303-776-9900Many local governments have determined within the past few weeks to send a ballot issue or question to their voters in the November 2016 election. This act of setting the ballot language for the issue or question triggers the application of the Colorado Fair Campaign Practices Act (“FCPA”) (§ 1-45-117, C.R.S.) For the local governments, […]
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Lyons Gaddis is pleased to announce that Cameron A. Grant has been elected as the firms’ new Managing Shareholder, effective July 1, 2016. Mr. Grant succeeds Anton V. Dworak, who served as Managing Shareholder for 8 years, and joins his colleague, Catherine A. Tallerico, on the firm’s Management Committee. During Mr. Dworak’s tenure he oversaw […]
TIME FOR EMPLOYER’S TO REVIEW “USE IT OR LOSE IT” VACATION POLICIES Submitted by Catherine Tallerico. On January 1, 2015, a new Colorado Wage Protection Act (“Act”) went into effect, expanding wage claims under the Colorado Wage Act. The Act gives the Colorado Department of Labor & Employment, Division of Labor (DOL) new enforcement authority […]
Our enterprising (and athletic) attorneys find a variety of ways to keep working despite the major snowstorm to hit the Colorado front range this week. Some work from home, others test their snow tires, but a brave and healthy few turn the storm into the first official Lyons Gaddis Ski to Work Day. Photo and […]
So, Now You Are a Winner? Submitted by Cameron Grant. Do not deny it. You have already thought through (at least briefly) what you would do if you won the estimated $1,500,000,000 PowerBall jackpot. Yes, that is $1.5 BILLION. Would you start by buying yourself some new toys? That Ferrari? A new house? Heck, how […]
If you can’t bring LA to the water, you bring the water to LA…– Roman Polanski’s Chinatown dramatizes the so-called “California Water Wars”. I have yet to see Jack Nicholson roaming the plains of Northern Colorado but the factors that drove and challenged growth in Southern California in the late 1930s now take shape in Northern Colorado. […]
Submitted by John Wade Gaddis. Bob Dylan was right, “The times they are a-changing.” When I first started handling estates forty years ago, the big unknown was the contents of the decedent’s safe deposit box. Typically, we had to contact the State Inheritance Tax Office and make an appointment to have one of the State’s […]
Submitted by Cameron Grant. Just when you thought you had heard enough about fracking, western courts are getting into the action. First, the Colorado Supreme Court is set to take up the issue of local v. state control in the case between the City of Longmont and the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. Next, the […]
Submitted by Catherine Tallerico. The Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires that a covered employer treat women affected by pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions the same as other applicants or employees who are similarly situated in their ability or inability to work. The PDA covers all aspects of employment, including hiring, firing, promotions and fringe […]
We are all familiar with the age-old philosophical question – “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” On March 23, 2015, the Colorado Supreme Court tackled a new spin on this question – “If a tree branch falls in the forest and […]
