Legal Commentary

David Remes, Who Dropped His Pants in Yemen, to Leave Covington
David Remes, a Covington & Burling partner, lowered his pants on Monday at a conference in Yemen to demonstrate the treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Covington & Burling partner David Remes, who made Law Blog headlines last week for removing his pants at a news conference in Yemen, is [...

Covington Partner Demonstrates Treatment of Detainees
David Remes, a Covington & Burling partner, lowered his pants on Monday at a conference in Yemen to demonstrate the treatment of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah In a recent interview with the Yemen Observer, David Remes, a Covington & Burling partner who was in Yemen working on his representation of 15 Yemeni [...

Covington & Burling Adds Two Tax Partners From Miller & Chevalier
Covington & Burling announced yesterday that it has added two tax partners from Miller & Chevalier: Samuel M. Maruca (left) (J.D. 1982, Georgetown), former chair of Miller & Chevalier's tax practice Daniel Luchsinger (right) (J...

Patent case management
Lawyers on the Advisory Board for the "Patent Case Management Judicial Guide":-- Kenneth R. Adamo of Jones Day, Cleveland -- Morgan Chu of Irell & Manella, Los Angeles -- John M...

Partner Strips at Press Conference to Show Detainee Mistreatment
I have the utmost respect for the work David Remes, a partner at Covington & Burling, is doing in defense of detainees at Guantanamo. And I think the strategy of dramatically illustrating how they are mistreated is not a bad...

Report: Former Clifford Chance Associate Sues Firm for Discrimination
Earlier this week, we blogged about a Huffington Post article written by Yolanda Young. Young, a former staff attorney at Covington & Burling, argued that black attorneys at Covington have less opportunity for advancement than white attorneys...

Sharon Collins
found guilty of conspiring to kill her partner

Concentrated Acetaminophen Drops
Recalled by Brookstone Pharmaceuticals

Mylicon Baby's Gas Relief Drops
Urgently Recalled Nationwide

Lexus Inc. and Toyota Motor Sales Inc.
allegedly failed to correct problems with the front passenger air bag system in thousands of 2007 Lexus ES350 vehicles.