Perkins Coie

OFFICE SPOTLIGHT

Making a Mark in Chicago

Since its founding 15 years ago, our Chicago office has grown to more than 100 lawyers and has become a mainstay on the Chicago Tribune’s list of Top Workplaces. Learn about our Chicago attorneys’ counsel to great companies, from finance and M&A to hotels, retail and technology.
FOOD & BEVERAGE INDUSTRY

The New Food & Beverage Playbook

The food and beverage industry is under more scrutiny than ever.
Our Tasting Notes inform food and beverage executives about the essential legal issues facing their businesses today.
PRIVACY & SECURITY LAW

Complying with Data Breach Notification Requirements

When a data breach occurs, 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have breach notification laws that affect your response. Review the current law for each in our comprehensive and newly updated Data Breach Notification Chart.
BLOCKCHAIN & DIGITAL CURRENCY

Deep Dive into Blockchain and Virtual Currencies

We offer an in-depth look into these emerging issues for
companies working with blockchain technology or using
and accepting bitcoin and other digital currencies:

Legal Aspects of Smart Contract Applications >

Self-Sovereign Identity and Distributed Ledger
Technology: Framing the Legal Issues >

Treatment of Bitcoin Under U.S. Property Law >
COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY

Untangling Net Neutrality

The battle over net neutrality has unleashed multiple efforts to regulate, deregulate, litigate and legislate the future of the internet ecosystem. Debates are churning up so much dust that it has become hard to see the core issues. We cut through the talking points with clear-eyed commentary on the latest net neutrality developments.
Trending Now: Labor & Employment Law

Workplace Harassment Taskforce

Even the most prepared employers need support to manage the current sea change in sexual and workplace harassment claims. Our cross-practice Workplace Harassment Taskforce helps in-house lawyers, boards of directors, HR teams and other managers navigate sensitive situations and provides guidance on investigations, counseling and preventive training.

News

Best Lawyers® 2018 Recognizes 281 Perkins Coie Attorneys –

Perkins Coie is proud to announce that 281 of its attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers In America®.

Marc Elias Interviewed by The National Law Journal –

Marc Elias sat down with The National Law Journal to discuss the uptick in business opportunities and job demands for election law attorneys in the relatively small field.

Perkins Coie Named Among Top Firms In 2017 Chambers USA –

Perkins Coie is proud to announce that it has again been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as one of the top law firms in the United States. For 2017, the firm is recognized in 40 practice areas and 131 individual attorneys were recognized.

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Publications

Private Company Tax Planning Opportunities for 2018 –

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the recent taxpayer victory in the U.S. Tax Court’s Lender Management, LLC decision have created important planning opportunities for both our closely held and family-controlled entities in 2018.

Oregon Court of Appeals Strikes Down Statutory Cap on Noneconomic Damages –

Oregon is one of 35 states where the legislature has successfully enacted a statute capping the amount of noneconomic damages, commonly known as “emotional distress,” that juries can award. With the issuance of two recent opinions from the Oregon Court of Appeals, however, Oregon now joins six other states with courts that have ruled such caps are unconstitutional.

New Tax Bill Eliminates Deductibility of Confidential Sexual Harassment Settlements –

Although business-related settlement payments (and attorneys’ fees) are generally tax-deductible, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act) restricts an employer’s ability to obtain tax deductions for settlements of sexual harassment and abuse claims that are subject to nondisclosure agreements.

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Blogs

Best Wishes for the Lunar New Year
To mark 2018 and the Year of the Dog, Perkins Coie extends best wishes for the Chinese New Year to our innovative and leading Chinese and multinational clients. Our 1,000 attorneys across 19 offices in the United States and Asia provide counsel in areas such as intellectual property, technology, life sciences, digital currencies, corporate finance and securities, international business and personal planning. We look forward to a continued partnership and collaboration with our multinational clients in 2018.
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Serving as a Steward of the Future of Identity
The Sovrin Foundation selected Perkins Coie as the first law firm to be a Founding Steward of its private sector, international nonprofit organization established to govern the world’s first self-sovereign identity (SSI) network. Using the network, people and organizations can create and control portable, self-sovereign digital identities that cannot be taken away by any government or organization.
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