Jun 30, 2023 Supreme Court: Colorado Website Designer May Refuse Projects Based on Religious Beliefs By Brooke Colaizzi Five years after Colorado's handling of a charge brought under its Antidiscrimination Act (CADA) was before the Supreme Court in the...
Jun 29, 2023 SCOTUS Giveth & SCOTUS Taketh Away in Religious Accommodation Ruling By John Alan Doran Title VII requires an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs and practices unless doing so would cause an...
Jun 29, 2023 Supreme Court Outlaws Use of Race in Higher Education Admissions; Serves as a Reminder that Employers Can't Use it Either By Brooke Colaizzi Reversing decades-old precedent on the use of race in higher education admissions, the Supreme Court on Thursday held that the admissions...
Jun 28, 2023 Good News for Litigants: Court Case Must Stop While Court Resolves Arbitration Question By Carissa Davis Finally, some efficiency in litigation! Resolving a jurisdictional split created by the Ninth Circuit’s refusal to stay a case when...
Jun 27, 2023 Appeals Courts Divide Over Application of LGBTQ+ Nondiscrimination Law to Religious Businesses By John Melcon A federal court of appeals ruled last week that religious businesses may be partially exempt from Title VII — a statute that prohibits...
Jun 14, 2023 Wave Goodbye to SuperShuttle! NLRB Replaces Trump-Era Independent Contractor Test By Jane Waterman-Joyce From noncompetes to “animal exuberance,” the current National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seems determined to leave its mark on labor...
Jun 08, 2023 It's FINALLY Over! Colorado's Public Health Emergency Leave Ends Today By Brooke Colaizzi We have reached another milestone in Colorado's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Colorado's public health emergency (PHE) sick leave,...
Jun 07, 2023 SCOTUS Pro-employer Pendulum Swings When It's the Fed's Ox Getting Gored By John Alan Doran The False Claims Act ("FCA") imposes liability on anyone who "knowingly" makes a false claim to the Federal Government. This includes...
Jun 07, 2023 You've Got the POWR: Governor's Pen Brings Changes to Harassment, Other Employment Laws in Colorado By Brooke Colaizzi Gov. Jared Polis has signed into law several employment-related bills passed this legislative session that bring significant changes to...
Jun 07, 2023 Remote I-9 Verification: All Good Things Must Come to an End By Jane Waterman-Joyce Employers who took advantage of remote I-9 verification processes during the pandemic will soon get to do everything all over again—in...
Jun 06, 2023 Supreme Court Paves a Way for Union Strike Damage Claims By Iris Lozano In an almost[1] unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that an employer could pursue tort claims against a union for destruction of...
Jun 02, 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation vs. Goldsmith: A Transformative Opinion or Much Ado About Nothing? By Joseph Daniels Over the past several weeks there has been much commentary regarding the U.S. Supreme Court's recent opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation...
Jun 01, 2023 Sierra Space's Dream Chaser Moving Closer to First Launch By Evy Duek On May 31, Sierra Space successfully powered up its spaceplane, Dream Chaser, in its assembly facility. The test is another step forward...