Colorado

  • 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.

  • January 24, 2025

    10th Circ. Unsure Exec's Missed Argument Dooms Firing Suit

    A Tenth Circuit judge on Friday asked U.S. Bank whether it matters if a former executive knew he had another jurisdictional argument for his wrongful termination claim but failed to pursue it, in an appeal attempting to revive the executive's second suit.

  • January 24, 2025

    Netflix Urges Colo. Court To Reject Tax On Streaming Video

    Netflix subscriptions are not tangible personal property that is subject to Colorado sales tax, the company told a state appeals court, urging it to uphold a district court decision.

  • January 23, 2025

    Hiring Freeze, Ending Telework Would Devastate USPTO

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office would be uniquely harmed if forced to follow the Trump administration's return to office mandate, given its nearly 30-year history of telework that has led to 96% of its employees being permanently remote.

  • January 23, 2025

    Suncor Says Enviro Groups' Suit Duplicates Gov't Enforcement

    Suncor USA Inc. told a Colorado federal judge that environmentalists suing it for allegedly violating emissions standards have improperly tied their claims to events that are already resolved or are being investigated by federal and state governments.

  • January 23, 2025

    11 States Say DOJ Can't Make Them Enforce Deportations

    Eleven state attorneys general fired back Thursday at a U.S. Department of Justice memorandum instructing federal prosecutors to take action against states that interfere with the Trump administration's plans to deport unlawfully present immigrants, calling the move unconstitutional. 

  • January 23, 2025

    AT&T, Fidelity Beat Retiree's Suit Over Mistaken Benefits

    A retiree who claimed he was misled by AT&T and Fidelity into thinking he was owed more retirement benefits than he received cannot proceed with his suit, a Colorado federal judge ruled, stating that the snafu resulted in a miscommunication, not a violation of federal benefits law.

  • January 23, 2025

    Colo. Panel Says Atty-Witness Rule Isn't Limited To Jury Trials

    A Colorado professional rule banning attorneys from advocating at trials where they are a "necessary witness" isn't limited to jury trials, a state appeals court ruled Thursday, affirming the disqualification of a lawyer who sought to represent a cannabis business that he once co-owned with his wife.

  • January 23, 2025

    Colo. Tenants, Eviction Law Firm Resolve Fee Suits

    Colorado tenants and Tschetter Sulzer PC have settled two class actions accusing the eviction law firm of illegally charging attorney fees before their eviction proceedings concluded, more than a year after the firm settled a separate proposed class action that alleged deceptive debt collection.

  • January 23, 2025

    15 States Reach $7.4B Settlement With Sackler Family

    A bipartisan coalition of states on Thursday announced a $7.4 billion settlement in principle with the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma Inc., representing the largest settlement to date with the family accused of contributing significantly to the opioid epidemic.

  • January 22, 2025

    10th Circ. Affirms Toss Of Surgical Assistants' Antitrust Suit

    The Tenth Circuit on Tuesday refused to revive an antitrust lawsuit against a national surgical certification board accused of monopolizing a surgical assistants and technicians accreditation and certification market, saying in a published opinion that the Association of Surgical Assistants' failure to establish a relevant market doomed its antitrust claims.

  • January 22, 2025

    Crocs Investor Sues Over Dismal Heydude Footware Biz

    Crocs Inc. and its top brass were hit Wednesday with a proposed class action in Delaware federal court over disappointing returns from its Heydude subsidiary, which investors allege dragged down the rubber-clog maker's earnings.

  • January 22, 2025

    Judge Won't Toss Bulk Of Chrysler Minivan MDL Claims

    A Michigan federal judge has declined to significantly pare back multidistrict litigation over a risk of spontaneous explosion in certain Chrysler plug-in hybrid minivans, denying Chrysler's bid to toss fraud and other claims.

  • January 22, 2025

    Space Explorer Voyager Technologies Confidentially Files IPO

    Defense and space exploration company Voyager Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it has confidentially filed plans for an initial public offering, marking the second company from the industry to join the IPO pipeline this week and potentially benefiting from increased government funding for space travel.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Series

    Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.

  • 3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less

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    Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.

  • Opinion

    Feds May Have Overstepped In Suit Against Mortgage Lender

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against Rocket Mortgage goes too far in attempting to combat racial bias and appears to fail on the fatal flaw that mortgage lenders should be at arm's length from appraisers, says Drew Ketterer at Ketterer & Ketterer.

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