While Alaska is a wonderful place in which to live and work, its roadways often leave a lot to be desired. In some places near Anchorage, the roads are already dangerous. When you factor in negligent drivers, your risk of involvement in a preventable automobile...
On July 23, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and the National Park Service (“NPS”), within the Department of Interior, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) published several decisions relating to the Alaska Industrial Development and Export...
Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot (BHBC) is starting a new series highlighting a few of the unique leaders and businesses with whom we have the pleasure to work, and have seen develop, grow, and create positive differences within their industry and community. Our...
Despite its negative connotations, bankruptcy laws are some of the most helpful laws for U.S. citizens. Declaring bankruptcy offers an individual a second chance at financial success when economic hardships become too much to bear. Although bankruptcy does offer many...
Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot attorneys Jennifer Alexander and David Karl Gross joined forces with RISQ Consulting for a round table discussion on what businesses and organizations must consider when reopening to protect against legal liabilities. RISQ Consulting...
Written by George R. Pitts There is a famous scene in the Marx Brothers’ film Night at the Opera in which Groucho, representing an opera company, tries to get Chico, representing a singer, to sign his singer up with the opera company. They begin with a lengthy...
Written by Adam Cook Even with recent cuts in state spending, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (“DOT”) still provides about $500 million in contracts every year to Alaska’s contractors and subcontractors. That’s about seven percent of all...
Written by David Gross There is a seldom-used legal doctrine called “frustration of purpose” that provides a party with the ability to walk away from a contract when the purpose of a contract is totally defeated by an unexpected event. This doctrine was first...
Written by Adam Cook If the COVID-19 Pandemic makes it impossible – or even illegal – for a contractor to maintain the necessary workforce on a project, the resulting delay in progress is almost certainly outside the contractor’s control. But can the project owner...
Written by Jon Devore, Elisabeth Ross and Nicole Bayne On March 27, 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), within the Department of Interior, published its Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”) on The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority’s...