Written by: Carissa D. Siebeneck Anderson Joint ventures have always been a popular tool for small businesses, but with the introduction of the All Small Business Mentor Protégé Program, joint ventures seem to be even more common. There has been much discussion of...
Written by: Jack R. McKenna Alaska’s criminal statutes have undergone significant revision in the last two years. Many of those modifications to state law have necessitated corresponding changes to various Alaskan communities’ municipal codes. On November 26,...
Written by: William A. Earnhart The holiday season is almost upon us and in most businesses so is the company Christmas party. This annual rite is an American tradition that employees often look forward to all year. Increasingly, however, it can be the source of...
Written by: Adam W. Cook Construction projects in Alaska and elsewhere are often protected by a surety bond and are also often covered by more than one insurance policy. Although a bond and an insurance policy are two very different things, they are often confused...
Please welcome the newest member of the BHBC family, Paige Taylor Davies. Mom, associate Katie Davies, and dad Bryn, welcomed Paige into the world on September 28, 2017. Paige and her big sister, Molly, are excited to be two of the firm’s most junior associates!
Written by: Jason Brandeis In an article published in the most recent edition of The Bar Rag, the Alaska Bar Association’s quarterly journal, Birch Horton attorney Jason Brandeis writes about emerging legal issues and regulatory changes in Alaska’s marijuana...
Written by: Jon M. DeVore On October 13, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Writ of Certiorari in the case of Rothe v. Department of Defense/U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), letting stand a DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision finding that the SBA 8(a)...
Written by: Jon M. DeVore Birch Horton Bittner & Cherot Shareholder Jon DeVore was recently interviewed by Set-Aside Alert regarding the United States Small Business Administration’s (“SBA”) new Small Business Mentor-Protégé Program. A frequent speaker at...
Written by: Suzanne Cherot Real estate law has been the focus of my practice for many years. I have represented commercial real estate owners and developers of office buildings, medical buildings, hotels and retail stores, owners and developers of residential...
Written by Jon M. DeVore The Trump Administration just released its first Unified Regulatory Agenda. This is one of the primary tools that the White House uses to control agency actions and has real impact on doing business with the government. Most agency rules...