https://www.law360.com/colorado?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Colorado Copyright 2025 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US Sat, 15 Feb 2025 18:39:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297930?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297930 Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including the latest shifts in real estate law practice, a Big Law leader's predictions for a looming tariff "tax" debate, and a look at the legal talent behind homebuilder Lennar Corp.'s $5.8 billion spinoff. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:23:49 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298599?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298599 A Colorado judge has found that state regulators were within their powers to revoke an agreement with an oil and gas company and impose a nearly $2 million fine that could shut the firm down after finding it engaged in "wide-spread, systemic, repeated" rule violations. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:09:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298098?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298098 A small biotech company's recent patent win, where the Federal Circuit held that even its limited domestic investments qualified it to sue at the U.S. International Trade Commission, makes clear that the ITC's powerful import bans aren't just available to major businesses, attorneys say. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:53:34 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2294793?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2294793 Facing dozens of lawsuits looking to check the power of his administration, President Donald Trump has fired back recently with suits targeting so-called sanctuary cities, setting up a legal battle over the federal government's ability to induce state and local cooperation on immigration enforcement. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:16:28 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298048?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298048 A subcontractor's insurer lodged a third-party complaint against a Liberty Mutual unit in Colorado federal court, accusing it of reaching a "collusive" $730,000 consent agreement in an underlying sewer rupture dispute and arguing that the unit should've paid its full $2 million limit instead. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 16:43:36 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2293199?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2293199 A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:42:27 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298088?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298088 Colorado's Presiding Disciplinary Judge Bryon M. Large announced the adoption of a searchable online database in partnership with Lexum's Decisia that offers the public access to disciplinary rulings dating back to 1999. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:22:47 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298342?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298342 A Manhattan federal judge left in place temporary curbs on sweeping powers handed by President Donald Trump to Elon Musk's government-slashing U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization, after 19 states challenged the organization's access to U.S. Treasury payment systems. Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:09:04 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2295012?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2295012 If signed into law, two Virginia bills focused on regulating the use of high-risk AI systems in the private and public sectors have the potential to influence similar legislation in other states, as well as the compliance strategies of companies operating in the commonwealth and across the U.S., say attorneys at Woods Rogers. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 19:05:30 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298109?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298109 A man accused of operating an abusive tax shelter whose bond was revoked after a federal judge said he may have committed additional crimes while awaiting trial asked a Colorado federal court Thursday to reconsider detaining him, saying the government had long been investigating those additional allegations. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:45:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298093?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298093 A Maryland federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from restricting gender-affirming care for people under the age of 19 and required the administration to keep in place federal funding for healthcare providers that provide transgender care.  Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:28:58 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297817 Denver Public Schools slammed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the agency's rescission of longstanding protections against immigration enforcement on school grounds, saying the DHS has offered no facts to back its decision.  Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:47:06 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2292570?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2292570 Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:47:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297965?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297965 The Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday denied a petition from Colorado Springs seeking to upend a state court decision removing from the April general election a ballot question to repeal an ordinance allowing retail cannabis sales in the city. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:08:45 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298072?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2298072 A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday joined three other U.S. district courts in blocking President Donald Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship, rejecting the administration's interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:48:59 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297972?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297972 Colorado on Wednesday terminated a contract with a company that provides transportation for state Medicaid members after the company sued to invalidate its suspension from the program, with the state citing a failure to complete driver background checks and other requirements on time. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:01:51 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297480?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297480 A California federal judge indicated Wednesday she likely won't let Google and Snap file interlocutory appeals in multidistrict litigation over social media's allegedly addictive designs, saying the appeals requests make "no sense," and she slammed Meta insurers' unnecessary motion to expedite its coverage dispute with Meta as "unprofessional." Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:32:25 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297379?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297379 A Colorado federal judge dismissed an online fax service provider's Telephone Consumer Protection Act suit alleging a group of companies overwhelmed its system with "junk" faxes, finding in a Wednesday order that the law's prohibition specifically applies to a "machine" that receives and prints faxes. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:46:10 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297482?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297482 A Rhode Island federal judge refused Wednesday to pause a court order blocking a freeze on funding for federal grants and programs while the Trump administration appeals the ruling to the First Circuit. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:11:13 +0000 https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297294?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section https://www.law360.com/colorado/articles/2297294 The city of Colorado Springs is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to revive a ballot initiative that a district court struck from an upcoming election that would repeal an initiative passed in November authorizing the retail sale of cannabis in city limits.