Colorado

  • August 04, 2026

    Climate Crisis Costs Top $8B In Indian Country, Justices Told

    More than a dozen Indigenous nations, federal Indian law professors and tribal organizations are backing Boulder County, Colorado, in the Supreme Court, telling the justices that climate change has already caused roughly $8 billion in disruptions across Indian Country, yet the federal government provides only $400 million to mitigate them.

  • August 04, 2026

    Casino Accused Of Shorting Tipped Workers

    A Colorado casino forced dealers to hand over part of their tips to supervisors, buy their own uniforms and work off the clock before their shifts, according to a proposed class and collective action filed in federal court.

  • August 04, 2026

    Athletes In Colo. Suit Claim NCAA Is Flouting Eligibility Order

    The college athletes who were given a chance to play an extra season by a Colorado federal judge last week asked the court on Tuesday to allow transfers to other schools that the NCAA is attempting to block.

  • August 04, 2026

    Digital Marketing Co. Ibotta Beats Shareholder's IPO Action

    Digital consumer discount company Ibotta Inc. has escaped a proposed shareholder class action accusing it of misleading investors in the lead-up to the company's 2024 initial public offering, with a Colorado federal court ruling the allegations do not connect the defendants to intentions to defraud.

  • August 04, 2026

    Modivcare, White & Case Settle Ch. 11 Fee Dispute

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has approved a deal between Modivcare and advisers to its official committee of unsecured creditors, putting to bed turmoil over the committee's $19 million fee application and a connected contempt motion against the reorganized health services group.

  • August 04, 2026

    Paramount CEO Says Warner Challenge Is About Politics

    Paramount Skydance Corp. CEO David Ellison said Tuesday that a challenge of the company's planned purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery from state enforcers is really about CNN and concerns that his politics could impact news coverage.

  • August 04, 2026

    ABA Seeks Bar Exam Reform Following Tech Failures

    Over the course of its two-day annual meeting, the American Bar Association's policymaking body, the House of Delegates, approved measures to urge further bar exam oversight and backed measures to support law schools at accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

  • August 04, 2026

    ABA Gives Symbolic Support For Law School DEI Standards

    In a split vote, American Bar Association House of Delegates members on Tuesday elected to uphold a rule requiring law schools to demonstrate DEI standards, but then followed up with a vote allowing another path to removing the standards, in an effort to avoid the Trump administration's threat to strip the ABA of accreditation authority.

  • August 03, 2026

    DOJ, Rocket Mortgage See 'Reasonable' Chance To Settle

    The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Colorado federal court to pause deadlines in its appraisal discrimination case against Rocket Mortgage LLC, saying both sides agree there's a "reasonable prospect" for a settlement and want time to explore it further.

  • August 03, 2026

    21 States Again Fight ACA Changes That Could Increase Costs

    A coalition of 21 states sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in California federal court Friday, challenging an Affordable Care Act rule that shifts costs onto enrollees while reimposing certain provisions that a Maryland federal court vacated for being unlawful and arbitrary.

  • August 03, 2026

    AGs, WGA Want April Merger Trial, Paramount Wants Nov.

    Paramount Skydance Corp. battled over trial timing Friday as the Writers Guild of America and state attorneys general challenge its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., in a joint California federal court brief where the plaintiffs sought April 2027 proceedings and the companies proposed a November kickoff.

  • August 03, 2026

    25 States Sue Trump Over 3rd Round Of Global Tariffs

    California, Arizona and 23 other states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday claiming the president is trying for a third time to impose illegal tariffs against nearly all the country's trading partners, this time under the cover of federal law meant to combat forced labor.

  • August 03, 2026

    10th Circ. Revives Clean Air Act Suit Against Suncor

    The Tenth Circuit reversed the dismissal of a Clean Air Act lawsuit from several environmental justice groups against Suncor Energy, finding Monday that a lower court incorrectly ruled that the groups' claims were barred because of civil actions against the company in Texas.

  • August 03, 2026

    10th Circ. Denies Challenge To SEC's AML Enforcement Power

    The Tenth Circuit on Friday upheld the dismissal of Scottsdale Capital Advisors' lawsuit accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of unlawfully enforcing federal anti-money laundering reporting requirements against its affiliate, determining that the enforcement action could not be challenged under the Administrative Procedure Act.

  • August 03, 2026

    NCAA Fights To Unwind Athletes' Eligibility Expansion

    The NCAA is appealing a closely watched decision in Colorado federal court giving an extra year of college sports eligibility to athletes who graduated from high school in 2022, intensifying focus on the organization's rulemaking aimed at mollifying legal challenges.

  • August 03, 2026

    Fintech Dakota Seeks OCC Trust Charter For Stablecoin Biz

    Stablecoin infrastructure firm Dakota said Monday it's pursuing federal oversight of its business with an application for a national trust charter, which was prepared by Paul Hastings LLP.

  • August 03, 2026

    Sandoz Settles States' Generics Price-Fixing Cases For $450M

    Sandoz reached a settlement with a coalition of state enforcers on Monday, agreeing to pay $450 million to end claims against it in several cases targeting alleged price-fixing in the generic-drug industry.

  • August 03, 2026

    ABA To Assess Aggressive BigLaw Campus Recruitment

    The American Bar Association's policymaking body on Monday approved a resolution sponsored by law students seeking reprieve from increasingly early BigLaw recruitment drives and clarified rules regarding client confidentiality and prosecutorial responsibility, some of the first votes taken on day one of its annual meeting.

  • August 03, 2026

    Ball Aerospace Says Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets

    Two former engineers at Colorado-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. stole the company's trade secrets and other confidential information upon leaving the company and creating a patent for a startup competitor, Ball alleged in Colorado state court.

