No one would have predicted that the emotional story of a music icon’s untimely death would devolve into a cautionary tale better suited for the pages of a legal journal than for those of Rolling Stone. And yet as fans…
Companion animals are an important part of our lives. According to a recent study by the American Animal Hospital Association: 62% of households in the U.S. have companion animals. 85% of pet owners refer to themselves as their pets’ “mom”…
By Stephen J. Olsen -- On July 31, 2015, HR 3236, Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (the “Act”), was signed into law. Section 2004 of the Act enacted new Sections 1014(f) and 6035(a)(1) of…
By Sandra L. Knapp - On December 11, 2015, President Obama signed into law a spending bill that includes a provision lifting the ban on crude oil exports. As previously noted, the oil companies have been hard at work to…
By Sandra L. Knapp - For the last twelve months, we read off and on in the news that there is momentum to lift the 1970s-era ban on the export of crude oil. The Wall Street Journal reported a year…