Meg Meister Named Incoming Chair of Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce
Meg Meister, a shareholder with Modrall Sperling, has been tapped Chairman-Elect by the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. She previously served as the Chamber’s Vice-Chairman for Membership. Meg is well-known…
Deducting Entertainment and Meal Expenses After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
…commentators contributed to the confusion by speculating that meals with clients or prospective clients are “entertainment,” so no deduction would be allowed. This worry spread through the tax advisor community…
Two Modrall Sperling Shareholders Named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Under 40 Hot List”
…age forty and under. Tiffany and Nathan were the only New Mexico lawyers named to this year’s list, which was compiled by a process of peer review and case examination….
Michelle Hernandez Becomes Chair of Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Effective November 17, 2017, Michelle Hernandez, a shareholder with Modrall Sperling, has become the new Chair of the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce. She has been a member of the…
Supreme Court Declines Review of Tenth Circuit Case Holding Tribal Acquisition of an Interest in an Allotment Defeats Eminent Domain Authority
…out in a federal district court in Oklahoma where that court recently found a pipeline company in trespass, after concluding that the pipeline company could not invoke Section 357 because…
Despite Pollution Exclusions, Supreme Court Finds Insurance Coverage Possible for Uranium Mining Company’s Legacy Sites
…Mellekas, 114 N.M. 778, 781, 845 P.2d 1232, 1235 (1993)] Because “sudden” was undefined in the policies at issue, the Court looked to the term’s “usual, ordinary and popular” meaning…
Water Quality Control Commission Unanimously Upholds Proposed Mine’s Groundwater Discharge Permit Issued Under the Copper Rule
On August 13–14, 2019, in what many view as bellwether cases, the New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED) Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) decided two administrative appeal challenges to the first-ever…