7/31/2026 10:47:29 PM DoD's Wind Freeze and the APA Reckoning By Andrea Driggs Janet Howe The next major renewable energy permitting fight is about whether a federal review process can be paused indefinitely. In Renewable...
7/31/2026 6:35:29 PM Tightening of Trademark Law in China By Nadya Davis On June 26, 2026, China's legislature passed amendments to the PRC Trademark Law which take effect January 1, 2027. The changes reflect...
7/31/2026 6:31:37 PM For Alaska Projects, Land Status Is Key By Andrea Driggs A recent US District Court for the District of Alaska ruling is a reminder that in Alaska project development, land status can be...
7/31/2026 4:09:47 AM Beware black boxes bearing bids By Paul Swanson The antitrust battle over algorithmic pricing took another turn with the revival of a class action against several Atlantic City hotels...
7/30/2026 10:56:39 PM Reports of Aspen's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated By Justin Nyberg As a real estate attorney, I watch the ups and downs of the Aspen real estate market with a certain detachment—clients come to us for...
7/30/2026 8:46:28 PM Cannabis Corporate Structures: IRS Trains to Open Every Door By Rachel Gillette Third in a series on what 1,446 pages of FOIA-ed IRS cannabis training materials reveal. The first post in this series covered the IRS's...
7/30/2026 7:21:51 PM Are Judges Making it Harder or Easier for Jurors to Admit Bias? By Ken Broda-Bahm My experience says “harder,” and that experience is reinforced to some extent, but also challenged to some extent, by an analysis...
7/30/2026 5:55:17 PM Changes to Voting Leave Laws Will Affect Colorado Employers This Election Cycle By Tyler Thomas Colorado has made it even easier for voters to cast their ballots in elections. Employees whose work schedules would prohibit them from...
7/30/2026 5:39:04 PM Reasons for Exploring an EOT: Willingness to Preserve Company's Soul Over Personal Pocketbook By Beth Nedrow Part of the barrier to widespread adoption of employee ownership trusts (EOTs) in the United States is the lack of a clear transaction...
7/29/2026 3:46:07 PM Higher Financing Limits and Resiliency and Embodied Carbon Improvements: Colorado C-PACE Program Expands By Kathryn Carlisle-Kesling Colorado raised the ceiling on C-PACE—and it's worth a close look if you're financing or developing commercial real estate in the state....
7/28/2026 10:49:37 PM Why ONRR's Civil Penalties Won't Rise in 2026 By Rosario Hecht Domínguez On July 22, 2026, the Department of the Interior's Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) published a Federal Register Notice...
7/28/2026 10:06:38 PM Recent Seventh Circuit Retirement Plan Beneficiary Decision Highlights Importance of Addressing Deficient Beneficiary Changes By Alex Smith A recent decision by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Havlik v. University of Chicago highlights the importance of promptly...