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 Issues
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…
House tally on agricultural overtime change comes down to a single vote
Following two days of lengthy and emotional arguments, Colorado House members passed a bill requiring agricultural laborers to work more hours before getting overtime pay…
With groups sounding alarm, Senate passes regulatory-review bill unanimously
After a week in which Colorado’s receding business friendliness was laid bare, Colorado senators took what might be seen as a first step to reversing…
Colorado insurers barred from getting criminal restitution in most cases
Colorado insurers no longer will be able to receive criminal restitution payments unless they are direct victims of a crime, according to a new law…
Colorado Democrats are trying again for arbitration reform — in a different way
The requirement to settle disputes via arbitration rather than through the court system has become a near-ubiquitous clause in many contracts, including those between employers…
Business-backed bill to review regulations clears committee on unanimous vote
Colorado legislators across the ideological spectrum agreed Tuesday that the state needs to more thoroughly review the efficacy of its more than 200,000 regulations —…