What’s in a Collective Bargaining Agreement?
Collective bargaining agreements are usually negotiated between employers and companies but also have a unique place in the realm of professional sports. Although the...
Quiet Olympics but Not Without Challenges
For an attorney at the Olympic games, an Olympics without a scandal means more time to be a spectator than an official.
With the biggest...
Protected Against Liability
Case law in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals seems to have already addressed the issue that waivers on lift tickets protect ski areas...
New Partners 2018
Dan Ackerman- Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Practice: Intellectual Property
Position: Shareholder
Dan Ackerman counsels consumer brands on trademark prosecution, licensing, enforcement and litigation. Focusing on complex trademark...
Legal Impact of HHS ‘Conscience Protection’ Enforcement Yet Unclear
The federal government is signaling it will take more action to ensure “conscience-based” rights for health care providers. But what that means in terms...
In Opioid Fight, Small County Takes on Big Pharma
A lawsuit between a small southern Colorado county and pharmaceutical giants might grow much bigger.
Huerfano County, population just over 6,400, has sued several pharmaceutical...
Big Deals Q4 2018
ACQUISITION
$5,000,000
Hutchinson Black and Cook
Client: Confidential
Team: Carla Sledge, partner; Maureen Eldredge, partner; Lauren Carpenter, associate
Other Parties: Confidential
Other Firms: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Notes: The...
Finding The Perfect Match
A new partnership in legal recruiting is looking to help firms make more permanent lateral hires by disrupting the current hiring process. Veterans in...
From Business Lawyer to Business Owner
For Denver attorney Liz Oertle, the transition from business attorney to business owner made perfect sense.
After experiencing firsthand the difficulty of balancing being a...
Feeding the Beast
Every lawyer’s website is supposed to have a blog. Or at least that’s been the conventional wisdom since the mid-’2000s when the medium first...