Boulder, followed by Ft. Collins-Loveland, was recently ranked as number one in the country for high-tech start company density. Two other Colorado communities made the top-10 list: Denver-Broomfield-Aurora (6th) and Colorado Springs (9th). Colorado, and Boulder specifically, is truly becoming…
Starting a Colorado Brewery? Colorado is one of the top states in the U.S. to start a brewery or brewpub. According to the Brewers Association, Colorado ranks #3 in Total Craft Breweries behind California and Washington and #5 in Craft…
In our previous post, we discussed the importance of carefully drafting the language in your arbitration clause in your LLC operating agreement--or any agreement containing a dispute resolution provision for that matter. One of the issues reviewed in our prior…
With a business startup, oftentimes the excitement and energy can allow for one to overlook the long term considerations that might seem unthinkable in the beginning. Take for instance, a business may decide upon a simple LLC operating agreement, not…
CNBC just released “America’s Top States for Business 2013.” Colorado moved up to the 7th position on this list form 8th place in 2012. CNBC “scored all 50 states on 51 measures of competitiveness developed with input from business groups including…
A recent Colorado supreme court decision made the protections afforded limited liability companies “LLCs” even better in the state of Colorado--particularly, given that Colorado is a hotspot for business startups. An LLC is a type of business entity that many…
According to a recent Forbes article, Colorado launched a startup business every 72 hours--particularly in Boulder and Denver. Both Boulder and Denver are "joining the list of developing tech hubs in the world." The Forbes articles cites the Startup Report…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged that two corporations, BMW and Dollar General, has discriminated against blacks by using criminal background checks to screen its workers. According to a Washington Post account, the EEOC claimed that BMW fired 70 employees…
In employment law news, the Philadelphia office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently found that a Rite Aid Pharmacy in Perryman, Maryland violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it terminated former employee Christopher Fultz for having epilepsy,…
As a Colorado Startup Lawyer, I found Norm Brodsky's The Right Way To Approach A Start-up to be a short but insightful article on a recent experience he had with one of his startups. What I found to be the most interesting item in…