Features

The Two Sides of the Energy Development Coin in Colorado

Colorado energy and natural resources attorneys talked with Law Week about how the state’s legislative and regulatory efforts have incentivized clean energy development and made oil and gas development more difficult.

Michael Rummel - April 21, 2025

Courts

Court Opinions: Appeals Court Rules Felonious Killing Exception Does Apply to Corporations

The appeals court concluded that the Wrongful Death Act’s felonious killing exception applies to both corporations and individuals.

Law Week - March 20, 2025

Features

Top Verdicts 2023

Roughly a third of the state’s top verdicts in 2023 were related to breach of contract claims. Two of the top 10 verdicts for 2023 list Xcel Energy as a defendant.

Law Week - April 22, 2024

Features

2024 Top Litigators: Trip DeMuth

Law Week profiled Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath partner Trip DeMuth for its 2024 Top Litigators special edition.

Star Ilalaole - March 11, 2024

Features

2024 Lawyers of the Year: Cliff Stricklin

Cliff Stricklin represented Leprino Food Company in a $2 billion dollar lawsuit that threatened to dissolve the company.

Michael Rummel - February 12, 2024

History

A Brief History of Monopolies in Colorado

Gaps in federal and state monopoly laws alike have led to a variety of local statutes addressing shortfalls since the late 1800s.

Jess Brovsky-Eaker - May 11, 2022

News

Colorado Whistleblowers Ask for EPA Intervention at Commerce City Power Plant

State employee whistleblowers are asking the EPA administrator to reexamine an emissions permit granted to a power plant north of Denver.

Hank Lacey - May 17, 2021

Features

Smooth Transition

Colorado has long been a hub for energy law. But is that set to change as the U.S. shifts away from oil and gas...

Jessica Folker - December 9, 2019

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