Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
I often have occasion to recount wisdom-laden legal anecdotes for the edification of newer lawyers. These lawyers listen with rapt attention, even while glancing at their phones. Ahead, preserved for posterity, is one of those anecdotes. It...
Performance reviews are like visiting the dentist: You have to endure them with some regularity. They are usually riddled with anxiety and can be slightly painful. In the end, you are glad that you went, while simultaneously relieved that you don’t...
If you ever have the desire to see a perfectly executed eye-roll, or just have a glance at an eloquently blank stare, here’s what to do: Ask another attorney if they’ve been stressed out lately. Pushing the point can escalate the matter from...
With $1.2 trillion of federal funds approved under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to rebuild America’s infrastructure, states will soon be flooded with monies aimed at addressing a slew of road, highway, bridge, railway and...
Press Release from Newswire.com - DENVER, November 9, 2021 Owners' Counsel of America (OCA), a national association of experienced eminent domain lawyers is pleased to announce that Nina Sawaya, a second year law student attending Denver University...
KEY DECISIONS IN PUBLIC USE AND JUST COMPENSATIONPREREQUISITES TO THE TAKING Utah: As long as taking is for the birds, not the environmental plaintiffs, it's a public use In Utah Dep’t of Transp. v. Coalt, Inc., the Utah Supreme Court considered...
Tax counsel, and valuation analysts and other financial advisers (analysts), are often retained to advise acquisitive clients with regard to proposed merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. The analysts typically focus on the pricing and...
There are a number of risks associated with being a commercial landlord, such as the time commitment needed for maintenance and claims arising out of injuries on the property, car damage in the parking lot, dangerous structural conditions, and...
So what is an “eggshell audit”? The term refers to the possibility that the subject of a civil audit could, under pressure, crack open and provide information leading to a referral for criminal investigation. The goal of the attorney advising a...