Jones & Keller is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers, a highly respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Reid A. Godbolt as the Denver Best Lawyers Securities Regulation “Lawyer of the Year” for 2021. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in Best Lawyers’ surveys by earning a high… Read more »
Jones & Keller is pleased to announce that Howard Kenison has been named to Lawdragon’s inaugural “500 Environmental and Energy Lawyers” guide. Lawdragon studied legal leaders across the nation over the past two years before issuing this first guide to the leading U.S. lawyers in environment and energy law. “The 500 lawyers recognized here represent… Read more »
SEC requirements on SPACs are ramping up. The last time they did so, blank-check companies languished. How will greater scrutiny this time round impact the momentum of SPACs in play and in the planning stages? By Brad H. Hamilton, April 21, 2021 The surge in today’s market darling special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has the SEC… Read more »
Common signs of “distress” are present in the workplace, requiring a nuanced and sophisticated response from employers for both the wellbeing of employees and the company. By Larry Lee The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the collective mental health of the U.S. workforce are likely to linger for months and perhaps years to… Read more »
Howard Kenison will be moderating a Keynote Panel of former Cabinet members at the upcoming 50th Spring Conference on Environmental Law, hosted by the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. The 50th Spring Conference on Environmental Law kicks off on April 27 with a Keynote Panel moderated by Howard Kenison, environmental law attorney at… Read more »
Tips for foreign-owned U.S. companies to reduce legal costs and risks as recovery takes shape. By Steve Suneson All companies large and small, domestic and international, have been affected by the international Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic has caused extensive disruption to international travel and commerce, led to delinquencies in rental payments and other debt obligations,… Read more »
Jones & Keller is a proud Ally Sponsor of the 2021 Law School…Yes We Can (LSYWC) virtual Building Futures Event. Attorneys Brad Hamilton and Marika Rietsema Ball will be attending the event on Friday, May 21, 2021, 5:00 – 7:00 pm, which features a fireside chat with the founder of LSYWC, the Honorable Christine M…. Read more »
Almost 65% of Fortune 500 companies are domiciled in Delaware. Almost 90% of of the companies that did an IPO in 2019 were Delaware entities. Why is this tiny state on the East Coast the preferred jurisdiction of formation for so many corporations? Delaware is half the size of most counties in Colorado but it’s… Read more »
Please join us in congratulating this year’s selections to the 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. We are pleased to announce the selection of Jones & Keller attorneys to the 2021 Colorado Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists. These exclusive lists recognize no more than 5 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, of attorneys… Read more »
Members of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources have sought to improve the quality of justice in environmental matters—as public citizens—by working with the World Justice Project. By Howard Kenison A lawyer is a “public citizen” with obligations to the rule of law. The Preamble to the Model Rules states that “A lawyer, as… Read more »