Under Dodd-Frank, employers may bar employee retaliation claims if the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) fails to hear the whistle. On February 21, 2018, the United States Supreme Court did just that when it confirmed whistleblower protection under the...
Benton Barton has been hard at work for the past year as Program Chair for ALFA International’s upcoming International Client Seminar starting March 1, 2018 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The program’s theme is, “Leaving It Better Than You Found It: How We Can Lead, Inspire...
On January 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Artis v. District of Columbia, which concluded 28 U.S.C. § 1367, the statute governing the supplemental jurisdiction of federal courts, operated to toll indefinitely the statute of limitations...
On January 22, 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court released its opinion in Norton v. Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood, Inc., upholding the trial court’s dismissal of a suit alleging that a state government agency and Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood violated the...
Lance Eberhart and Christopher Bryan recently attended the 2018 ALFA International Hospitality & Retail Practice Group Seminar in Key West, Florida. Lance is the Chair Emeritus of ALFA’s Hospitality & Retail Law Practice Group and moderated the five-person...
In a move that will shake up the renewable energy industry, the Trump administration approved tariffs on solar equipment made abroad and imported into the U.S. Approximately 80% of solar equipment used in the U.S., including rooftop solar panels, are manufactured in...
We are pleased to announce that Ryan P. Browne has joined Hall & Evans, LLC as an Associate. Ryan adds to the continued growth of the Billings, Montana office and his civil and commercial litigation practice is focused on the representation of public entities,...
Hall & Evans is pleased to announce that two of our attorneys were selected to 5280’s Top Lawyers List of 2018. The 2018 list includes over 400 attorneys in 50 specialties. Hall & Evans attorneys included on the list are: ...
Wishing you peace and prosperity in the coming year! Thank you for your continued partnership. In keeping with our clients’ holiday wishes, we believe the best gift is giving back. Hall & Evans has made hundreds of charitable donations throughout the year...
In its recent decision MleKush v. Farmers Ins. Exchange, the Montana Supreme Court again expanded the “insurance exception” to the historical “American Rule” under which parties to litigation each pay their own attorney’s fees regardless of outcome. Following...
