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On Sept. 10, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump participated in the first presidential debate since Harris became the Democratic nominee. The event took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was hosted by ABC without an in-person audience.

As Congress shifts from negotiating positions on appropriations bills to building a continuing resolution for the rest of the calendar year, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs has been left facing a nearly $15 billion budgetary shortfall. According to the VA, the shortfall is largely due to an expansion of benefits claims and resource requirements from the passage of the PACT Act.

Shareholder Jack Hobaugh has earned the certified Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional credential through the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g_pN76Wc.

We welcome Mimi Larsen as of counsel in the firm’s Natural Resources Department. She will based in our Denver office. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gCYCMdFP.

Big changes may be coming to small business’ tax bill in 2025 as the 199A deduction is set to expire in 2025. 95% of pass-through entities are eligible for the 199A deduction, and 80% of those eligible are small businesses making under $200k in net income. Our tax authority, Rosemary Becchi, along with the newly announced PROTECT Coalition, are leading the charge in educating legislators on why this deduction is so important to small businesses across the country. Learn more about the PROTECT Coalition: www.protectcoalition.com.

We’re proud to be recognized on Law360 Pulse's Ceiling Smashers list for 2024. Brownstein ranked seventh among law firms of 251-600 attorneys with the highest representation of women in their equity partnerships. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/geQuJtkT.

The Democratic Party convened in Chicago to officially nominate Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. The convention not only showcased a diverse array of speakers—including some from across the aisle—but also told the Democratic party’s story of America’s journey and its vision for the future. Our Washington, D.C., team who attended the DNC breaks down how the convention's narrative and vision for the 2024 election reflects the broader political and policy challenges facing the nation.

We’re excited to welcome Lauren Flynn as a policy director and Maxwell Huntley as a senior policy advisor in our Washington, D.C., office, adding appropriations and defense experience to the firm’s bipartisan federal government relations practice. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gN78EWBp.

Our latest CEQA News You Can Use publication provides quick, useful bites of CEQA news, which we hope can be a resource to your real-time business decisions.

We recently held our annual firmwide back-to-school supply drive to help students in need start the school year with supplies to succeed. In Albuquerque, employees donated supplies to a local child development center. In Cheyenne, supplies were collected for the NEEDS back-to-school drive supporting Laramie County. Volunteers in Denver spent a Friday morning at Greenlee Elementary School, weeding the playgrounds, decorating bulletin boards, sorting clothing donations and delivering school supplies purchased by Denver employees. The Las Vegas office continued its partnership with Halle Hewetson Elementary School, where employees donated school supplies to support teachers and students. Our Reno office partnered with Project 150 and purchased items for homeless, displaced and disadvantaged high school students. And, in Washington, D.C., employees purchased supplies to pack backpacks to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington.