Case Studies

Holland & Knight’s Aviation Team obtained antitrust immunity from the U.S. Department of Transportation for a joint venture between our client, Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Delta Air Lines. Approval for this high-profile transaction enables the carriers to create a joint business on routes between North America and the United Kingdom.

A litigator from Holland & Knight's Public and Charitable Service Department, which coordinates pro bono initiatives, successfully represented a 76-year-old Florida man who served 42 years for a crime he didn't commit. It was the first case reviewed by the State Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU), which reviews claims of wrongful conviction.

A team of international trade attorneys from Holland & Knight's Washington, D.C., office helped a grassroots volunteer-based organization apply for and secure an export license on an expedited basis to supply the Ukrainian people with protective equipment amid the ongoing Russian invasion.

Facing unintended consequences from FDA policies on unapproved drugs that could have removed common medical gases from the market, the Compressed Gas Association turned to Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group to achieve a legislative solution. The historic reforms that resulted helped to avoid a potentially catastrophic result for the industry.

When a cutting-edge data analytics company needed guidance – from corporate formation and Internet policies to brand protection, input on a business model and a go-to-market plan – Holland & Knight's Venture Capital and Emerging Companies and Public Policy & Regulation teams became the go-to leads for these innovators. The startup's big data platform creates instant access to congressional statistics – an essential tool for those with ties to D.C.

With new sunscreen ingredients pending before the FDA for over a decade, our Public Policy & Regulation Group rallied health groups, dermatologists, manufacturers and key government leaders on behalf of the PASS Coalition to advocate for a resolution. Holland & Knight successfully built bipartisan ties to get the Sunscreen Innovation Act passed, which in turn will provide access to effective sunscreens.

Holland & Knight's financial services, FCC, bankruptcy, CFIUS and industrial security attorneys advised a life sciences and technology venture lending partner in connection with a senior secured term loan made to a space communications company whose principal asset was a space station (satellite) spectrum license granted by the FCC.

Our energy attorneys achieved a milestone for the Bay State Wind Project, making it the first offshore wind project designated as a covered project under Title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. Participation will provide greater efficiencies and time savings in the federal permitting process, and help the Project meet its targeted in-service date.

Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group secured a major victory for healthcare client Biosimilars Forum when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it will begin issuing unique HCPCS codes to each individual biosimilar product.

When a biosciences startup sought federal funding to combat Ebola, our Healthcare & Life Sciences Team and Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Team provided key assistance in the grant application, federal relations and corporate formation. In a matter of months, the firm helped the company win a major federal grant for its promising approach to preventing surface contamination.