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Blue laws banned saloons from selling alcoholic beverages on Sundays, but the Raines law of 1896 permitted hotels to do so. When saloon keepers responded by creating bedrooms, which were then used for prostitution, the Committee demanded inspections of premises to distinguish legitimate hotels from saloons.
Wiley opened its doors with 39 attorneys in 1983 as Wiley, Johnson & Rein. [3] [4] In 1986, the firm, then known as Wiley & Rein, became Wiley Rein & Fielding as Richard E. Wiley, former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Bert W. Rein, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, were joined on the masthead by Fred F. Fielding, former ...
Law firm [72] [73] 1792 Insurance Company of North America: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (found.) Insurance [4] Now Chubb Limited: 1792 New York Stock Exchange: New York City: Stock Exchange 1792 Old Farmer's Almanac: Dublin, New Hampshire: Almanac [74] [75] 1792 State Street: Boston, Massachusetts: Banking [4] 1794 Baltimore Equitable: Baltimore ...
The firm's name Raine comes from an amalgamation of Ravitch's and Sine's surnames with the "e" on the end coming from Ari Emanuel, an initial backer who headed William Morris Endeavor. One of Raine's first major deals was advising William Morris Agency on its merger with Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor.
United States v. Raines, 362 U.S. 17 (1960), was a United States Supreme Court decision relating to civil rights. The Court overturned the ruling of a U.S. District Court, which had held that a law authorizing the Federal Government to bring civil actions against State Officials for discriminating against African-Americans citizens was unconstitutional.
Williams Mullen is a regionally based, full-service law firm with more than 240 attorneys in offices across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The firm began in 1909. Williams Mullen is the third largest firm in Virginia based on attorney headcount according to Virginia Business magazine. [3]
Herbert William "Herb" Titus (October 17, 1937 – June 20, 2021) was an American attorney, writer, and political candidate. He was the Constitution Party 's nominee for Vice President during the 1996 presidential election .
McGuireWoods LLP is a US-based international law firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.Initially founded in 1834, the firm has grown into the largest law firm in the state of Virginia, and has 21 offices across the country. [2]