Departing from nearly 40 years of practice, the Idaho Supreme Court recently announced courts must follow a 1976 statute giving courts broad discretion in awarding attorney fees to the prevailing party. This new standard for awarding attorney fees to the prevailing...
Since January of 2016, the EEOC has made efforts to combat pay disparities faced by minorities. As part of this effort, the EEOC, with the support of the Obama administration, proposed a rule requiring employers to provide pay data to the Commission by way of an...
The Colorado Supreme Court has announced a significant change to pleading requirements in Colorado that will make Motions to Dismiss more likely to succeed. Previously, a Motion to Dismiss for failure to state a viable claim could only be granted if a plaintiff could...
We are pleased to announce that Megan Coulter from the Denver Office and Brian Taylor from the Montana Office have joined the membership of Hall & Evans.
Hall & Evans is pleased to announce the promotion of Joan Allgaier, Clinton Coberly, Mary Lanning, Elizabeth Olson, and Kelley Shirk to Special Counsel. The newest group of Special Counsel has shown their dedication to Hall & Evans and we appreciate the work...
In a long-awaited and widely-anticipated decision, Colorado courts clarified that the Statute of Repose begins when each contractor’s work ends, eliminating the risk of claims arising many years after performing the work. The Statute of Repose is a legal doctrine...
The Wyoming Supreme Court just raised the bar for insurers by adopting a notice prejudice standard for the first time. Finding that insurance policies are contracts “of adhesion” where the insured has little or no bargaining power to vary the terms, the Court will...
Colorado’s statutes allowing a policyholder to sue his insurance carrier for “improper denial of claims” (C.R.S. §§10-3-1115 and 1116) continue to be construed to allow policyholders more opportunities for recovery against their insurers. In Etherton v. Owners Ins....
Hall & Evans is proud to announce five of our attorneys are listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017. Benton Barton, Robert Ferm, Lance Eberhart, Kenneth Lyman, and Paul Yarbrough were selected by their peers for inclusion in this year’s list. Benton...
A recent case from the Colorado Court of Appeals makes it easier to pursue subrogation claims without the burdens and risks posed by Colorado’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. The court addressed the question of whether the CFDCPA, sections 12-14-101 to -137,...
