The Pacific Northwest must get ready now for the “big one” — a massive megathrust earthquake that could devastate communities from Northern California through southern British Columbia.
More than 2 million people live in the five-county area that includes Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington. In the event of a major natural disaster, those residents will depend on a network of regional emergency transportation routes to evacuate, connect with medical care, and meet loved ones at schools and transportation hubs.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone fault runs along more than 600 miles of coastline in the Pacific Northwest. It has a history of major earthquakes, and scientists say there is a 30 percent chance of another massive quake in the next 50 years.
The support structure of an offshore wind turbine — its tower and foundation — accounts for up to one third of the capital cost of an offshore wind farm. But despite that significant value, not all developers monitor the structural performance of wind turbines.
The EPA and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board have released a draft of regulatory requirements aimed at reducing pollutants in Los Angeles–area stormwater runoff. These requirements will impact many previously unregulated commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities in the area, potentially requiring significant spending and changes to stormwater runoff management.
Generic values statements no longer do enough—our communities want to hear about the actions our leaders have taken to demonstrate these values.
At WilmerHale, we strive for a diverse, equitable and inclusive firm because it benefits everyone: our clients, our lawyers and staff, and the legal profession.
Intellectual property raises profound opportunities and fundamental challenges for the pharmaceutical industry.
On November 11, Palo Alto–based Partner Fred Adam accepted the title of Honorary Ambassador from Greater Zurich Area, a Swiss government agency that promotes foreign companies’ investment in the region.
Responsibility has always mattered in business, but now, environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices face increasingly intense and high-profile scrutiny.
Michelle Silverthorn, a former lawyer turned organizational inclusion expert, spoke to a WilmerHale audience of more than 300 at a virtual event on November 10. She shared stories about her experiences with racism and encouraged listeners to engage in a new approach if they want to be real allies for change and actively fight bias.
WilmerHale received the Team Advocacy Award from the Equal Justice Coalition (EJC) at the organization’s annual Walk to the Hill Captain’s Breakfast on January 9.
WilmerHale lawyers presented a webinar on what one of them called “a growing problem for companies around the world”: sophisticated disinformation campaigns aimed at harming brands, manipulating the market and shifting political opinions.
Women in leadership at WilmerHale create a culture where female lawyers at all stages of their careers can succeed—and where clients can count on getting the best possible representation from the full breadth of the firm’s talent.
Mark Flanagan’s years of advising companies and individuals in California have given him deep experience in a variety of disciplines, including government and internal investigations, intellectual property litigation, international arbitration and commercial litigation.
GiveCampus, a fundraising and engagement platform for nonprofit educational institutions, is bringing crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising to schools around the country.
Earthwatch scientist Demian Chapman has researched sharks off the coast of Belize for two decades. Armed with creativity and expertise, he battled to get five shark species protected under CITES—the Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species—which has more than 160 member countries.
On October 9, WilmerHale and its co-counsel, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, secured a landmark civil rights victory when the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas struck down Texas's highly restrictive voter photo identification law on the grounds that it violated the federal Voting Rights Act and the US Constitution.
Shrinking sea ice, retreating glaciers, a tree line migrating farther north, and less snow that also melts earlier—what do these climate-related changes mean for the Arctic, and for all of us?
Ecologist Alison Leslie has collected more than 40,000 photographs of the Majete Wildlife Reserve. While sorting through a batch of photos in search of wildlife, a job often done by Earthwatch volunteers, two of her colleagues found something unexpected: an image of two men carrying makeshift weapons. Poachers.
