Surveillance data, arbitration bills that worried business get axe from Polis
Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday vetoed bills that would have banned the use of surveillance data in individualized price setting and reformed state law on…
Regulatory Issues
Commission approves significant increases in fees for emissions producers
Emissions-producing Colorado companies from oil-and-gas drillers to manufacturing firms will see some of their reporting fees double over the next year, as state officials seek…
Legal, business groups push back on arbitration-reform bill now before Polis
As Gov. Jared Polis considers which bills to veto or to sign over the next four weeks, some legal organizations, particularly those in the defense…
Polis immediately signs regulatory-review, artificial-intelligence bills into law
Gov. Jared Polis began his post-session bill-signing spree with a laser focus on business Thursday, inking laws that require more frequent regulatory reviews by state…
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…
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…