Colorado

  • September 15, 2026

    Attorney Escapes $12M Unlawful Tax Strategy Suit in Colo.

    An attorney won't face claims from a precious metals partnership and its members accusing her of advocating an unlawful tax strategy after a Colorado federal judge Tuesday granted the attorney's motion to dismiss the $12 million suit.

  • September 15, 2026

    Colo. Firm Settles Clients' Immigration Advice Suit

    A Colorado personal injury law firm accused of giving two clients faulty legal advice on the filing of their immigration documents has settled the legal malpractice lawsuit against it, according to documents filed in Colorado state court.

  • September 15, 2026

    Colo. Justices OK Updated Model Jury Instructions

    The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that the state's updated model jury instructions defining reasonable doubt in criminal trials are constitutional and do not lower the bar for proving a defendant's guilt, finding a typical juror would not be confused by the new language.

  • September 15, 2026

    Ex-Coach Says Colo. School District Fueled Racial Bias

    A Black former basketball coach for a Colorado school district urged a federal judge not to toss his discrimination lawsuit that claimed the district retaliated against him for raising concerns about racism in the district, contending he plausibly alleged "a racially hostile environment."

  • September 15, 2026

    Tax Court Can't Override Insurance Regulators, 5th Circ. Told

    The U.S. Tax Court incorrectly overstepped state insurance regulators in holding that an ophthalmology practice's microcaptive insurance arrangements lacked economic substance, an eye doctor and his wife told the Fifth Circuit in asking for a reversal of the ruling.

  • September 15, 2026

    Colo. Hotel Workers Sue Over Missed Rest Breaks

    A Denver hotel server and bartender sued the property's management companies in Colorado state court, alleging the operators of a Hyatt Regency denied hundreds of hourly workers legally required rest breaks and failed to pay them for missed time, partly because chronic understaffing made breaks impossible.

  • September 15, 2026

    Michael Best Beats DQ Bid In Agtech Biz Receivership Row

    A Delaware Chancery Court magistrate has denied a bid to bar a Michael Best & Friedrich LLP attorney from representing HerdDogg Inc. in litigation filed by its founder seeking to place the agricultural technology company into receivership, saying the founder hasn't shown a conflict exists to warrant disqualification.

  • September 15, 2026

    Colo. Judge Certifies H-2A Workers' Overtime Suit

    A Colorado federal judge granted migrant workers' certification bid for a collective and class action alleging that KB Custom Ag Services LLC misclassified their jobs, failed to pay required overtime and breached their contracts.

  • September 15, 2026

    Auto Repair Co., Mechanic Settle Colo. OT Suit

    A Colorado auto repair company and a former mechanic who alleged the business failed to pay any overtime despite workers regularly clocking more than 50 hours a week have reached a settlement that will end the case, federal court records showed.

  • September 14, 2026

    Colo. Justices Clarify Requirement For Reviving Jury Trial Bid

    Colorado justices clarified Monday a rule on whether and when a party can revive a previously waived jury trial right by filing an amended pleading, unanimously rejecting a group of companies' argument that they timely revived their bid for a jury trial in a property damage dispute.

  • September 14, 2026

    Paramount Says Warner Bros. Deal Is Good For Competition

    Paramount has told a California federal court its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery will be good for competition, arguing that challenges of the deal from state enforcers and the Writers Guild of America are misguided.

  • September 14, 2026

    Supreme Court Blocks USPS Mail Ballot Rules For Midterms

    The U.S. Postal Service cannot enforce new mail-in ballot regulations ahead of this year's midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday, agreeing with an earlier First Circuit order that maintained a prohibition on the purported election integrity measures taking effect.

  • September 14, 2026

    21 States Seek To Halt Corteva's $39B PFAS Liability Spinoff

    The attorney general of California and 20 other states asked the South Carolina federal court managing multidistrict litigation over forever chemicals on Monday to stop Corteva Inc. from spinning off $39 billion in assets into a new company called Vylor Inc. to avoid liabilities from contamination over the substances.

  • September 14, 2026

    Colo. Justices Won't Review $3.36M Verdict Against Gas Co.

