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Perkins Coie has been honored by the American Bar Association with the 2013 John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award. The award, established by the ABA Section of Litigation, recognizes individuals and entities for their outstanding contributions to the quality of justice in their communities, ensuring that the legal system is open and available to all.

Jose A. Lopez, a partner in Perkins Coie’s Chicago office, has been selected as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Securities Litigation SEC Enforcement subcommittee.

Perkins Coie has maintained its streak as one of the most family-friendly law firms in the nation, according to Yale Law Women, a student organization that promotes the interests of women in law school as well as the profession.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Michael R. Osterhoff, Adam L. Marchuk and Heather A. Boice have joined the firm’s patent litigation practice in Chicago.  All three attorneys were most recently partners at K&L Gates LLP.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that David B. Fournier has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice.  Fournier was most recently a Partner at K&L Gates LLP.

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Jeffrey L. Terry has joined the firm’s Chicago office as Senior Counsel in the firm's Private Equity Practice.  He was most recently Of Counsel at Paul Hastings LLP.  Terry concentrates his practice on private equity/venture capital investing, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and leveraged buyouts. He regularly counsels private companies and private equity funds on all aspects of their business ranging from acquisitions and dispositions to corporate governance and litigation support.

Understanding the many SEC, NYSE, Nasdaq and state law issues that affect their companies can be a bewildering task for directors and officers. To help with this is the just released fourth edition of The Public Company Handbook: A Corporate Governance and Disclosure Guide for Directors and Executives, a "plain English" guide for directors and executives seeking to familiarize themselves with legal matters facing public companies

In this article, Patrick Collins and Gina Ori discuss the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) self-disclosure decision in light of the current regulatory environment.

In this article, Pravin Rao and Gina Ori discuss the growth in multi-jurisdictional FCPA cases. Many nations now have anti-bribery laws and countries are working more closely to pursue joint cases. Given this ever-expanding anti-bribery framework, companies will need to analyze multiple bribery laws to assess their exposure, make self-disclosure decisions and reach a suitable resolution.