It is hard to believe that it has already been four years since we opened Ruebel & Quillen, with the hope of being a different kind of law firm. Unintentionally, I marked our four year anniversary the same way I marked the first official day R&Q opened its doors – out of town. Away from […]
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There are a couple ways employees leave employers; typically, they resign or their employment is terminated. These two things can happen very differently. They can be amicable and of no threat to the employer or they can be hasty and sometimes handled in a nasty manner (by either side). We offer suggestions on how to […]
Amendments to C.R.S. § 38-27-101, concerning when and under what circumstances a hospital has a lien for services provided to a person injured due to another person’s negligence, took effect on August 5, 2015. The amendments proscribe additional conditions that must be met before a hospital lien is created. Specifically, they require a hospital to […]
Casey Quillen and Katherine Brim successfully argued the statute of repose barred all claims brought by Lennar builders against their client, a subcontractor on a Northern Colorado residential project. The client’s work was completed in 2005. Notwithstanding the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act’s (CDARA) requires that suit generally be instituted no later than six […]
Impatient for change, Lakewood takes on Colorado’s construction-defects law passing a measure giving developers a “right to repair” and requiring owner associations to get consent from a majority of homeowners before pursuing litigation. The measure is seen as a small step toward promoting multi-family residential construction which has been hampered by high insurance premiums and […]
On Thursday, August 28, the Court of Appeals issued a ruling regarding mechanic’s liens when a building is developed into units that are then sold to individual owners. The ruling in Sure-Shock v. Diamond Lofts has important consequences for both owners and contractors. The case arose when the developer built out and sold commercial […]
A proposed change to Rule 37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure makes clear that electronically stored information must be preserved “in the anticipation or conduct of litigation” or a party will face sanctions. What circumstances indicate that litigation should be anticipated, triggering the duty to preserve electronically stored information? Courts have often discussed […]
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