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Legal Lowdown: Adams & Reese Rebrands Plus Werge & Corbin, BHGR, Spencer Fane Add Attorneys

In case you missed it this week: Adams & Reese announced a comprehensive rebrand and new website. Plus three local firms added Colorado attorneys and BHGR elevated three lawyers to partnership.

A Bipartisan Effort to Expand Batching of Out-of-Network Claims Falls One Vote Short in State Senate Committee

The bill, which cleared the House with large margins, would have enabled emergency health care providers to batch certain out-of-network claims for arbitration.

Bill Requiring Property Insurers to Share More Information on Fire Risk Models Clears Colorado Senate

The effort aims to bring more transparency to property insurance and help reduce insurance prices when mitigation work is done.

Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Officer Involved in Lakewood Shooting

The 10th Circuit concluded that under the circumstances in the case, which involved smoke and a fire, the officer’s lethal force was justified.

Court Opinion: PDJ Disbars Attorney in Reciprocal Discipline Case

Colorado’s Presiding Disciplinary Judge disbarred an attorney for dishonestly converting client funds for his own use and borrowing money from another client without complying with the required safeguards.

Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Concludes a Builder’s Risk Insurance Policy in a Construction Error Case Required Actual Loss

The 10th Circuit found that in this case, the insurance policy didn’t allow for the party to recover for another party’s loss.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Concludes CCJRA Applies to the Colorado POST Board

The state’s high court concluded that Colorado’s POST board was subject to the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, not Colorado’s Open Records Act.

Evan Lee Joins Otteson Shapiro’s Denver Office

Otteson Shapiro announced Nov. 19 that Evan Lee, who has a background in insurance law, had joined the firm as an attorney.