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Texas Legislative
Scope of Practice
Vinson & Elkins has a long history of involvement in the state political and legislative arenas, with partners experienced in the public policy area. V&E has solidified an existing policy practice into a robust Public Policy group to coordinate the activities of lawyers working with state and federal governmental entities.
Our Public Policy group coordinates closely with lawyers in other substantive practice areas of the firm to provide integrated approaches to issues that reflect not only significant lobbying experience at the state and federal levels, but also a sophisticated understanding of the legal issues and options for addressing client concerns, whether those involve seeking new legislation, opposing harmful legislation, seeking changes to agency rules, or pursuing agency or court proceedings.
Examples of areas in which the firm has represented clients include: - Telecommunications
- School finance
- Securities
- Public school textbooks
- Health care
- Transportation
- Professional sports facilities
- Water rights and environmental law
- Taxation
- Electric utilities/oil and gas
- Alcoholic beverage regulation
- Public information compliance
Counseling and Advocacy
The Public Policy group has handled a wide range of matters, including the following: - Represented a national textbook publishing association during the rewrite of the Texas Education Code, which included a comprehensive revision of the state's selection and purchase of public school textbooks
- Represented certain major telecommunications companies in the negotiation and final passage of the State Telecommunications Act, a precursor to federal legislation passed by Congress
- As part of a coalition of health care association and HMO lobbyists, represented clients in connection with the passage of bills that brought managed care to the state's Medicaid system
- Represented a major railroad that opposed the anti-competitive consolidation of two railroads
- Assisted clients seeking additional Medicare reimbursement through legislative and regulatory initiatives
- Represented a consortium of health care entities in connection with state-wide privacy legislation and subsequent rulemaking initiatives at the Texas Department of Insurance
- Represented a manufacturer of generic drugs before the legislature and the Texas State Board of Pharmacy in connection with issues regarding the safety and effectiveness of a generic drug compared to a brand drug. Continued representation of the client on the issue of drug costs before the Texas Legislature's interim committees.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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