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January 11, 2022 – Denver Firm Director Carlos Romo has taken over as President of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, effective January 1, 2022. Incorporated in 1977 (the year Carlos was born), the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association was envisioned as the legal adviser to the Hispanic community in Colorado and a catalyst in expanding the […]

Court of Appeals Stays OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard

On November 6, 2021, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a stay of the Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) and published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2021. The ETS generally requires most employers with 100 or more employees to implement […]

Denver, Colorado (November 4, 2021) – Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson has been ranked in the 2022 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” list nationally and in Colorado. Firms included in the 2022 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking […]

On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service revoked a rule issued in the waning days of the Trump administration that had limited the scope of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act’s (MBTA) enforcement provisions.[1]  The prior rule, issued in January 2021, limited the MBTA’s definition of prohibited “take” of covered birds to only […]

Denver, Colorado (August 20, 2021) – For the second year in a row, Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson is pleased to announce that all ten of its Shareholders and Associate Dale Ratliff have been included in the 2021 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has […]

Current Conditions Motivating Business Owners to Sell.  Post-pandemic market optimism, coupled with the specter of changes to the tax laws in 2021, present a unique climate of urgency in deciding whether to sell a business. Good businesses brought to market now may sell more quickly and at higher than normal multiples because of unusually low […]

Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson is excited to announce that Clay Taylor joined the Firm as Counsel on July 19, 2021.  Clay will practice in the Firm’s nationally recognized Environmental and Natural Resources practice areas. Clay joins the Firm after spending three years as Senior Attorney in the Denver office of Whiting Oil and Gas […]

On June 4, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively, the “Services”) released its plans to revise or rescind five Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations promulgated under the prior administration.[1]  The proposed actions are in response to Executive Order 13990, which requires all federal agencies to review […]

Executive Order Pausing Oil & Gas Leasing on Federal Lands Is Enjoined

On June 15th, 2021, federal district judge Terry A. Doughty from the Western District of Louisiana granted an injunction sought by several states to block the implementation of Executive Order 14008 issued by President Biden in his first week of office in an effort to pause new oil and gas leasing on public lands and […]

Jennifer Biever and Carlos Romo to Speak on State Efforts to Control Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Sources at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s 67th Annual Institute­­­­­­­­­­ Denver, CO (Jun 30th, 2021) Williams Weese Pepple & Ferguson Directors Jennifer Biever and Carlos Romo will present at the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Virtual 67th […]

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