Colorado

  • January 30, 2025

    Panel Passes On Snowboarder's Version Of Ski Waiver Ruling

    A Colorado state appeals court on Thursday said it didn't need to touch an injured snowboarder's argument that precedent limiting the reach of ski resort liability waivers also applies to his lawsuit over a snowmobile collision, because the snowboarder released any legal claims when he later purchased a resort pass.

  • January 30, 2025

    Ex-Charter Communications IT Exec Says Noncompete Is Void

    A former Charter Communications Inc. executive has asked a Connecticut federal judge to throw out the company's trade secrets claims against him or at least transfer the case to Colorado, arguing that his ex-employer has failed to say what secrets he allegedly took to his new job and that his noncompete agreement is void.

  • January 30, 2025

    Broker Sues Builder After Condo Plan Ditched For Apartments

    A brokerage contracted to market condominiums in Denver says a developer is refusing to pay commission and other costs after deciding to convert the project into an apartment complex, according to a lawsuit filed in Colorado state court.

  • January 29, 2025

    Cell Tower Co. Says Colo. Jury Was Misled Over Dish Lease

    Telecom infrastructure giant Crown Castle is urging the Colorado Court of Appeals to vacate a jury finding in its $32 million suit against Dish Network over allegedly unpaid cell tower site rent, arguing that a judge's pretrial ruling led the jury to incorrectly find that Dish wasn't at fault.

  • January 29, 2025

    Cities Urge Judges To Halt Trump Birthright Citizenship Order

    Local governments and officials representing more than 70 jurisdictions spanning 24 states expressed support on Wednesday for a nationwide pause on President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship, warning federal judges the mandate will otherwise fuel administrative dysfunction and detract from publicly funded programs.  

  • January 29, 2025

    Spirit Spurns Frontier Offer In Favor Of Ch. 11 Debt Swap

    Bankrupt air carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. said in public securities filings Wednesday that it has rejected an offer from competitor Frontier Airlines to merge and will instead continue pursuit of its prearranged restructuring plan set for confirmation in mid-February because the terms of the Frontier proposal would leave creditors worse off.

  • January 29, 2025

    2 Blank Check Cos. Plan IPOs Totaling $325M

    Two special purpose acquisition companies, Cartesian Growth III and Gesher Acquisition Corp. II, have launched plans for initial public offerings, expecting to raise a combined $325 million.

  • January 29, 2025

    Jurors Find Fund Can Keep $11M From Short-Swing Trades

    A Denver federal jury unanimously found a hedge fund is exempt from a law that would otherwise require it to return $11 million in profits from the short-swing trades of a biopharmaceutical company's stock, delivering a verdict after less than an hour of deliberation Wednesday.

  • January 29, 2025

    Labor Litigator Jumps To Holland & Knight In Calif., Colo.

    Holland & Knight LLP has added an experienced labor and employment litigator who joins the firm's Los Angeles and Denver offices as an equity partner after 10 years with management-side employment firm Littler Mendelson PC.

  • January 29, 2025

    White House Rescinds Trump's Spending Freeze

    The White House on Wednesday rescinded a directive freezing federal funding, saying it wants to end litigation and confusion, but said the move will not end a review of spending to ensure compliance with a series of executive orders by the president.

  • January 28, 2025

    Founder Can't Explain Hedge Fund's Filing Mismatch To Jury

    A hedge fund founder told a Denver jury Tuesday that he doesn't know why some of the fund's regulatory filings don't identify it as a director for a Colorado biopharmaceutical company, in a suit brought by stockholders who claim the fund must return $11 million earned from short-swing trades.

  • January 28, 2025

    BCLP Adds Ex-Brownstein Hyatt Real Estate Atty In Denver

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP hired a former Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP real estate attorney as a partner for its commercial real estate team in its Denver office, the firm announced Monday.

  • January 28, 2025

    White Corrections Officer's Suit Over DEI Training Falls Short

    A Colorado federal judge tossed a former corrections officer's suit claiming a diversity training created a hostile work environment toward white workers, ruling that the former employee failed to show how the training negatively affected his job.

  • January 28, 2025

    Dish Says Spoofed Social Media Posts Defamed Co., Execs

    Dish Wireless is suing anonymous social media users in Colorado state court for defamation, alleging they created fake accounts posing as company executives while posting criticism of the business.

  • January 28, 2025

    Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Funding Freeze

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal spending that was set to go into effect at 5 p.m., as a group of nearly two dozen attorneys general filed a separate case challenging what they described as an illegal and potentially catastrophic move.

  • January 28, 2025

    Colo. Atty Hits DC-Area Law Firm With Bias Suit Over Firing

    A Colorado attorney has sued the Washington, D.C.-area firm Volkov Law Group, alleging it discriminated against her based on age and gender when she was "abruptly and unlawfully fired" in October 2023 at the age of 56, and accusing the firm of wrongfully withholding wages.

