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Melissa Green
Senior Marketing Manager, Practice Development
Patton Boggs LLP
2550 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 457-5299
F (202) 457-6315
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TRUCKINGINFO.COM - NORMA KRAYEM
January 26, 2012
DC Senior Policy Advisor Norma Krayem notes that differences in multiple pieces of legislation for a two-year transportation policy bill must be resolved before the bill can be taken to the Senate floor. Still, Ms. Krayem expressed her optimism in a January 26, 2012 TruckingInfo.com article: "I really think that the stars are aligning for both the House and Senate to finish what they need to finish to get a bill done this year."
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COMPLIANT'S REGULATORY INSIGHT - JEFFREY TURNER
January 23, 2012
DC Partner Jeffrey Turner was featured in a Compliant's Regulatory Insight article discussing the regulatory challenges created by financial reform efforts coinciding with increased social networking activity. In the January 23, 2012 article Turner explains: “We recognize the challenges posed by the viral nature of the technology underlying social media communications tools, but we haven’t found use of this form of communicating to be any more challenging to manage than traditional media.”
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ROLL CALL, THE HILL, POLITICO - PATTON BOGGS
January 22, 2012
News that Patton Boggs maintained its position in 2011 as the top-grossing lobbying firm was carried by Roll Call, The Hill and Politico in stories printed by the publications on January 22, 2012. In The Hill, DC Partner Nicholas Allard acknowledged that 2011 was "a very tough year" for lobbying. “This is not your grandfather’s lobbying business,” he told Politico. “The nature of it is less of a premium on getting information and more of a demand for expert advice.”
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BLOOMBERG BNA - LAURENCE FREEDMAN
January 20, 2012
DC partner Laurence Freedman told BLOOMBERG BNA that The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) will continue to assert its authority in 2012. Mr. Freedman warned that "there are limits to what providers can do to mitigate the risk of a (b)(15) exclusion."
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GQ MAGAZINE - THOMAS HALE BOGGS, JR.
January 18, 2012
Firm Chairman Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. is included in GQ magazine's February listing of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, calling him "arguably the city's most influential lobbyist for the past two decades."
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HOUSINGWIRE.COM, DSNEWS.COM, FISCAL TIMES - PATTON BOGGS
January 16, 2012
The Third Quarter 2011Mortgage Litigation Index, issued by MortgageDaily.com in conjunction with Patton Boggs on January 9, 2011, was featured on HousingWire.com and DSnews.com on the day of its release. The report noted that mortgage lawsuits reached the highest level since the index was first issued in 2007. According to the firm's index, activities related to mortgage backed securities were "the greatest contributor to growth in the mortgage space." In the HousingWire.com article, DC Partner Patrick McManemin explains that statutes of limitations on investors’ claims partially drove the increase in MBS litigation. The FiscalTimes.com also referenced the figures generated by the firm in a January 16 article.
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THE BUREAU OF NATIONAL AFFAIRS - NORMA KRAYEM
January 11, 2012
DC Senior Policy Advisor Norma Krayem explains that "both Congress and the White House have come to see cybersecurity as an urgent issue" in a January 11, 2012 Bureau of National Affairs article. "One of the main challenges will be getting the balance right when it comes to regulation," Ms. Krayem points out.
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REVERSE MORTGAGE DAILY - PATRICK MCMANEMIN
January 11, 2012
Dallas partner Patrick McManemin was featured in an article on ReverseMortgageDaily.com discussing the appointment of a new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director and the announcement of a non-bank mortgage lenders oversight plan. McManemin notes, "one major point of change will be the discrepancy between state and federal regulation when it comes to non-bank lender oversight. There are 51 different ways things can be handled,” he added “There are now 52, with one on top of all the others."
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HEALTHCAREINFOSECURITY.COM - MELODI GATES
January 11, 2012
Denver Associate Melodi Gates offers effective breach prevention methods in a HealthCareInfoSecurity.com article and corresponding podcast on January 11, 2012.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL - JAMES TYRRELL
January 9, 2012
New York Managing Partner James Tyrrell points to the increasing prevalence in third party litigation finance, noting that the trend is "going to continue to grow steadily" in a Wall Street Journal "Law Blog" posting on January 9, 2012.
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