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insightOn Friday, Sept. 2, the Washington Post reported the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has recommended that the Justice Department retry former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on corruption charges. Chuck James analyzed the decision in a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, saying, "If there is any legal basis to support a retrial under the Supreme Court’s ruling and its invitation to pursue a case on a narrowed reading of the Honest Services Act, we should not be surprised if they accept."
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insightWilliams Mullen is pleased to announce that Alyssa Embree has been named to the 2016 class of “Up & Coming Lawyers” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The awards program, which recognizes top attorneys within their first 10 years of practice, named 14 people to the inaugural 2016 class. The honorees will be celebrated at a reception on Oct. 27 at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond.
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insightWilliams Mullen is pleased to announce that Reggie Jones has been named to the 2016 class of “Leaders in the Law” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly. The awards program, which recognizes lawyers who are setting the standard for other lawyers in Virginia, named 26 people to the 2016 class. The honorees will be celebrated at a reception on Oct. 27 at the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond.
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insightChuck James provided insight to Virginia Lawyers Weekly for a piece about Civil Investigative Demands, a resource the government uses in civil investigations. The article is available to subscribers here.
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insightOn August 25, 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) collectively issued a Final Rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to implement Executive Order 13673, as amended, which is referred to as “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” (the “Order”).
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insightWilliams Mullen is pleased to announce that Elizabeth “Bitsy” Hester has joined the firm as a Business & Corporate Partner in the Richmond office. Ms. Hester has more than 30 years of experience representing clients in corporate matters, including mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, joint ventures and corporate governance matters involving corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships.
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insightIn the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, international banking regulators determined that banks were not sufficiently well-capitalized and published the Basel III Capital Accords in 2010, which required increased capital reserves.
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insightTitle insurance is issued using standardized forms of policies and endorsements. The most commonly used forms for commercial properties are those promulgated by the American Land Title Association (ALTA), a nationwide title insurance industry group.
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insightSince 2010, the FDIC has issued just seven new bank charters. In comparison, they issued 175 new charters in 2007 alone. Pat Satterfield and Whit Whitham discussed the decline in new banks since the 2008 recession with Econ Focus magazine, a publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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peopleBen Crumpler focuses his practice on corporate and business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, financings, commercial transactions and contracts and general corporate planning and governance for a variety of businesses, including government contractors. He has extensive experience with the organization and use of partnerships, Sub S corporations and Virginia limited liability companies. He also serves as outside counsel to growth stage companies.