  • January 27, 2025

    Pilgrim's Pride, Investors Ink $41.5M Price-Fixing Deal

    Investors in Pilgrim's Pride asked a Colorado federal judge Friday to greenlight a settlement with the meat company and its former CEO, who have agreed to pay $41.5 million to resolve long-running claims over misrepresentations and price-fixing in the broiler chicken market that led to artificially inflated stock prices.

  • January 27, 2025

    Radiology Co.'s Ex-Workers Win Class Cert. In ESOP Suit

    A Colorado federal judge on Friday certified an ERISA class action accusing a radiology company and its trustee of overcharging its employee stock ownership plan for purchase of company stock.

  • January 27, 2025

    Fund Tells Jury No Need To Return $11M Short-Swing Profits

    A hedge fund told a Denver federal jury Monday that the $11 million it earned from the short-swing sales of a biopharmaceutical company's stock doesn't need to be returned because the transactions fall under an exception to securities law on insider trading.

  • January 27, 2025

    Fill-In Nurses, Staffing Agency Strike Deal To End Wage Suit

    An agency that provides nurses to hospitals when their employees go on strike reached a deal Monday with 42 nurses who accused the company of stiffing them on wages when they were sent to work at a Kaiser Permanente medical center, a filing in Colorado federal court said.

  • January 27, 2025

    Holland & Hart Names New Senior Director Of Federal Affairs

    Holland & Hart LLP said Monday that it is bolstering its federal affairs team with the addition of a lobbyist who previously led the energy and environment practice at Cassidy & Associates.

  • January 24, 2025

    Colo. Judge Asks If Uber Pay Law Is Like Cigarette Warning

    A Colorado federal judge asked the state whether a law requiring Uber to disclose driver pay to riders can be compared to cigarette warning labels if riders are getting the information after a ride is completed, at a hearing Friday to consider whether to block the law from taking effect.

  • January 24, 2025

    CSU, Mountain West Seek To Escape Suit Over Trans Athlete

    The California State University system and Mountain West Conference urged a Colorado federal court to free them from a lawsuit challenging a conference policy that allowed a transgender athlete's participation, saying precedent, including from the U.S. Supreme Court, recognized that discrimination based on one's transgender status was impermissible sex discrimination.

  • January 24, 2025

    Anschutz Gets Trade Secrets Trial Delayed Amid Sale Dispute

    A Colorado state judge on Friday delayed an upcoming trial in a trade secrets suit brought by Anschutz Exploration Corp., giving the parties more time to deal with a discovery fight over a recent sale that left the jurist "totally dumbfounded" and "furious" at a Denver oil prospector earlier this week.

  • January 24, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: Hughes Fire, EOs, Practices Of The Year

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including more law firm displacement due to the newly ignited Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County, real estate sector speculation following a storm of executive orders, and two of Law360's picks for real estate and construction practice groups of the year.

Expert Analysis

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Cos. Must Brace For New PFAS Regulations And Litigation

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    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed adding over 100 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the Toxic Release Inventory — and with increasing scrutiny of PFAS from the states and the plaintiffs bar as well, companies should take steps to reduce risks in this area, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • 5 Employer Defenses To Military Status Discrimination Claims

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    A Colorado federal court's recent ruling, finding a Navy reservist wasn't denied promotion at his civilian job due to antimilitary bias, highlights several defenses employers can use to counter claims of violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, say attorneys at Littler Mendelson.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Reviewing 2024's State Consumer Privacy Law Enforcement

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    While we are still in the infancy of state consumer privacy laws, a review of enforcement activity this year suggests substantial overlaps in regulatory priorities across the most active states and gives insight into the likely paths of future enforcement, says Thomas Nolan at Quinn Emanuel.

  • AV Compliance Is Still A State-By-State Slog — For Now

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    While the incoming Trump administration has hinted at new federal regulations governing autonomous vehicles, for now, AV manufacturers must take a state-by-state approach to compliance with safety requirements — paying particular attention to states that require express authorization for AV operation, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity

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    Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • Series

    Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review

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    For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Contract Disputes Recap: Perils Of Perfunctory Interpretation

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    Attorneys at Seyfarth examine three recent decisions in which the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals and the Federal Circuit ruthlessly dismantled arguments that rely on superficial understandings of different contract terms.

  • Series

    Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.

  • Post-Election Implications For The EPA's Methane Rules

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    Amid the U.S. Supreme Court's recent denial of requests to halt implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's methane rule in two suits, and given the outcome of the election, a complete reversal of the methane rule is expected, but state-level policymaking and enforcement will continue, says John Watson at Spencer Fane.

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