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The Office of the Attorney General reached a settlement on behalf of the District and multiple parties regarding a request to Exelon Corporation and Pepco Holdings to merge. 

With election season in full effect, it is only appropriate that the D.C. Bar CLE offer a course about the complex rules regulating political participation.

Despite the recent and costly uptick in opiate misuse (street and prescription), a significant trend in society brings new understanding and fresh practices to our centuries old experience with chemical dependence.

Andrew W. Witkos, an associate at The Employment Law Group, takes a few minutes to discuss with R. Scott Oswald the upcoming course Changing Currents in Employment Law, which Oswald will chair and moderate. The course has been hosted by the D.C. Bar Continuing Legal Education Program for nearly a decade now.

The D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center was saddened to learn recently of the passing of attorney Brian Bannon, one of the Center’s most dedicated and beloved volunteers.  

As any business owner knows (and as any business lawyer will advise) one of the first steps to getting your business up and running is to form a legal entity from which the business shall operate. As part of that step, the business owner must determine which type of business entity best suits their needs from a legal, tax, and operations perspective.

“I just want to be happy!” I catch myself saying out loud.

Were you asked to be a presenter for a CLE course? The pressure to prepare a CLE presentation in your practice area can definitely present its challenges. Here are 9 tips that will help you prepare a valuable and resourceful presentation.

The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has reached an agreement with the Korean-American Grocers Association of Washington (KAGRO), a leading local business group, to educate its members about the sale of synthetic drugs in their establishments.

Anthony Pierce, Board Member of Washington 2024 team that put together the original bid to bring the Olympic Games to the nation's capital weighs in on why D.C. would make a great host city. Mr. Pierce is also Partner-in-Charge at the Washington Office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.