Written by Jon M. DeVore In April 2022, Jon DeVore participated in the Native Hawaiian Organization Association Business Summit. The event brought over 200 Native Hawaiian Organizations, small businesses, government representatives and large businesses together to...
By William A. Earnhart Many employers are cancelling holiday celebrations for the second year in a row, and many are having virtual celebrations online. For those having online celebrations, many potential liabilities are tempered. However, we remind you that wage...
By Jon M. DeVore The Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) program began in December of 2000. Public Law 106-554 established this program to help the federal government meet its goal of awarding at least 5% of all contracting dollars to women-owned small businesses. The...
By: Jon M. DeVore Good news for 8(a) firms considering federal construction projects over the next year! The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced a moratorium on the requirement that participants in SBA’s 8(a) Business Development Program must...
In late March, Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot attorney Jon M. DeVore was asked to participate as a panelist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "My Business Journey" webinar. The MBJ Series shares the stories of successful Women Veterans in Business and...
Written by Jon M. DeVore Birch Horton Bittner and Cherot attorney Jon DeVore recently participated in a nationwide broadcast webinar on Winning in Relationships: Teaming; Mentor-Protege & Joint Ventures Webinar, hosted by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...
Written by William A. Earnhart Continued from Trial in the Age of Zoom, Part 2: Practical Advice The first two weeks of January 2021, my team and I were consumed with a trial that was conducted exclusively remote, via Zoom. Being as it was the first full civil trial...
Written by William A. Earnhart Continued from Trial in the Age of Zoom, Part 1: Initial Observations The first two weeks of January 2021, my team and I were consumed with a trial that was conducted exclusively remote, via Zoom. Being as it was the first full civil...
Written by William A. Earnhart For myself and my team, the first two weeks of January 2021 were consumed with what may have been the first full civil trial in Alaska conducted exclusively online, remotely, via Zoom. For background, this was a bench trial; each party...
Any person or group wishing to start a new business must make a variety of critical decisions. After all, the actions taken early in the process of forming a business will have long-lasting effects. Native American tribes entering the business realm must also make...