    The Colorado Supreme Court unanimously declined on Monday to hear the case of a natural gas marketing company appealing a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of its former trading director who accused the company of failing to pay out a bonus related to his trades.

  • September 14, 2026

    Ex-Perrigo VP Escapes Some Price-Fixing Claims From AGs

    A Connecticut federal judge has tossed most of the claims against a former Perrigo executive in sprawling generic-drug price-fixing litigation brought by state enforcers, holding there is insufficient evidence he entered into antitrust conspiracies related to more than a dozen dermatological drugs, but teeing up a handful of other claims for trial.

  • September 14, 2026

    NY-Led States, Cities Sue Over Trump Public Charge Rule

    A coalition of Democratic-led states and local governments sued the Trump administration on Monday, alleging that its revamped criteria for determining who is likely to become a public charge is arbitrary, will have a chilling effect and could worsen public health outcomes.

  • September 14, 2026

    NCAA Asks 10th Circ. To Reverse Athlete Eligibility Ruling

    The NCAA has urged the Tenth Circuit to overturn a Colorado federal judge's ruling that could let thousands of college athletes who had exhausted their eligibility compete for another season, arguing the judge wrongly found they were likely to prove that excluding them from the league's newly expanded eligibility rules violates federal antitrust law.

  • September 11, 2026

    Real Estate Recap: Due Process And Data Centers

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the latest lawsuits from developers around the country arguing for their constitutional rights to build data centers.

  • September 11, 2026

    Qdoba Sued Over Jalapenos Tied To Salmonella Outbreak

    Fast casual Mexican restaurant chain Qdoba and Coast Citrus Distributors were hit with a proposed negligence class action in California federal court Thursday by two customers who allege they fell ill after consuming food containing jalapeno peppers supplied by the defendants that they say were contaminated with salmonella. 

  • September 11, 2026

    Sod Co. Rehashing Discovery Fight In Sanctions Bid, Defendants Say

    A Colorado sod company is attempting to relitigate a discovery dispute through a motion for sanctions against defendants' counsel in the company's trade secrets case against former workers and competing businesses, the defendants said in a response to the motion for sanctions Thursday.

  • September 11, 2026

    Colo. Governor Appoints Atty To Denver Court

    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis appointed Friday an attorney to the Denver District Court, filling the vacancy that will be created by a retirement on the bench.

  • September 11, 2026

    Austrian Device-Maker Exits Suit Over Medicare Fraud

    A Colorado federal court Friday dropped an Austrian medical device-maker from a lawsuit brought by a podiatrist who alleged the company helped create a scheme to bill Medicare using improper codes, finding he failed to detail the alleged fraud sufficiently and defend several other claims.

  • September 11, 2026

    Colo. Investors Accuse Startup League, Owner Of Fraud

    A high school football league startup and its owner fraudulently induced a Colorado youth sports foundation and related companies to buy a $2.5 million Denver franchise by misrepresenting the league's size and corporate sponsors and reneged on a settlement agreement, according to a lawsuit in Colorado federal court.

  • September 11, 2026

    Red Robin Can't Pause Wage Suit During Arbitration Push

    A Colorado federal court has refused to pause a wage lawsuit against a burger chain while the company pursues arbitration against most of the workers who sued it, finding no legal basis to halt proceedings against the one named worker who never agreed to arbitrate his claims.

  • September 11, 2026

    DC Circ. Nixes Energy Dept.'s Order To Keep Coal Plant Open

    The D.C. Circuit on Friday wiped out a U.S. Department of Energy order to keep open a Michigan coal-fired power plant slated for retirement, saying it represents an unjustified expansion of the agency's emergency authority under the Federal Power Act.

Expert Analysis

  • Responding To State Packaging Law Uncertainty

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    As states roll out new packaging and recycling mandates, companies face expanding compliance duties and a growing wave of constitutional challenges that offer key lessons for managing regulatory risk, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • What To Expect From Colorado's New Artist Co. Structure

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    Colorado's newly established class of artist companies, or A-Corps, provides a useful structure for small-scale ventures, but challenges could arise for more complex business plans, and limitations on investor participation may limit widespread adoption, say attorneys at Armstrong Teasdale.

