COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION THRIVE SITE TERMS OF USE AND COMMUNITIES POLICY
By accessing or using the CBA Thrive website, including and without limitation, any CBA-operated and/or managed web properties in conjunction with the CBA Thrive website, you agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms of Use.
The Colorado Bar Association Thrive website presents the opportunity to network and convene with lawyers within the State of Colorado. This website allows CBA members to seek advice, exchange information, develop relationships, collaborate, debate with decorum, and elevate the Colorado legal community as a whole.
DISCUSSION GROUP ETIQUETTE & RULES OF CONDUCT
- Users are to only send messages to an entire group when it contains information that all participants within the group can benefit from. Interpersonal messages are to be sent via the “Reply Privately” option.
- Users are to include a signature tag on all messages posted on the CBA Thrive website platform.
- Refrain from posting administrative messages within discussions (i.e., “remove me from this group”). Please utilize the website interface to remove oneself from a specific community or section. Contact CBA staff for additional support.
- Posts including overt commercial messages are not permitted within the CBA Thrive website. To list goods, furniture, office space, etc., please utilize the Member-to-Member Marketplace. Referral requests/answers, business advice, and discussion of practices are permitted if within the appropriate Community.
- Job postings are not permitted within the CBA Thrive website. The CBA Job Board is available for this use.
- Practice caution when discussing matters or litigation, as Communities are accessible by fellow CBA members. Posts may be seen by other parties, government agencies, or opposing counsels.
- Information posted to a Community, or its library, is available for all members of that particular group to review. Comments are subject to libel, slander, and antitrust laws.
- All defamatory, abusive, profane, threatening, offensive, and/or illegal content is strictly prohibited.
- Users are not to be antagonistic, demeaning, insulting, or attacking others. Posts and comments are meant to promote healthy discourse, not contention.
- Users found in violation of any of the Terms of Use may be warned or given a strike against their account, dependent on the severity of the violation. Users will be contacted by a CBA administrator explaining the reason for actions taken against their account. Users are allotted two strikes applied to their account before an administrator will restrict access to the CBA Thrive website. Appeals will be heard on a case-by-case basis.
- Political Discussions: Professional discussions about current legal topics, cases, and developments, even when they intersect with political issues, are allowed. However, political campaigning or advocacy, promotional content that advances political agendas rather than legal discourse, and posts that personally attack members based on their political views, are prohibited. The Community is a platform that allows for professional legal discourse.
- Discussions and posts should be made only to the most appropriate Community or Library. Site administrators may move the post to a different community if appropriate.
- Do not share content outside of the community without obtaining consent from the original author.
- The CBA is committed to compliance with all federal and state antitrust laws. Users are reminded that certain topics are not proper subjects for discussion and consideration by and between competing attorneys. Any action taken to eliminate, restrict, or govern competition among members may constitute a violation of the antitrust laws. If any discussion relating to significant factors of competition arises, an inference may be made that such a discussion is for the purpose of agreeing upon a common course of business conduct. Subjects that should not be discussed within the CBA Thrive website are fees; prices; costs; delinquency charges or fees; conditions, terms and prices of service; allocating or sharing customers; or refusing to deal with a particular supplier or class of suppliers. Agreements among competitors relating to any of these subjects may be per se violations of the antitrust laws and can lead to criminal and civil penalties.
- Do not post any information or other material protected by copyright without obtaining permission from the copyright owner. By posting material, the posting party warrants and represents that they own the copyright with respect to such material or have received permission from the copyright owner. In addition, the posting party grants the CBA, and users of the CBA Thrive website, a nonexclusive and transferable right and license to display, copy, publish, distribute, transmit, print, and use such information or other material.
- Thrive is provided as a service of the CBA. The CBA is not responsible for the opinions and information posted on this site by others. The CBA disclaims all warranties with regard to information posted on this site, whether posted by CBA or any third party; this disclaimer includes all implied warranties of merchantability and fitness. In no event shall the CBA or any individual member be liable for any special, indirect, or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of any information posted on this site.
- The CBA does not actively monitor the CBA Thrive website for inappropriate postings and does not, on its own, undertake editorial control of postings. However, in the event that any inappropriate posting is brought to the attention of the CBA, appropriate action will be taken. The CBA reserves the right to remove discussion threads, including all posts, related to any content that is in violation of this policy. The CBA reserves the right to terminate or restrict access to CBA Thrive to any user who does not abide by this policy.
- If a user identifies a post to be in violation, they are to submit the post for review by an administrator by clicking the “Mark as Inappropriate” option in the drop-down menu next to the “Reply” button.
- Misuse or abuse of reporting posts to administrators may result in warnings, strikes, or restriction(s), depending on the severity of the actions documented.
Our community thrives when we maintain this balance between open professional discourse and respectful boundaries. Thank you for helping us preserve CBA Thrive as an inclusive environment for all Colorado legal professionals.
Revised December 10, 2025