Holme Roberts & Owen LLP

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 265 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.

Lessons from Carl Icahn's Failed Bid to Take Lear Private: Naked No-Vote Termination Fees Can Properly Protect Buyers from Broken Deals without Exposing Target Boards to Liability
Hendrik F. Jordaan, William J. Robers, October 14, 2008
Recent litigation (Re Lear Corporation Shareholder Litigation, No. 2728-VCS (September 2, 2008)) surrounding Carl Icahn's failed bid to take Lear Corporation private offers valuable insights into risk sharing for broken deals and fiduciary duties of boards of directors of target companies.

The "New" Old Standard: The Ordinary Observer Test for Design Patent Infringement
Paul S. Cha, Thomas J. Rossa, October 14, 2008
Design patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect unique shapes and configurations that may not be mechanically novel but which are attractive to a consumer.

Transferee(s) May Be Protected Despite Unknown Bankruptcy of Transferor
Scott D. Rogers, September 24, 2008
Buyers of, and lenders upon, distressed California real property can sleep a little better following a recent U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision: In the Matter of Craig L. Tippett, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 18914 (September 4, 2008).