  • July 31, 2026

    Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 31, 2026

    Colo. Judge Urged To Rule On No-Bond Policy For Noncitizens

    A Salvadoran national who has filed a class action challenging the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy is urging a Colorado federal judge to rule on the stayed case now that the Tenth Circuit has, in a different case, rejected the government's authority to detain all noncitizens without bond.

  • July 31, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: The Fed, Tariffs, SF Housing

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including attorney reactions to the Fed's decision to hold interest rates steady, the latest round of tariffs and San Francisco's attempt to reboot housing development.

  • July 31, 2026

    ICE Contractor Seeks Block Of Colo. Health Inspection Law

    Immigration detention facility operator The GEO Group Inc. urged a Colorado federal judge Friday to block the enforcement of a new state law requiring health and safety inspections at its Aurora, Colorado, facility, arguing the law is unconstitutional and discriminatory in singling out the company.

  • July 31, 2026

    Colo. 7-Eleven Owner Sues Gov't Over SNAP Disqualification

    The owner of a Denver 7-Eleven franchise told a Colorado federal court Thursday that it was unjustly and permanently disqualified from accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits over a single transaction involving less than $50, according to the company's complaint.

  • July 31, 2026

    DC Circ. Rules Ute Tribe Can't Reclaim 1.5M Utah Acres

    A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday rejected a Utah tribe's bid to undo a lower court's ruling that said it has no compensable title to 1.5 million acres in Utah, saying the lack of that title means the oil field lands are not eligible for restoration under the Indian Reorganization Act.

Expert Analysis

  • How State Actions Are Reshaping Surveillance Pricing Risk

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    Amid heightened state enforcement activity and expanding legislative action to curb surveillance pricing concerns related to transparency, fairness and discrimination, businesses should closely examine how consumer data is used in pricing decisions, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Series

    Teaching SEC Investigations Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Instructing a law school course on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations has made me a more thoughtful, deliberate practitioner because it requires me to continually reassess and challenge what I know about securities law enforcement, how I know it and how best to explain it, says David Chase at Miami Law.

  • Opinion

    Qualified Immunity Bill's Reach Goes Beyond Federal Officers

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    The federal Qualified Immunity Abolition Act, introduced earlier this year and described by the bill sponsors as a federal-officer measure, would in actuality reach the entire universe of Section 1983 defendants, a distinction that matters as much to defense counsel as to plaintiffs, says attorney V. James DeSimone.

  • Series

    Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

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    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: July Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses four recent rulings involving wage and hour allegations, medical care for incarcerated individuals, oil and gas royalty payments, and nuisance claims.

  • Series

    Being A Singer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Before law school, I spent seven years trying to make it as a professional singer in Los Angeles, and nearly everything I learned about preparation, humility, confidence and more has followed me into my legal practice, says Jessica Caterina at Moses & Singer.

  • Mass. UHC Fraud Suit Signals States' Medicaid FCA Push

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    Massachusetts' recently filed False Claims Act suit alleging UnitedHealthcare misrepresented the health status of enrollees in a Medicaid senior care organization plan it managed pushes forward a new phase of state-level scrutiny of managed care data and Medicaid payment mechanisms, say Li Yu at Bernstein Litowitz, Ellen London at London & Naor and Gwendolyn Stamper at Vogel Slade.

  • Series

    Being A Magician Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I've developed as a lifelong magician have translated directly into tangible benefits in the courtroom because performing magic and trying cases both live at the intersection of psychology, storytelling, timing and disciplined rehearsal, says Mark Dombroff at Fox Rothschild.

  • How Litigants Are Testing Conversion Therapy Ruling's Scope

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    Litigants are already using the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Chiles v. Salazar ruling, which applied strict scrutiny to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, to challenge laws limiting algorithmic rental pricing, artificial intelligence-based discrimination and anti-union employer speech, and courts must soon decide Chiles’ First Amendment limits, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Series

    Bass Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Landing a trophy striped bass and closing a big deal both require cultivating the patience to finesse — not force — your way to desired outcomes, changing course when your old approach isn’t working and learning from the ones that got away, says Jon Ruiss at Alston & Bird.

  • Roundup

    The Most Talked-About Supreme Court Decisions Of 2026

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    This term, 11 U.S. Supreme Court decisions quickly became hot topics among Law360's guest writers.

  • New Colo. Retainage Bonds Shift Construction Power Balance

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    A new Colorado law that can force property owners and developers to accept bonds from contractors in lieu of traditional cash retainage means owners’ practical leverage now derives from administering a risk-transfer mechanism, not from controlling cash, but key questions remain about who may assert a claim and how enforcing a bond actually works, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • Immigration Ruling Maps Alternative To Universal Injunctions

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    A Rhode Island federal court's decision in Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island v. USCIS vacating policies that froze key immigration adjudications for nationals of 39 countries, and paused asylum applications altogether, suggests how practitioners might press for the Administrative Procedure Act's bad faith exception to record review and seek vacatur as a viable alternative to universal injunctions, says Kemal Hepsen at Mandamus Lawyers.

  • How Maine's Expanded Health Deal Reviews Complicate M&A

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    A pair of recently approved Maine competition laws establish notice and approval requirements for certain healthcare transactions and expand state antitrust oversight, creating new hurdles for dealmakers as states take a more aggressive role in policing healthcare consolidation, especially involving private equity, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Series

    Choral Singing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Singing in the New York City Bar Chorus — a hobby partly inspired by the late U.S. District Judge Richard Owen, who infused my clerkship year with opera music — has improved my legal career by refining my abilities to listen, exude confidence and develop emotional intelligence, says Bonnie Baker at Friedman Kaplan.

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