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Business Innovation is About More than Looking Forward
When most people think about innovation today, they often think about groundbreaking new technology. While this is often what leads to exciting new changes, innovation is about more than the latest technology. Instead, it can be about taking a look back in order to...
CO Ranked #4 State for Business by CNBC
This year's rankings by CNBC for best states for business are in, and Colorado has taken the #4 spot. This comes as a significant, but not surprising, improvement from last year, where we discussed CO's position at #8 in the CNBC rankings. Take a look at a complete...
CO Anti-Patent Troll Law
Colorado recently passed a law aimed at reducing the amount of so-called “patent trolling.” Generally, “patent troll” is used as a derogatory term to describe non-practicing entities, which are entities that own a patent on something but do not use it themselves (they...
Coats v. Dish Network and CO Businesses
On Monday, June 15th, the Colorado Supreme Court issued its ruling in Coats v. Dish, LLC, this was a high profile case in Colorado symbolizing the clash between Colorado law permitting medical marijuana use, Federal law’s criminal approach to all marijuana use, and...
Knowledge vs. Motive & Employment Discrimination
Here in the 10th Circuit, where Colorado is located, it was previously considered a requirement by the courts that discrimination claims under Title VII based on a religious accommodation required the employer to have actual knowledge of the religious accommodation...
Employee Due Diligence
The next part of our series on Due Diligence will discuss Employee Due Diligence. Now if the business you are looking to buy does not have any employees then this may be a simple process, but it may not be as simple as you would think. For example, the business that...
Legal Due Diligence
Continuing as part of our series on Due Diligence, we have already outlined Financial Due Diligence, and this time we will take a look at due diligence regarding issues that are more legal in nature. As part of the due diligence process, it is important that you have...
Financial Due Diligence
Whenever you are thinking about buying a business (or selling a business) it is expected that you will perform your due diligence before the sale is final to help decide whether or not the purchase is a good idea by verifying the material facts related to the...
Trademark Use and E-commerce
As e-commerce businesses have taken off, so have more issues arose relating to use of others’ intellectual property. We’ve already talked about how intellectual property like trademarks can be a delicate situation between businesses trying to protect their rights but...
Non-Compete Agreements in CO
Simply put, non-compete agreements are contractual agreements that generally provide for individuals not to compete with their employer while they are employed and for a period of time after leaving the company. Even the sandwich company, Jimmy John’s, has been under...
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12 Employment Laws in Colorado You Need to Know
12 Employment Laws in Colorado You Need to Know Colorado employment law is complicated, and it’s impossible for us to give a complete rundown of all the key laws. An employment law attorney such as Elizabeth Lewis can help keep your business on the right side of the...
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