Legislation | Regulation
Mitigating Legal Risks in Urban Sustainable Building
There are a number of legal challenges that can arise for builders when using sustainable building techniques.
Spend Some Time Sharpening Your Ax
With the softening of the market, my hope is that builders can spend time sharpening their risk management axes.
Denver Aims to Streamline ADU Rules
Rule changes could make it easier for Denver homeowners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs), possibly as early as next year.
Anti-Concurrent Causation Endorsements in CGL Insurance Policies: A Word of Caution
Anti-concurrent causation endorsements have migrated from first-party property policies to commercial general liability policies.
Revisiting Denver’s Construction Defect Ordinance
One of the biggest problems for Colorado builders dealing with construction defect litigation is the breach of implied warranty claim.
Mitigating Legal Risks in Urban Sustainable Building
There are a number of legal challenges that can arise for builders when using sustainable building techniques.
Spend Some Time Sharpening Your Ax
With the softening of the market, my hope is that builders can spend time sharpening their risk management axes.
Denver Aims to Streamline ADU Rules
Rule changes could make it easier for Denver homeowners to build accessory dwelling units (ADUs), possibly as early as next year.
Anti-Concurrent Causation Endorsements in CGL Insurance Policies: A Word of Caution
Anti-concurrent causation endorsements have migrated from first-party property policies to commercial general liability policies.
Revisiting Denver’s Construction Defect Ordinance
One of the biggest problems for Colorado builders dealing with construction defect litigation is the breach of implied warranty claim.
Understanding Colorado’s new retainage law
The 2021 Colorado legislative session began this year on Jan. 13 and ran all the way through June 8, excepting a COVID-related pause.
Attorneys’ Fee Clauses are Engraved Invitations to Sue
Builders should evaluate the language in their contracts, lest they find themselves on the hook for plaintiffs' attorneys fees.
Colorado Requires Builders to Accommodate High-efficiency Devices
Lawmakers have been adding requirements for builders to make new homes greener, including capabilities for high-efficiency devices like electric cars.