ADVISORY/Reagan-Bush Policymaking Alumni at White & Case LLP Available to Discuss Outlook for New Administration In Key Legal Policy Areas.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 2000 Antitrust Antitrust The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade. Regulation; Tax Policy; White-Collar Enforcement, and Justice Department Administration George J. Terwilliger, III, Timothy E. Flanigan, Robert D. Paul, J. Mark Gidley, J. Roger Mentz, Linda E. Carlisle Several attorneys at the law firm White & Case who held senior policymaking pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: positions in the Reagan and first Bush administrations are available as third-party experts for comment on many critical legal policy issues facing the new Bush administration. These issues include: law enforcement, merger and acquisition rules, corporate criminal liability, tax policy, and regulatory reform Regulatory Reform concerns improvements to the quality of government regulation. At the international level, the "OECD Regulatory Reform Programme is aimed at helping governments improve regulatory quality -- that is, reforming regulations that raise unnecessary obstacles to . George J. Terwilliger, III, was Deputy Attorney General from 1991-93 and was previously U.S. Attorney for Vermont and Assistant U.S. Attorney for D.C. and Vermont. Mr. Terwilliger is currently a partner at White & Case in the Washington, D.C., office and recently acted as senior counsel to Gov. George W. Bush's presidential campaign on the Florida recount cases. His practice includes domestic and international investigations, prosecutions and other litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. under federal criminal and civil enforcement statutes, and he leads the firm's white-collar enforcement practice group. Timothy E. Flanigan was Assistant Attorney General and ran the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice from 1991-93. Mr. Flanigan is a partner of White & Case's D.C. office and is a nationally known legal advisor on constitutional law and regulatory processes. Mr. Flanigan also recently joined Mr. Terwilliger in Florida as senior counsel to the Bush campaign in the recount cases. His practice includes government investigations and enforcement, internal investigations, commercial litigation and regulatory reform. Messrs. Terwilliger and Flanigan can offer insight into Bush's potential approach to upcoming senior staffing decisions in the Justice Department and key appointments to the federal bench. Also, Messrs. Terwilliger and Flanigan can offer their expertise regarding corporate criminal liability reform, possible changes relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc False Claims Act enforcement, the outlook for restructuring the legal regimes governing telecommunications and internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. , prospects for reinvigorating the war on drugs, and counter-terrorism efforts. Robert D. Paul was a former General Counsel of the FTC FTC See Federal Trade Commission (FTC). from 1986-88. Mr. Paul is Paul I, 1754–1801, czar of Russia (1796–1801), son and successor of Catherine II. His mother disliked him intensely and sought on several occasions to change the succession to his disadvantage. a partner of White & Case's D.C. office and leads the firm's worldwide antitrust practice group. J. Mark Gidley was Acting Assistant Attorney General and was also Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: Messrs. Paul and Gidley are available to comment on ongoing issues relevant to the new administration's approach to competition and business regulation, including reform of merger and acquisition rules, global anti-cartel and anti-price fixing efforts, initiatives to reduce regulatory and legal compliance costs and legal uncertainty. Mr. Gidley also has insight into the prospects for increased federal enforcement of gun laws, and federal efforts to incarcerate in·car·cer·ate tr.v. in·car·cer·at·ed, in·car·cer·at·ing, in·car·cer·ates 1. To put into jail. 2. To shut in; confine. violent offenders. J. Roger Mentz was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy from 1985-87 and acted as the principal spokesperson for the Administration on tax policy matters. Mr. Mentz is currently an Executive Partner of White & Case's D.C. office. Linda E. Carlisle was formerly with the U.S. Department of Treasury as an Attorney-Advisor in the Office of the Tax Legislative Counsel from 1984-85 and was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy from 1985-87. Ms. Carlisle presently is a partner of White & Case's D.C. office and practices international and domestic tax law. Mr. Mentz and Ms. Carlisle are available to comment on a wide-range of tax issues relevant to the new administration including the across-the-board tax-cut campaign pledge proposed as legislation, action on the estate tax and marriage penalties, tax cuts to spur the economy and the uncertain outlook for any major tax reform. For more details, or if you wish to interview any of these attorneys, please contact Nancy Lasersohn, Marketing & Communications Director, (212-819-8478) or Roger Cohen Roger Cohen (born August 2, 1955, in London) is a columnist for the International Herald Tribune, a publication of The New York Times. His columns focus on international politics and relations. Cohen is a graduate of Oxford University. , Senior Communications Manager, (212-819-8732) at White & Case LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . |
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