Tag:10th Circuit Court of Appeals

CLI Celebrates Six

Federal and state judges gathered in the atrium of the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center Thursday night to recognize female and minority jurists...

Massage School Students Aren’t FLSA Employees, Appeals Court Finds

Had a federal appeals court decided Nesbitt v. FCNH differently, it might have upended the business models of numerous vocational schools and training programs. But...

Beyond Just an Occupation

Chief Justice Nathan Coats presided over his first swearing-in ceremony as the head of Colorado’s judicial branch for hundreds of new attorneys. A total...

Up and Coming Lawyers 2018: Alex Obrecht

Alex Obrecht’s career as a securities trader took him from Wyoming to New York, and then back again for law school to concentrate on...

Failure-to-Accommodate Claim Must Show Adverse Action, 10th Circuit Says

Failure-to-accommodate claims often arise because an employee can’t perform essential job duties due to a disability and the employer fires that employee as a...

Ireland Stapleton Adds Two

LATERAL WATCH Ireland Stapleton welcomed Charles Borgman and Jennifer Gilbert to the firm Oct. 10.  Borgman is a real estate attorney who assists developers, investors, lenders,...

Court Opinions- Oct 15, 2018

Vreeland v. Zupart Delmart Vreeland II sought relief in federal district court alleging that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel...

Performance Improvement Plan Not Retaliation, 10th Circuit Finds

Fearing retaliation claims, cautious employers might be reluctant to do anything to affect an employee’s work situation after he or she has made a...