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JohnstonWells Public Relations has been hired by Red Desert Water to conduct community and media relations outreach in Wyoming.

Red Desert Water is the oil and natural gas industry’s solution to a growing need to responsibly dispose of and/or reuse the water they are currently using. Red Desert’s unique Clean Runner water cleansing equipment is the newest and the very best technology available today. Find out more at www.reddesertwater.com.

JohnstonWells will also work to implement the Clean Runner technology within the oil and natural gas industry outside of Wyoming. Clean Runner and Red Desert are both Cate Street Capital companies – Cate Street Capital, located in the Northeast, invests in sustainable technologies and green companies nationwide.

Ernst & Young LLP is pleased to announce the winners of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® award in the Rocky Mountain Region.  This group of leading entrepreneurs was selected by an independent judging panel made up of regional business, academic and community leaders.  The winners were revealed at a gala event on June 24, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Denver.

“Ernst & Young believes in the power of entrepreneurship,” said Jim Wilson, Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year Program Director for the Rocky Mountain region.  “These Entrepreneur Of The Year award winners are best in class, and we are proud to honor their outstanding success.”

The Rocky Mountain Region winners for the Ernst & Young LLP Entrepreneur Of The Year award in 2010 are:

Retail & Consumer Products
•    Trevor Tice, CEO, Core Power Yoga, LLC
Healthcare
•    Jack McClurg, CEO, HealthTrans
Services
•    Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald, President & CEO, MegaStar Financial Corp.
Energy
•    Blake Jones, Co-Founder, President & CEO Namasté Solar
Technology
•    Paul Ford, CEO, NetQuote
Hospitality
•    Kevin Reddy, CEO & Chairman, Noodles & Company

Three Faegre & Benson LLP practices—product liability, Indian tribes, and franchise and distribution—have received nationwide rankings in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.

The firm's product liability practice is new to the Products Liability & Mass Torts: Nationwide listing this year. Chambers highlights the practice's "strength in pharmaceutical and agricultural matters" and its role as national counsel for Novartis in hormone therapy multidistrict litigation proceedings in the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Moving to band 1 this year, the Indian tribes practice has recently represented a number of syndicated bank lenders in the restructuring of distressed loans to Indian tribes. "Clients are attracted by the group's deep understanding of tribal finance and strong lines of communication with federal agencies," according to Chambers.

After making a jump to band 2 in this last year's listing, the firm's franchise practice is included among the nation's elite providers of legal services to franchisors in a range of industries. Representing more than 200 franchisors across the globe, lawyers in the practice "approach matters with an expert level of legal knowledge, but perhaps more importantly, with business objectives and company history in mind," a client told Chambers.