Litigation

A white paper by Theresa Lynn Sidebotham, Esq. about how to protect your religious organization from the risk of lawsuits.

What should an attorney do if he or she gets a negative online review?  This post will discuss how to respond. Remaining level-headed and courteous can turn a negative review into a positive for the firm.

The doctrine of admission pro hac vice permits the temporary admission of an unlicensed attorney to practice law in a specific jurisdiction and for a specific case. This post discusses the ABA Model Rule on pro hac vice.

Often, nonprofit boards seek attorneys to serve, based on their knowledge and experience that may be useful. Attorneys also enjoy serving as a way of giving back to the community. But there are some pitfalls that this post discusses.

Sometimes an attorney needs to withdraw from a case, or step into one partway through. This post discusses the ethical rules for withdrawing from or entering into a case that is already underway.

As if discovery were not complicated enough, now electronic discovery includes text messages. This post presents some current legal rulings and the dangers they flag if a firm incorrectly handles text messages.

Being sued can be the “worst nightmare” situation for a business. This post discusses practical ways to respond to threats of a lawsuit. 

Nonprofits often wonder whether their charitable status offers any protection if they get sued, or if funds that were donated for charitable purposes will just get wiped out by the lawsuit. Some protections such as the doctrine of charitable immunity apply, but these are limited.

Learn more about the intersection of the Colorado Civil Rules of Procedure and the Colorado Construction Defect Action Reform Act in this post on Curry v. Zag Built LLC.

A multi-chapter resource about how the Colorado Supreme Court recently handed down two opinions on physician-patient privilege, and how this latest guidance may impact your litigation practice.