Nora Whitehead is an associate in the White Collar and Antitrust Practice Groups in the Washington, D.C. office of Haynes and Boone, LLP. She concentrates her practice on antitrust and competition issues and international trade matters.
Selected Client Representations
- Counsel major telecommunications and Internet clients on antitrust and competition issues and coordinate their responses to Department of Justice Investigative Demands.
- Monitor pre-merger integration planning activities of major telecommunications firm to ensure compliance with antitrust laws and regulations.
- Assisted in representation of individual in petition for Department of Justice immunity in criminal antitrust investigation.
- Represent U.S. manufacturers in connection with U.S. Department of Commerce antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and annual duty reviews.
- Counseled Indian steel company regarding sample sales in the context of antidumping and countervailing duty reviews.
- Defended former executive against stock option backdating claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Advised government contractors regarding the use of appropriated funds to influence certain federal contracting and financial transactions and on corporate inversion issues under the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act.
Selected Pro Bono Involvement
- Manage award-winning office pro bono program and partnerships with various local nonprofit organizations, including the D.C. Bar Advocacy & Justice Clinic.
- Assisted drafting of appellate brief addressing key service of process, governmental immunity, and Indian tribal immunity issues as requested by the Tenth Circuit.
- Served on the pro bono team that challenged a New York City executive order regarding the funding and structure of the city's indigent defense system.
- Assisted drafting and preparation of petition for habeas corpus relief for Guantanamo Bay detainee.
Selected Publications
- 2010 Annual Review of Antitrust Developments, Contributor, American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, Trial Practice Committee, 2011.
- "Medicare & Medicaid Benefit Portability as a Potential Cost-Saving Measure for U.S. Healthcare," the NALS magazine for legal professionals, Fall 2009, Vol. 58, Issue 2.
- "Critical Issues in Offshore Outsourcing," Co-author with Milton Whitfield, Executive Counsel Magazine, July/August 2008, Vol. 5, No. 4.
Selected Representative Experience
Online Publications
08/15/2009 -
Medicare & Medicaid Benefit Portability as a Potential Cost-Saving Measure for U.S. Healthcare
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07/15/2008 -
Critical Issues in Offshore Outsourcing
Reprinted with permission from Executive Counsel. Haynes and Boone partner Milton Whitfield co-authored an article focusing on the increasingly attractive option of offshore outsourcing, the risks involved, and recommended due diligence.