Survival of the Family Business and the Family
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Albuquerque Country Club Modrall Sperling Shareholder James M. Parker is the featured presenter at the fall meeting of The New Mexico Estate Planning Council. Jim is the co-founder and Chair of the Parker Center for Family Business, University…
University of New Mexico School of Law Scholarship Luncheon
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Back Lawn, UNM School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico The James E. Sperling Memorial Scholarship will be featured in this annual luncheon where donors meet the recipients whose educations they have supported. Firm President Walter Stern will honor…
Cyber Espionage: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
Cyber espionage adds a unique element to the relationship between a business and its legal counsel. If your business possesses privileged information that would be useful for a competitor or an industry, then it is crucial that you obtain the best advice…
Potential Hurdle to Right-of-Way Acquisition and Renewals: The Tenth Circuit Holds Tribal Acquisition of an Undivided Interest in an Allotment Defeats Congressional Eminent Domain Authority
On May 26, 2017, the Tenth Circuit issued its decision in Public Service Company of New Mexico v. Barboan,1 upholding a New Mexico federal district court’s ruling2 that tribal ownership of even a very small fractional interest in an allotment bars condemnation…
Daniel A. Sisk (1927 -2017)
Daniel A. Sisk, the last-surviving “name” partner of Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, died on August 15, 2017 at the age of 90. A native New Mexican…
A Historic Moment in Indian Water Rights in New Mexico: Entry of the Aamodt Final Decree
The United States District Court for the District of New Mexico entered its final decree in State of New Mexico, ex rel. State Engineer v. Aamodt, a state stream adjudication filed in 1966 (Aamodt) to determine the rights of water users in…
Dakota Access Pipeline Project Update—Corps’ NEPA Analysis Flawed-In Part
Introduction: On June 14, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge Boasberg issued a lengthy Memorandum Opinion granting in part the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s (Standing Rock) and Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s (Cheyenne River) Motions for Summary Judgment.1 The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project…
Best Lawyers® Names Eight Modrall Sperling Shareholders “Lawyer of the Year”
Modrall Sperling is pleased to announce eight shareholders have been selected by Best Lawyers in America® as a 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. …
100th Annual Meeting – Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Embassy Suites, Albuquerque, New Mexico Shareholder Margaret Lewis Meister will be installed as Chairman of the Board.
Meg Meister Inducted as Chamber Chair
Margaret Lewis Meister was inducted as Chair of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce during its 2017 Annual Meeting, held August 16. Both as an attorney and as…
