In the last few weeks, the Bureau of Land Management has seen a flurry of litigation activity over oil and gas leasing and permitting. Once BLM settled lawsuits over decisions to lease federal lands for oil and gas development, it almost immediately was served with a lawsuit challenging 3,500 permits to drill in New Mexico’s Permian Basin and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. BLM was then served with another lawsuit over its procedures for permitting oil and gas wells drilled from off-lease, non-federal surface (Instruction Memorandum No. 2018-014 or the “Fee/Fee/Fed IM”). And, BLM faces new litigation over its recent lease sales. These lawsuits present new uncertainties to operators that already face a difficult leasing and permitting environment on federal lands.

Please join us, in person or remotely, for a briefing intended to answer a variety of questions about these lawsuits and the risks they present:

• What’s going on here, exactly? We’ll discuss the legal claims underlying these lawsuits.
• How might these lawsuits impact existing or future permits? We’ll discuss the risks presented by these lawsuits, including to operators outside of the Permian and Powder River Basins.
• What can operators do to mitigate the risks that these lawsuits present? We’ll discuss how operators can account for these lawsuits in their decision-making.
• Will these lawsuits ever end? Unfortunately, we can’t answer this question – but hopefully we will answer others.

The confirmed speaker for this program, which has been approved for one general Continuing Legal Education credit in the state of Colorado, include:

• Katie Schroder, Partner
• Mark Champoux, Partner

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022
Registration & Breakfast | 7:30 AM
Program | 8:00-9:00 AM

DAVIS GRAHAM & STUBBS
1550 17th Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202

Registration for this event has closed. Please contact Makenna Kincaid if you have any questions.

Please join us for an M&A Denver Happy Hour at SOL Mexican Cocina.

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Thursday, October 6
5:00-7:00 PM

SOL Mexican Cocina
200 Columbine Street, Unit 110
Denver, Colorado 80206

Registration for this event has closed. Please contact Makenna Kincaid with any questions.

Please join AECOM & Davis Graham for dinner during the 2022 NAPABA Conference in Las Vegas to benefit Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC. To donate to AAJC, please visit the AAJC website.

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Thursday, November 3, 2022
Dinner | 8-10 PM

China Poblano by José Andrés of World Central Kitchen
Cosmopolitan Hotel, Boulevard Tower
3708 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Level 2
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

Due to the rising number of Covid-19 cases, we would request that all event attendees are vaccinated. We appreciate your cooperation in the interest of everyone’s health and safety. We are committed to following the guidance of the CDC as well as local and state officials. Should we need to adjust the format of this event, we will communicate such information via email to all registrants.

Registration for this event has closed. If you would like to be added to the waitlist or have any questions, please reach out to Makenna Kincaid.

Join us for an APABA Colorado Networking Event at the Rockies Game.

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Sunday, August 14
Networking | 12:30 PM
First Pitch | 1:15 PM

Coors Field
2001 Blake Street
Denver, Colorado 80205

Please join Davis Graham for the Denver Broncos v. Houston Texans Game.

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Sunday, September 18
Kick-Off | 2:45 PM

Empower Field at Mile High
1701 Bryant Street
Denver, Colorado 80204

Join Davis Graham for a Client Appreciation Dinner at La Nonna.

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Thursday, July 21
8:00 PM

La Nonna
100 E Meadow Drive, Suite 24
Vail, Colorado 81657

A comprehensive corporate compliance program provides an essential framework for preventing misconduct, detecting misconduct, and mitigating civil and criminal legal risk. Yet, for newer or smaller companies, creating, maintaining and auditing such a program can be daunting. And for larger or more established companies, these programs can fall victim to a check-the-box approach.

This seminar will delve into the key elements of an effective compliance program, including written policies and procedures, training, employee engagement, internal accountability, and metrics. We will equip participants with the business and legal case for developing and maintaining robust compliance programs and an understanding of recent enforcement trends, such as the U.S. Department of Justice’s new guidance about corporate compliance and self-disclosure efforts, that further highlight the need now for enhanced programming.

The confirmed speakers for this seminar, which has been approved for one general Continuing Legal Education credit in the state of Colorado, include:

• Jason Lynch, Foundry Group, General Counsel & COO
• Mark Champoux, Davis Graham, Partner
• Jackie Roeder, Davis Graham, Partner

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Thursday, October 27
8:00-9:00 AM | Program

Registration for this event has closed. Please reach out to Makenna Kincaid with any questions.

Join Davis Graham for a Baceline Investments Client Appreciation Event at The Killers.

Wednesday, August 31
Suite Opens | 6:30 PM
Concert | 7:30 PM

Ball Arena
1000 Chopper Circle
Denver, Colorado 80204

Registration for this event has closed. If you would like to register for this event, please contact Makenna Kincaid.

Join Davis Graham for a Client Appreciation Dinner at Mountain Standard.

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Thursday, July 21
8:00 PM

Mountain Standard
193 Gore Creek Drive
Vail, Colorado 81657

Join Davis Graham for a Client Appreciation Dinner at Matsuhisa Vail.

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Friday, July 22
8:00 PM

Matsuhisa Vail
141 E Meadow Drive
Vail, Colorado, 81657