Chris Cox, soon to be our new SEC chief? His biggest contributor is an outfit named Latham Watkins. Who are Latham Watkins, you may ask? They're these people:
(From their Web site):
Latham Wins Supreme Court Case Overturning Arthur Andersen's Criminal Conviction
In a decision widely regarded as having a profound impact on the way in which business is conducted throughout the United States, the accounting firm Arthur Andersen LLP has prevailed in its appeal to the Supreme Court of a conviction on charges related to its work for Enron. In a unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded for further proceedings a Court of Appeals decision that had upheld Andersen’s conviction for "corruptly persuading" employees to discard documents pursuant to terms of its document retention policy. The case was argued by Washington, D.C. partner Maureen Mahoney, who was supported by attorneys of the firm's appellate and constitutional practice including Washington, D.C. associates Scott Ballenger, Matthew Roskoski, Eric Volkman, Jessica Hafer and Ben Wei, and New York partners Alexandra Shapiro and Christopher Harris and associate Seth Friedman. The firm’s overall representation of Arthur Andersen in its Enron-related matters is led by litigation partners Miles Ruthberg, Peter Wald and Catherine Palmer. Click here to view the Supreme Court opinion.
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