverage - Pro Bono, Worldwide
9 December 2004 - For thousands of refugees who seek political asylum in the United States each year, escaping their native countries is just the first hurdle - finding lawyers who can persuade immigration judges that they deserve to stay can be just as daunting. But help is available: Many big-firm lawyers take on the asylum cases for free, motivated by their own civic and humanitarian impulses and confident that a wealth of resources designed to provide practical support will be there when needed as they venture into unfamiliar territory. |
| | | 8 December 2004 | | Supreme Court Weighs Legality of Tax Magistrates' Silence
Media Coverage - Supreme Court & Appellate, Tax Controversy, Worldwide
8 December 2004 - In a case involving the Internal Revenue Service and secrecy, a federal attorney told an apparently incredulous Supreme Court on Tuesday that tax courts need not disclose to appellate panels the factual findings and recommendations of magistrate judges, even when favorable to the defense. |
| | | 8 December 2004 | | Justices Hear Arguments on Disclosure of Tax Court Special Trial Judges' Reports
Daily Tax Report
Media Coverage - Supreme Court & Appellate, Tax Controversy, Worldwide
8 December 2004 - The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 7 heard oral arguments on whether U.S. Tax Court procedural rules allowing Tax Court judges to adopt the findings of special trial judges without making a special trial judge's "original" report part of the appellate record or disclosing it to the parties deny due process or violate governing federal statutes... |
| | | 4 November 2004 | | Mayer, Brown's Pro Bono Team on a Hot Streak
Media Coverage - Pro Bono, Worldwide
The pro bono team at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is crowing that they have won 10 decisions in a row in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and are in position to soon win an 11th. But the unexpected success rate has also forced the firm to re-evaluate its decision to continue to represent pro bono defendants when their cases get remanded to the U.S. District Court, said Marc R. Kadish, director of pro bono activities for Mayer. |
| | | 1 November 2004 | | Six Partners Named to Texas Monthly "Super Lawyers" List
Media Coverage - Banking & Finance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Worldwide
1 November 2004, Houston - Six Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP partners have been named as "Texas Super Lawyers 2004" in Texas Monthly. |
| | | 28 October 2004 | | City of Chicago Gets $1.83 Billion for Toll Road in Landmark U.S. Privatization
Media Coverage - Corporate & Securities, Government Relations, Leveraged Finance, Worldwide
28 October 2004 - The Chicago City Council Wednesday voted unanimously to approve a $1.83 billion deal that privatizes the Chicago Skyway. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, led by partner John Schmidt, acted as principal counsel for the City of Chicago on the transaction. |
| | | 11 October 2004 | | FDA Involvement in Private Litigation: Harmful to Consumers or Good Public Policy?
Lawyers Weekly
Article - Worldwide
In this recent Lawyers Weekly article, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw attorney David Gossett discusses the preemption of state-law tort suits against pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, and explains the reasons why the FDA's growing role in this type of litigation is unproblematic. |
| | | 6 October 2004 | | Antitrust Compliance programmes
Article - Antitrust & Competition, Europe
6 October 2004 - Coordination in relation to every country where they do business; Active risk management; Sarbanes-Oxley; Antitrust programmes in general; The company's policy regarding antitrust law compliance; Instruction and training in antitrust law compliance; Information management; Investigations and dawn raids; Conclusion. |
| | | 8 September 2004 | | Ellen Stanfield Wins Seventh Circuit Reversal
Article - Pro Bono, Worldwide
8 September 2004 - Diego Gil, a federal prisoner, sued a prison doctor, physician's assistant, and the United States for negligence, malpractice, and deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. The district court denied his request for the appointment of counsel and granted summary judgment in favor of defendants on all counts. |
| | | 5 August 2004 | | Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advises HVB on further Russian mine financing
News Release - Banking & Finance, Europe
5 August 2004 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP's mining team has advised Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG (HVB) on its $60 million bridge financing in relation to Bema Gold Corporation's interest in the Kupol gold project in Eastern Russia. The deal closed on 21 July 2004. |
| | | 19 July 2004 | | Evan Tager named one of 12 leading appellate lawyers in DC
Article - Worldwide
19 July 2004 - When a major company needs to find a lawyer in a key appellate case involving class certification, punitive damages, or arbitration, there's a good chance it will hire Evan Tager of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. |
| | | 1 July 2004 | | Advice From the Top: Climbing the Ladder in U.S. Law Firms
Media Coverage - Worldwide
15 April 2004 - The Wall Street Journal Online interviews Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Managing Partner Debora de Hoyos who discusses how young lawyers can distinguish themselves early in their legal careers. |
| | | 28 June 2004 | | Supreme Court Rules Detainees Have Access to U.S. Courts
Media Coverage - Pro Bono, Worldwide
28 June 2004, Washington, D.C. - The Supreme Court ruled today that people being held by the United States as enemy combatants can challenge their detention in American courts. |
| | | 14 June 2004 | | Washington Post highlights "Legal Superstars" Mark Paulson and Paul Sharer
Media Coverage - Worldwide
14 June 2004, Washington, D.C. - The Washington Post highlighted the intellectual property litigation work of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw partners Mark Paulson and Paul Sharer in an article "Wanted: Legal Superstars; Law Firms Aggressively Recruit Experts in Hot Specialties With Big Money, Prestige." |
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