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Legal Leaders Reflect on General Assembly’s New Laws, Impact on Crime

Multiple laws were passed by the Colorado General Assembly this year that could have a major impact on crime. 

Colorado General Assembly Adopts Clean-Up Provisions to Misdemeanor Reform

Last year, Colorado senators passed a bipartisan bill to restructure the state’s misdemeanor laws, following it up with further changes this session.

Big Deals Q2 2022

Law firms reported 19 big deals to Law Week in our Q2 2022 survey, exactly half of the 38 deals reported last quarter.

Big Deals Q2 2022: Perennial Raises $18 Million in Series A Financing Round

Holland & Hart partner Mike Dill, associate Leah Neumann, paralegal Andrew Murray and of counsel Dave Glynn assisted Perennial in its Series A financing round.

Big Deals Q2 2022: PDC Energy Acquires Great Western Petroleum in $1.3 Billion Deal

DGS partners Sam Seiberling, John Elofson and Sam Niebrugge helped PDC Energy in its $1.3 billion cash-and-stock acquisition of Great Western Petroleum.

Firms Announce Chambers USA 2022 Rankings

Colorado firms announced 2022 firm and attorney rankings from leading legal directory Chambers USA, which releases tiered rankings annually.

Federal Circuits in Focus

Over the past year, the circuit courts were considering new and emerging issues, questions and fact patterns.

Denver Attorneys Provide Insight into Major Rulings From Colorado Supreme Court

The highest state court has issued dozens of published opinions from September 2021 to June 2022, and nearly 42% of the judgments it reviewed were reversed.

Court of Appeals: Notable Cases Run the Gamut From Juries to Education

Over the past year, the Colorado Court of Appeals decided several high-profile cases running the gamut from universities’ duty of care regarding sexual assault allegations to the use of fire as a deadly weapon.

Big Decisions: Rise of the Conservative Majority on the Supreme Court

During the United States Supreme Court’s recently concluded term, the nation saw major changes on keystone issues such as reproductive rights, environmental regulation, First Amendment rights, guns and more.