2026 Colorado legislative analysis: A year in which business concerns were heard
At a time when “do no harm” has become the bar for success set by Colorado business leaders each legislative session, even that goal seemed…
Regulatory Issues
Legislators kill one workplace-safety bill, pass another on final day of session
On the last day of the 2026 legislative session Wednesday, Colorado senators killed a bill to let state regulators oversee workplace safety for the first…
Legislature passes bill to keep non-attorneys from funding Colorado law firms
Colorado law firms would be unable to enter into financial agreements with any business not owned by attorneys — including those owned by private equity…
Long-stalled workplace-safety bills advancing again in the Legislature
Two bills seeking to boost the state’s role in ensuring workplace safety have sprung back to life after being buried for months in the House…
Regulatory review, AI rules discussed on May 1 “Colorado Inside Out”
Ed Sealover, vice president of strategic initiatives for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and editor of The Sum & Substance, appeared on the May 1…
Unusual partners team up on bill to clip private-equity funding of law firms
Five years after Arizona first permitted non-lawyers to hold decision-making power in or to own law firms, such alternative business structures are seeping into states…
Regulatory review bill heads to governor after another landslide passage
After a six-year period in which Colorado has seen a substantial increase in the number of regulations it imposes, a bill is on its way…
April 27 “Colorado Chamber Office Hours”: Non-attorneys owning law firms
Here’s a trend that you may not realize is happening: More law firms, in some pockets of the country, are becoming owned by non-attorney interests…
Bill to limit use of rat poison meets its legislative end
The sponsor of a bill to sought to make it harder for people to use common forms of rat poison killed her effort this week,…
Colorado board adopts precedent-setting emissions controls for toxic air contaminants
Manufacturing plants, petroleum refineries and any facilities using gas-fired turbines must begin reducing emissions of five priority toxic air contaminants by 2027 under newly approved…