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Recent Posts from Colorado Business Litigation Lawyer Blog

• E-Verify System for Denver Businesses

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) have established an electronic system called E-Verify (formerly the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) to assist employers further in verifying the employment eligibility…

• A Tribute to Our Uniformed Defenders

  Our engagement in wars on two fronts and the daily reminders of the politics of such wars sometimes blurs the stark fact that it is people who fight wars, not politicians. We often fail to…

• “Piercing the Corporate Veil” in Denver

  One of the advantages of operating a business as a corporation in Denver is that, with some exceptions, shareholders (owners), officers and directors normally do not have personal liability for corporate debts. Under certain circumstances,…

• Colorado Court Holds that a Creditor Can Pierce the Corporate Veil as Against an Insider Who is Not a Shareholder, Officer or Director of the Corporation

  In an opinion dated October 29, 2009, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the principle that a creditor of a corporation can “pierce the corporate veil” (ask the court to look behind a corporate entity…

• Assistant U.S. Attorney Claims Puerto Rico Acting U.S. Attorney Has “Girl’s Club” and Discriminates Against Males

  As a follow-up to my article “United Airlines Ramp Supervisor Awarded $3M Damages for Airline’s Retaliation to Her Discrimination Complaint,” I see that an interesting alleged discrimination case has arisen in the Puerto Rico office…

• Denver Colorado Jury Awards United Airlines Ramp Supervisor $3M in Damages for Airline’s Retaliation to Her Discrimination Complaint

  Jennifer McInerney, a former United Air Lines ramp supervisor, was awarded $3 million by a federal court jury in Colorado after finding that McInerney was retaliated against by United for making a discrimination complaint. McInerney…

• Enforcement in Colorado Courts of a Venue (Place of Trial) Provision in a Contract

  When a business based in Colorado enters into a contract with a business based in another state, it is common for the contract to include a “venue provision,” stating in which state’s courts any controversy…

• S.E.C. Watchdog Urges Sweeping Changes on S.E.C.’s Fraud Failures: What This May Mean For Some Denver Businesses

  I recently wrote of the S.E.C.’s abysmal failures in not detecting Bernard L. Madoff’s billion dollar Ponzi scheme. (See “Bernard Madoff: An Epilogue, Parts I and II”). H. David Kotz, the S.E.C.’s inspector general has…

• Colorado Bankers Association Urges Easing of Bank Regulations

  The Colorado Bankers Association (CBA) based in Denver, has boldly begun pushing back against federal overregulation, which many banks feel is the cause of choking of lending. Don Childears, president and CEO of the CBA,…

• Department of Homeland Security Rescinds Controversial “No Match” Employment Rule

  On September 30, 2009, I wrote about the government requirement that imposed upon contractors on certain federal projects a mandate to use the “E-Verify System” to verify a worker’s eligibility to work in the U.S.…