  • AG Watch: Oregon Targets Consumer Costs

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    Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield's challenges to bank interest rate and escrow preemption signal heightened scrutiny of consumer costs for lending services, requiring financial institutions serving Oregon and other states with opt-out laws to reassess compliance risk, says Keturah Taylor at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Attorneys Using AI May Have Ethical Duty To Redact Docs

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    The trajectory of legal ethics guidance in recent years strongly suggests that as redaction technology becomes more accessible, the failure to use it when uploading highly confidential materials into artificial intelligence tools will become increasingly difficult to defend as reasonable, say attorneys at Lewis Brisbois.

  • Retailers Must Navigate State Innocent-Seller Law Patchwork

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    States' innocent-seller statutes can shield nonmanufacturing retailers from product liability claims to varying degrees, and by building the evidentiary record strategically throughout discovery, companies can improve their chances of obtaining summary judgment — but it is essential to stay abreast of the rapidly evolving policy environment, say attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka.

  • State AI Safety Laws Raise New Liabilities For Healthcare Cos.

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    Healthcare and life science companies using third-party artificial intelligence tools should pay particular attention to the changing state-level legal landscape, where the rollout of multiple AI safety laws is introducing both new compliance obligations and potential consumer protection liabilities, say attorneys at McDermott.

  • Series

    Juggling And Unicycling Make Me A Better Lawyer

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    Because I juggle (sometimes with fire) and ride the unicycle, friends and family used to joke that I should join the circus, but I pursued the practice of law instead and learned that my hobbies benefit my profession in several important ways, says Morgan Eddy at Smith Currie.

  • 10th Circ. Ruling Propels Emerging 'Occurrence' Consensus

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    The Tenth Circuit recently revived the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' bid for insurance coverage in a sexual abuse case, continuing a trend as the second circuit court to find that, where ambiguous, the definition of "occurrence" must be interpreted in favor of coverage, say attorneys at Anderson Kill.

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    Ballet Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    A lifetime of learning and performing ballet taught me that success — whether in dance or practicing law — comes only through hours of thorough preparation, boundless energy and relentless effort, says Sharon Katz-Pearlman at Greenberg Traurig.

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    Taekwondo Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Taekwondo has taught me to recognize when to fight for a position and when to focus on finding a solution, and that the best outcomes are often achieved by solving problems — all of which has improved my work as a bankruptcy lawyer, mediator and Subchapter V trustee, says Amy Denton Mayer at Berger Singerman.

  • What To Know As Legal Duty To Consider AI Takes Shape

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    While the U.K. Jurisdiction Taskforce’s recent statement on liability for artificial intelligence harms is nonbinding for both U.K. and U.S. lawyers, it highlights the importance of being able to distinguish between the availability of a tool and a professional obligation to use it, say Jonny Frank and Michael Costa at StoneTurn.

  • NC Dental Review Change Counters Tougher National Trend

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    North Carolina’s elimination of its prior review requirement for dental management agreements departs sharply from the national trend toward expanded corporate practice of medicine oversight, but stakeholders should not view this regulatory shift as a relaxation of compliance expectations, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    Being In A Band Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing shows in storied New York City venues and rehearsing with my bandmates in poorly ventilated rooms helped develop the professional qualities I rely on as a litigator, including an ability to collaborate with strong-minded equals and the determination to treat each client with singular focus, says Eliad Shapiro at Herrick Feinstein.

  • Notable Q2 Updates In Insurance Class Actions

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    After 2026's second quarter, there is more authority rejecting class certification on total loss valuation theories from courts at the federal circuit, federal district and state appellate level — along with a resolution of a novel issue of depreciation on a wildfire claim, says Kevin Zimmerman at BakerHostetler.

  • 10th Circ. Ruling Undermines False Ad 'Two Clicks' Rule

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    The Tenth Circuit’s recent ruling in KetoNatural Pet Foods v. Hill's Pet Nutrition substantially challenges a long-standing assumption that a company can avoid responsibility for promotional claims simply because the consumer encountered them by clicking a hyperlink to a third-party website, say attorneys at Venable.

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