Written by: Jon M. DeVore The Native Hawaiian Organizations Association (NHOA) is sponsoring the 2019 Business Summit Conference on May 21-23, 2019, at the Prince Waikiki Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The NHOA conference will focus on legislative, legal and business...
Written by David Karl Gross Several months ago, I wrote an article providing guidance to bloggers about the dangers of being sued for defamation. I explained that defamation is an important legal remedy because it provides people with significant recourse when the...
Written by David Karl Gross The National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration reports that over 6 million car accidents took place in the United Stated last year, with over 2.5 million involving injuries. In a recent study, Alaska was listed as one of the...
By Carissa D. Siebeneck Anderson & Jon DeVore We recently posted an article (see below) regarding recent legislation impacting how small business size will be calculated. Congress passed the Small Business Runway Extension Act that changed those calculation...
Written by Matthew Widmer and William Earnhart On December 6, 2018, the United States District Court for the State of Alaska issued an order that could have a profound impact on the way municipal governments can spend certain fees. The case concerned two types of...
Written By Carissa D. Siebeneck Anderson & Jon M. DeVore The U.S. Small Business Administration proposed sweeping changes to the HUBZone Program regulations last week. Most of the proposed regulations will be considered welcome changes that seek to streamline and...
Written by Leslie Wheelock The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are responsible for implementing the programs that provide funding for rural broadband. Two recent Government Accountability...
Written by: Jon M. DeVore In 2006, Congress passed the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2005 (38 U.S.C. 501,513), this in part created the Vets First Contracting Program within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This program...
Last Friday, September 24, 2018, the Alaska Supreme Court issued opinions in three cases briefed and argued by the BHBC municipal team – with favorable decisions in two of the three. In each case, the municipal team, led by the practice group’s lead attorney Holly...
Written by Kristy Garrett Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot recently held its biennial retreat as an opportunity for attorneys and paralegals to get out of the office together, in order to focus on the direction and future of the firm. One of the events on the agenda...