Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

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Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO) has a tradition of building lasting relationships with entrepreneurial pioneers, from railroads and mining, to oil and gas, and more recently technology and telecommunications. For more than 100 years, HRO has provided clients with the resources and capabilities to address their legal concerns. Approximately 250 lawyers at HRO serve clients in the United States and abroad from nine offices in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; San Francisco, Los Angeles, California; London and Munich. Whether a client is an individual or part of a corporation, partnership or other business entity, HRO can provide legal counsel to fit the client's needs. Nearly half of HRO's lawyers represent clients in lawsuits, administrative proceedings and other means of resolving disputes. Notably, HRO is internationally-recognized for its corporate and litigation practices and is the only Denver-based firm with an international office in London. Lawyers from the corporate, securities, emerging growth, tax, banking, finance, bankruptcy and real estate practice groups assist large and small entities in both routine and extraordinary aspects of their businesses. Because business today is transacted in a global marketplace, HRO lawyers also advise United States-based and foreign companies on business transactions domestically and abroad.

Bankruptcy, Banks and Banking, Business Law, Civil Practice, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media, Computers and Software, Construction Law, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Debtor and Creditor, Education Law, Emerging Growth, Employee Benefits, Environmental Law, Finance, Health Care, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor and Employment, Leases and Leasing, Litigation, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Natural Resources, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Patents, Products Liability, Real Estate, Religious Institutions, Securities, Sports Law, Taxation, Technology and Science, Toxic Torts, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Trusts and Estates, Water Law.

SEC Fines Broker Dealer $100,000 under Reg S-P for Failing to Protect Customer Data by Requiring Reps to Have Anti-Virus Software
Sven C. Collins, October 15, 2009
On September 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an administrative cease and desist order... against Commonwealth Equity Services, LLP d/b/a Commonwealth Financial Network...The SEC's cease and desist order--to which Commonwealth consented without admitting any wrongdoing--found...

Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: What You Should Know About Foreign Investment in the United States and National Security Considerations
Troy R. Braegger, August 21, 2009
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that conducts national security reviews of transactions in which a foreign person might acquire control over a person doing business in the United States. This Alert discusses CFIUS, the factors that might...

House of Representatives Passes Climate Change Act
Chris Colclasure, August 21, 2009
The United States House of Representatives has passed the American Clean Energy & Security Act (Clean Energy Act), also known as the Waxman-Markey bill. At roughly 1,200 pages the bill is massive with wide-ranging effects. Its core purpose is to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs)...

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