Will Colorado voters once again achieve “first in the nation” status by approving universal health care for state residents? The ColoradoCare initiative appearing on the state ballot in November 2016 will not only allow voters to decide whether to create a...
In the case Green Earth Wellness Center, LLC v. Atain Specialty Insurance Company, a cannabis company sued its insurance carrier for failing to pay on claims, unreasonable delay, and bad faith. Colorado Federal District Court Chief Judge Marcia S. Krieger recently...
Despite competing views of fracking and its economic or environmental impacts, on May 2, 2016, the Colorado Supreme Court issued two much anticipated opinions regarding whether the City of Longmont’s ban and Ft. Collins’ moratorium on fracking and the storage and...
Denver joins a growing number of Colorado cities (10 total) approving an ordinance regarding construction claims in common interest communities. Denver’s ordinance adopts several provisions popular among Colorado cities including: (1) HOA’s must provide notice to and...
The Colorado Supreme Court recently upheld consumers’ rights and dealt a blow to predatory lending practices of plaintiff-side litigation finance companies in Oasis Legal Finance Group v. Coffman, 2015 CO 63 No. 13SC497. The petitioners were litigation finance...
In 2007, the Colorado Legislature passed the Homeowner Protection Act (HPA). The HPA made it significantly easier for property owners and homeowners’ associations to bring construction defect claims against homebuilders. As a result, Colorado has seen a dramatic...
