Author: Troy Keller

Troy is a Partner in Dorsey's Salt Lake City Office. Troy has nearly three decades of experience in corporate governance, securities, capital markets, M&A, joint ventures, and government and legislative affairs. Having worked both as external and internal legal counsel for a number of Fortune 500 companies, Troy brings the expertise and insights companies need to navigate today’s challenges and opportunities.

DOL Rulemaking has Broad Implications for the Gig Economy

On February 26, 2026, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding worker classification. It may feel like another policy swing from administration to administration. However, this proposal is the latest development in long-running debate with consequences for the gig economy and the employer-worker relationship. It is a debate that could be existential for some businesses....

Where things Stand After a Monumental Day on Tariffs

February 20, 2026 started off with arguably the most economically significant Supreme Court ruling in living memory when the Court struck down the White House’s use of IEEPA authority for tariffs representing roughly half of collected tariff revenue over the last year. The day ended with executive orders from an undeterred White House laying out a course for its continued...

A New Housing Policy Meme

“Memetics” was a theory launched by Richard Dawkins in the 1970s positing that cultural trends and ideas emerge from base components (he called memes) in much the same way that biological organisms do from genes. As the theory goes, compelling ideas survive while less effective ones drop away, with variations and combinations succeeding or failing in a survival of the...

Fintech’s Fat Moment in Time

The legal world has always played fast and loose with the concept of time. Judges of course regularly rewrite history when rendering opinions about what a law means and then applying the consequences retroactively, sometimes unwinding acts that already occurred. (Many businesses are hopeful this very thing happens when SCOTUS delivers its opinion on IEEPA and tariffs.) Another example is...

The Unexpected AI Regulators

The axiom that legislators legislate and regulators regulate is typically applied to centers of government, like Washington D.C. or Brussels, where there can be a default instinct to create guardrails and restrictions whenever a new societal challenge is identified. But in a perceived accountability vacuum around artificial intelligence, states are seriously considering policies to get ahead of potential risks. California,...

Supreme Court, IEEPA and Where things Stand

Way back on January 9, I logged into a SCOTUSblog chat group to hear that excellent team live-blog the announcement and delivery of Supreme Court opinions for the day. From the comments of other visitors, I wasn’t the only one joining to see if a decision on tariffs was forthcoming. Not by a long shot. Journalists, trade professionals, executives, and...

Utah 2026 Legislative Session: Dental Spotlight

Was it only twelve months ago? Last year, dental health featured prominently in Utah’s 2025 legislative session, with the passage of a state-wide ban on the addition of fluoride in Utah’s drinking water. This decision garnered national attention and sparked some entertaining debates. The 2026 session probably won’t bring as much attention to Utah’s dental sector. However, there are already...

The AI Moratorium

During 2025, lawmakers across the 50 states opened over 1,000 AI-related bills. Congress became justifiably worried that local lawmakers would go overboard, and came very close to passing an AI regulatory moratorium that would preclude states from weighing in. Many states pushed back firmly on this. On Dec. 11, the White House took matters into its own hands with an...

Introduction and Welcome

I love our firm’s footprint. Dorsey & Whitney’s legal professionals sit in 22 offices across the U.S. and internationally, where they apply global talent at a local level. These offices are in financial centers like New York, London, Hong Kong and Chicago as well as in high growth cities in the Rocky Mountains, like Salt Lake City (where I sit)....

Quantum Policy (yes it’s a thing)

We think of AI as the most exciting and transformative technology of our time, and I wouldn’t argue with that. However, one of the less talked about aspects is the potential it has to bring viability to Quantum computing by (as I’ve been told) quickly finding and controlling for the random calculation errors that are inherent in the powerful technology....