Insights

MVA Human Trafficking Pro Bono Project Leader and Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Senior Counsel Sarah Byrne and Financial Services Counsel Ed Ivey’s article titled, “Human Rights-Focused Lending Models Can Curb Trafficking” was published by Law360 on August 6. 

MVA Human Trafficking Pro Bono Project leader and National Survivor Law Collective co-founder Sarah Byrne recently contributed to the Avery Center-led report titled, “Legal Deserts Report - Accessing Legal Services for the Survivors of Sex Trafficking.” The Avery Center, formerly Free Our Girls, was founded in 2014 to address the gap in direct services for adults experiencing commercial sex trafficking across the United States. The National Survivor Law Collective formed in 2020 to establish the network of lawyers, agencies and firms that provide free legal services to survivors of human trafficking. 

MVA Corporate Members John Gilson, Colby Jenkins, and Mike Miller outline a side-by-side comparison of key independent sponsor and searcher terms document.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Litigation Member Jim McLoughlin and Financial Regulatory Advice & Response Member Ed O’Keefe’s article titled, “When corporate reporting creates criminal risk: Circuit court limits criminal liability under ambiguous reporting requirements” was published by Westlaw on March 8.

Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Health Care Member Keith Smith‘s article titled, “Social Inequities as Enterprise Risks for Health Care Organizations” was published by American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Health Law Weekly on March 12.

MVA Members John Gilson, Colby Jenkins, and Mike Miller co-authored the article titled, “A Look Under The Hood Of Independent Sponsorship In M&A.” The article was published by Law360 on February 18.

MVA Senior Counsel Sarah Byrne’s article titled, “Financial institutions are poised to take next step in combatting human trafficking” was published by Thomson Reuters Institute on January 11, National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.

MVA Financial Services Counsel Ed Ivey‘s article titled “Election Season Special: 2021 Candidates for LIBOR Replacement” was recently published in the Futures & Derivatives Law Report, a Thomson Reuters publication. 

MVA Environmental Co-Head Members Peter McGrath and Mary Katherine Stukes have authored the “Law and Practice” chapter of the Environmental Law 2020 Guide for Chambers and Partners, which was published on November 13.