25 Apr, 2024 Aerospace & Defense Caucus – Colorado Legislature By Shawn Cheadle Invited to the Aerospace & Defense Caucus at the Colorado legislature this week, I was impressed to see our agencies, universities, and...
24 Apr, 2024 Department of Labor Expands Overtime Rule for Millions of Employees By Rick Rivera The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new rule expanding overtime eligibility to cover millions of new employees. The new rule...
24 Apr, 2024 Dept. of Education Expands Title IX Protections, Preserves Religious Exemption in Updated Regulations By John Melcon On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) issued its long-awaited “final rule” broadening and clarifying the scope of...
23 Apr, 2024 ALERT: FTC Votes to Ban Nearly All Non-Competes By Brooke Colaizzi In a long-awaited and much-debated move, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted Tuesday to ban nearly all non-competition agreements in...
22 Apr, 2024 EEOC Adopts Broad Rule Requiring Workplace Accommodations for Pregnancy-Related Conditions—Including Abortion By John Melcon On April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final rule adopting an expansive view of what counts...
22 Apr, 2024 Supreme Court Lowers Requirements for Plaintiffs to Proceed in Discriminatory Job Transfer Cases By Jane Waterman-Joyce On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court made it easier for workers to bring employment discrimination suits over job transfers based on...
22 Apr, 2024 Don't Count on Religious Freedom Arguments to Overturn Religious Worker Visa Denials By John Melcon Jane Waterman-Joyce Churches and other religious organizations can file petitions to sponsor foreign workers for religious worker (R-1) status in the United...
15 Apr, 2024 Wonder Bread Delivery Drivers are Exempt from Arbitration Agreement, Supreme Court Determines By Rick Rivera Workers in jobs that involve interstate transport can be exempt from arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) even if their...
10 Apr, 2024 Colorado Windstorms Implicate State Family Leave Duties By Rick Rivera A new provision of the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) saw an unexpected application for many Coloradoans on the...
10 Apr, 2024 39th Space Symposium – Space Law Track By Shawn Cheadle The 39th Space Symposium legal track produced several thought-provoking topics from both government and industry speakers. Where can...
25 Mar, 2024 Miller v. Amos & Unfair Housing Practices as Affirmative Defense to Eviction By James Fukazawa On February 20, 2024, the Colorado Supreme Court announced its opinion on Miller v. Amos, 2024 CO 11 (February 20, 2024) and held that...
20 Mar, 2024 TABOR's Tightrope: Navigating Fiscal Terrain in Colorado Contracts By Peter Whitmore Tiffany Leichman Jessie Salas The Taxpayer Bill of Rights (“TABOR”) is part of Article X of the Colorado Constitution. In general, TABOR requires voter approval before...
15 Mar, 2024 Supreme Court of the United States Allows Constitutional Claim Against Public Officials For Social Media Activity By Craig Morgan In Lindke v. Reed, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued an opinion holding that social media activity can constitute...
15 Mar, 2024 What Nonprofit Leaders Need to Know About the Corporate Transparency Act By Taylor Huse Organizations across the country are grappling with how to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which went into effect on...
14 Mar, 2024 Colorado Supreme Court Extends Notice-Prejudice Rule to Occurrence-Based 1st-Party Homeowners’ Policies By Allison Burke Shannon Calhoun In a pair of decisions issued this week, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the notice-prejudice rule applies to occurrence-based,...
05 Mar, 2024 Proposed Construction Industry Insurance Regulations Could Require Substantial Insurance Disclosures to Certain Residential Property Buyers By Allison Burke The Colorado General Assembly’s 2024 legislative session is well underway, and this year’s session includes a bill that could impose...