Law

Several former clients are pushing for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy of a Centennial accounting firm, while others weigh civil suits, over claims that the company’s founder was pocketing millions meant for the IRS.

What started as a one-woman firm is now too big for its Greenwood Village current space and is hopping over to a larger office in Centennial.

Claiming a former employee copied the company name when he started his own firm, a plumbing business has filed a lawsuit in Denver court hoping to keep the competition from draining its business.

Two Denver-area lawyers with the last name Gilbert now have a lawsuit between them and their two firms, with one Gilbert claiming their similarly named companies have caused confusion among clients and in court.

In a recent lawsuit, one local software company accuses another of purposely failing to hold up its end of a sales agreement, copying its software and using it as a scapegoat for huge losses.

Just a few months in and with some big firms on board with the model, a startup law firm is promising to keep client costs low by relying heavily on contractors on a case-to-case basis.

An investor in a local renewable energy firm says the company’s CEO spent her $83,000 on himself and has kept her in the dark about the firm’s performance. He claims the lawsuit is personal.

A fundraising effort to combat hunger, which has allegedly driven through area towns in a van adorned by the Patagonia logo, has been sued by the retail giant, which wants the court to pull the brakes on the operation.

Accused of swindling customers with faked technicians, falsified problems and inflated prices, a Centennial electronics shop owner is facing criminal and civil charges from the state — and this isn’t his first time on the court scene.