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NLRB Issues New Joint-Employer Rule

The National Labor Relations Board announced a new rule last week to clarify what constitutes a joint-employer relationship under the National Labor Relations Act,...
Steve Farber

Brownstein Founder Steve Farber Has Died

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck founder Steve Farber has died. Farber started the Denver-based political powerhouse law firm in 1968 with childhood friends Norm Brownstein and...
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‘Storming the Bench’ Offers Insider View of Judicial Nominations

A crowd of mostly women packed a big conference room at Polsinelli on Feb. 26 to learn what it takes to become a judge....

48 Hours to Bail Reform

A pair of bills to reform bail practices in Colorado passed their first committee hearings last Monday. But if financial and philosophical divides revealed...

Colorado Approves First Sports Betting Licenses and Regulations

Colorado approved its first sports betting licenses and a set of industry rules Thursday, readying the state for a May 1 roll-out of legalized...

Big Deals: Q4 2020

Acquisition $32,000,000 Firm: Dorsey & Whitney Client: Aytu BioScience, Inc. Team: Anthony Epps, partner; Nolan Taylor, partner; Troy Keller, of counsel; Erin Rider, associate; Kymra Archibald, associate; Charlie...

Sworn In: Naturalization Numbers Are Up, but Backlog Looms

A total of 152 people from 50 countries became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony in Denver on Feb. 12. It was the latest...

Using Everything in the Toolkit

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has made reparations for the financial and public health damage done by the opioid crisis a hallmark topic of...

A Key Moment in Time for Women on Boards

On Thursday night at The Palm restaurant in Denver, there were no men in the room at a legal networking event.  Lawyers at firms and...

Polis Administration Rolls Out Roadmap for Cannabis Banking

Gov. Jared Polis and the Department of Regulatory Agencies on Feb. 3 unveiled a cannabis banking roadmap aimed at increasing the number of financial...