Colorado Civil Justice League

Colorado’s litigation-crazed legislature continues to expand opportunities for billboard lawyers and their plaintiff-clients to file lawsuits against anything that moves.  Still, Colorado Civil Justice League, our members and allies enjoyed measured success in a...

By Mark Hillman, from the Denver Post A bill now under consideration in the Colorado Senate threatens an explosion of drive-by disability lawsuits in Colorado courts. House Bill 25-1239 was originally presented as a re-organization of the Colorado Anti-Discrimination...

The annual ritual to make it easier for plaintiffs lawyers to seek treble damages in most lawsuits died yesterday (April 1) in the Colorado Senate on a vote of 16-19. Thank you to the bipartisan coalition of Senators who recognized Senate Bill 157 as bad public policy...

By Mark Hillman, Denver Post, January 12, 2025 Everywhere we turn, there’s an ad for a lawyer – on television, streaming services, radio, podcasts, public transportation and, of course, billboards. Not so long ago, the legal profession observed a self-imposed ban on...

Governor Polis vetoed two bills that put employers in the crosshairs for still more lawsuits, improving the product of this year’s Colorado General Assembly.  Still, legislators passed 25 bills that use the threat of litigation for enforcement, either by creating...