Another Municipality Takes Action to Address the Lack of Condominiums Being...
Whether you are in the market to downsize or are looking to be a first time home buyer, you have likely noticed that your housing options in Colorado have become extremely limited over the course...
View ArticleThe First Hearing on SB 177 Has Been Scheduled - Call to Action!
SB177 is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Committee (Room 271) on Wednesday, March 18th, at 1:30 p.m. Please take a moment to urge your State Legislators to...
View ArticleSenate Bill 15-091 Passes Out of the Senate State, Veterans & Military...
As previously reported, Senator Scott's SB 91, as originally introduced, would have reduced Colorado's statute of repose for construction defect actions from eight years to four years. Yesterday, the...
View ArticlePress Release From the Colorado State Senate Regarding Senate Bill 91's...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 19, 2015Contact: Sean PaigePhone: (719) 337-0355Construction Defect Fixes Advance in the SenateLawmakers last night took the first bipartisan step toward addressing...
View ArticleColorado SB 15-177 UPDATE: Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Committee...
On March 18th, following a lengthy hearing with testimony and questioning for and against Senate Bill 15-177, the Senate Business, Labor & Technology Committee voted 6 to 2 to refer the bill, with...
View ArticleHouse Committee Kills Colorado's 2015 Attainable Housing Bill
Senate Bill 177, the Colorado housing community’s effort to reinvigorate the construction of attainable multi-family housing and quell construction defect lawsuits, was killed by the House State,...
View ArticleVallagio v. Metropolitan Homes: The Colorado Court of Appeals' Decision...
On May 7th, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued its much anticipated ruling in Vallagio at Inverness Residential Condominium Association, Inc. v. Metropolitan Homes, Inc., et al., 2015COA65 (Colo....
View ArticleThe Vallagio HOA Appeals the Decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals.
As highlighted in our most recent post, the Colorado Court of Appeals’ Vallagio decision upheld a declaration provision that prohibited the amendment of a mandatory arbitration clause without the...
View ArticleCommerce City Enacts Reform to Increase For-Sale Multifamily Housing.
Many cities in Denver’s metropolitan areas are experiencing tremendous growth. For more than a year, Colorado has been reported to be in a building boom. However even with the noticeable expansion,...
View ArticleMr. David McLain to speak at the 2015 Claims College – School of Construction.
David M. McLain, Attorney, Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC will be speaking at the CLM 2015 School of Construction. The 2015 Claims College will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleDavid M. McLain named Law Week Colorado’s 2015 Barrister’s Best Construction...
It is my sincere pleasure to announce Law Week Colorado named my friend and partner, Dave McLain, as the 2015 Barrister’s Best Construction Defects Lawyer for Defendants. Law Week Colorado’s summary...
View ArticleHHMR Attorneys to Speak at an Upcoming CRG Lunch & Learn
Dave McLain, Sheri Roswell, and Lisa Bondy Dunn will be speaking at the final installment of a four-part series hosted by the Construction Resource Group's entitled "Everything You Need to Know About...
View ArticleHHMR Attorneys to Speak at an Upcoming Seminar Regarding Managing Risk,...
On March 16th, Sheri Roswell, Lisa Dunn, and Dave McLain will be speaking at a seminar covering risk management, insurance, and a legislative overview:3:00 - 3:15 Program Introductions3:15 -...
View ArticleHHMR has an Opening for a New Associate with 3-5 Years' Experience
Higgins, Hopkins, McLain & Roswell, LLC, located in Cherry Creek, has an opening for a litigation associate with 3-5 years experience in Civil Litigation, preferably in Construction Defect and/or...
View ArticleLandmark Towers Association, Inc. v. UMB Bank, N.A. or: One Bad Apple Spoils...
On April 21, 2016, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued an opinion that immediately drew the ire of the greater real estate development industry and those concerned about affordable housing in a state...
View ArticleKF-103 v. American Family Mutual Insurance: Tenth Circuit Upholds the...
In Colorado, the “complaint rule” requires insurance carriers to provide a defense to its insured when the allegations contained in the complaint allege any set of facts that may fall within an...
View ArticleHOA Coalition Statement on Construction-Defects Transparency Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Bill Ray / 303-885-1881DENVER—The Homeownership Opportunity Alliance—a broad coalition of business groups, builders, elected officials and affordable housing...
View ArticleDave McLain to Present at an Upcoming Lunch & Learn Event on the State of the...
For more information about this event or to register to attend, please visit http://junelnl.eventbrite.com.
View ArticleColorado Supreme Court Grants the Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Vallagio...
We have previously reported on the Vallagio v. Metropolitan Homes case, in which the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld a provision in an association's declaration of covenants, conditions, and...
View ArticleDavid M. McLain to Speak at the CLM Claims College - School of Construction -...
I am happy to have been asked to serve as an instructor at this year's CLM Claims College – School of Construction, to be held at the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday,...
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