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Ms. Gerzhoy’s presentation, given to the Women’s Bar Association, covered a variety of legal ethics issue that arise from social media use including conflicts issues, the investigative uses of social…

HWG partner Michael Nilsson participated on a panel titled “Developments in Media and Video Regulation” at the PLI Telecommunications Institute on December 10 in Washington, DC.  The panel touched on…

The United Nations’ World Radiocommunication Conference (“WRC”) concluded late last month, after four weeks of negotiations between 3400 delegates from around 165 Member States, resulting in revisions to the Radio…

HWG partner Mike Nilsson was quoted in the Law360 article “Satellite TV Reauthorizaton is Inevitable” on December 4.  The article focused on whether Congress will reauthorize a law governing satellite-TV…

By Scott Blake Harris, John A. Hodges, Sam Walsh, and Stephanie Weiner Climate change is increasing pressure for energy efficiency improvements globally.  Examples include initiatives pursuant to the United Nations…

To implement Executive Order 13873, today the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated a rulemaking seeking public comment on draft regulations creating a process for reviewing and potentially prohibiting information and…

HWG argued a closely watched case this morning on behalf of a group of D.C. residents seeking full voting representation in Congress.   The case, Castañon et al. v. United States…

HWG Counsel John Amaya recently achieved a victory for clients seeking protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”).  In 2018, 1.7 percent of CAT applications resulted in an immigration judge…

The CLE, presented on October 21, 2019, discussed relevant ethics principles and constraints on the “virtual” practice of law. Ms. Richardson and Ms. Snyder also covered the benefits and detriments…