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Annual tax planning should be more than a wild scramble to meet basic tax deadlines.  A proactive tax strategy should include an action plan covering tax structure, deductions, compensation strategies, and making decisions that could materially affect tax liability for the whole year. Partnering thoughtful planning with business-tax attor…

For many business owners, estate planning hasn’t kept pace with the business itself. Midyear is a great opportunity to step back from day-to-day operations and assess whether your estate and succession plans reflect how your business operates today, and your hopes for the future. Estate planning often lags behind business growth. Ownership struct…

When wildfire tears through a private forest or a hurricane levels timber stands, the clock starts immediately. Debris must be cleared. Sites must be prepared. Roads and stream crossings may need repair. Seedlings must go in the ground. But for many private forest landowners, federal disaster assistance has carried a frustrating catch: pay first, a…

Article Highlights Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (EPEWA), Part 2, is no longer just a pay transparency law. It is a job opportunity transparency law. For covered employers, the law requires more than posting salary ranges. It also requires internal notice of job opportunities, post-selection notices after a candidate is chosen, career p…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, 608 U.S. ___ (2026), answers a narrow but important arbitration question: when a federal court with jurisdiction over a lawsuit stays the lawsuit under § 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), can that court confirm or vacate the arbitration award even if the…

On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two immigration decisions with practical consequences for asylum access, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and employer work authorization compliance. In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court held that a person waiting on the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border has not “arrived in the United States”…