Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, is ranked by The National Law Journal as one of the 100 largest law firms in the country. Through strategic acquisitions and mergers over the past century, the Firm has grown to include more than 550 attorneys and public policy and international advisors. Baker Donelson has offices located in five states in the southern U.S. as well as Washington, D.C., plus a representative office in London, England.

Current and former Baker Donelson attorneys and advisors include, among many other highly distinguished individuals, people who have served as: Chief of Staff to the President of the United States; U.S. Senate Majority Leader; U.S. Secretary of State; Members of the United States Senate; Members of the United States House of Representatives; Acting Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration; Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control for the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Chief Counsel, Acting Director, and Acting Deputy Director of U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services within the United States Department of Homeland Security; Majority and Minority Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; a member of President's Domestic Policy Council; Counselor to the Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of HHS; Chief of Staff of the Supreme Court of the United States; Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice of the United States; Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade for the U.S. Department of Commerce; Ambassador to Japan; Ambassador to Turkey; Ambassador to Saudi Arabia; Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman; Governor of Tennessee; Governor of Mississippi; Deputy Governor and Chief of Staff for the Governor of Tennessee; Commissioner of Finance & Administration (Chief Operating Officer), State of Tennessee; Special Counselor to the Governor of Virginia; United States Circuit Court of Appeals Judge; United States District Court Judges; United States Attorneys; and Presidents of State and Local Bar Associations.

Baker Donelson represents local, regional, national and international clients. The Firm provides innovative, results-oriented solutions, placing the needs of the client first. Our state-of-the-art technologies seamlessly link all offices, provide instant information exchange, and support clients nationwide with secure access to our online document repository.

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Congress Extends Antitrust Civil Liability Leniency
July 2, 2009
Congress has passed, and President Obama has signed into law, an amendment to the Antitrust Criminal Penalties Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (ACPERA), which will extend for one year a key leniency provision of that act that would otherwise expire this month.

A Harsh Reminder to Always Sign Arbitration Agreements
W. Davis Frye, Bradley C. Moody, July 1, 2009
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently held that the failure of a nursing home to sign its own arbitration agreement was fatal to the enforcement of the agreement. The court's ruling provides a harsh reminder to all long term care providers of the importance of signing their own arbitration...

FDA Changes in the New Administration
Judith K. Meritz, James Andrew "Andy" Lemons, Walker W. (Bill) Jones, J. Carter Thompson, Philip Stuart McSween, July 1, 2009
With a Democratic Congress and Administration, the FDA is ramping up its inspection and enforcement activities. Margaret Hamburg has been confirmed as FDA commissioner and Joshua Sharfstein, her deputy, has stated that companies which adulterate products will face criminal prosecution.