Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Paul Atkins has been vocal about his desire to make IPOs great again. It would take a serious amount of rulemaking and potentially even statutory changes to reshuffle the mix of incentives and burdens that have inclined companies against going public in recent years. But if he is successful, even in part, there could...

On March 31, USDA announced that the U.S. Forest Service will relocate its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, bringing roughly 260 positions and the agency’s top leadership to the Intermountain West. For Utah, a state with more than 8 million acres of national forest land and a roughly $9.7 billion outdoor recreation economy, this is a significant...

My colleagues have released an excellent update on the DOJ’s recently announced corporate enforcement and voluntary self-disclosure policy.  For a long time, the Department of Justice has encouraged self-disclosure, at times suggesting companies will be treated better if they do, but no guarantees. For the first time, they’ve formalized a policy, and companies should take note and be ready to seriously...

With the current surface transportation law set to expire on September 30, 2026, Congress is moving deeper into work on the next multi-year reauthorization bill. House and Senate committees have been holding oversight hearings and stakeholder discussions as they prepare legislative text expected later this year. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has identified reauthorization as a top priority for...

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)....