Court Opinions: Colorado Attorney Suspended Following Sexual Assault Conviction
Colorado’s presiding disciplinary judge suspended an attorney for three years following the conviction and a sentence of 12 years to life.
Court Opinions: Colorado Appeals Court Rules on Sactions for AI ‘Hallucinations’ in Briefs, Involuntary...
Facing an influx of briefs riddled with fake legal citations and errors, the appeals court determined future filings with such errors may result in sanctions.
Court Opinion: PDJ Disbars Attorney in Reciprocal Discipline Case
Colorado’s Presiding Disciplinary Judge disbarred an attorney for dishonestly converting client funds for his own use and borrowing money from another client without complying with the required safeguards.
Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Concludes a Builder’s Risk Insurance Policy in a Construction Error...
The 10th Circuit found that in this case, the insurance policy didn’t allow for the party to recover for another party’s loss.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Concludes CCJRA Applies to the Colorado POST Board
The state’s high court concluded that Colorado’s POST board was subject to the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, not Colorado’s Open Records Act.
Court Opinions: Colorado Attorney Placed on Probation For False Statements in Domestic Relations Case
Colorado’s disciplinary judge placed an attorney on probation after finding she made false statements to a court during a domestic relations case.
Court Opinions: Appeals Court Holds Economic Loss Rule Doesn’t Bar Intentional Tort Fraud Claims
The appeals court found that a company’s common law tort duties are independent of its contractual duties and of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing that exists in every contract.
Court Opinion: 10th Circuit Overrules Shillinger v. Haworth
The 10th Circuit held that a Sixth Amendment violation of confidential communication with an attorney required the defendant to show prejudice.
Court Opinions: Colorado PDJ Suspends Two Attorneys for Communication Issues With Clients
The presiding disciplinary judge suspended two attorneys for various communications and money-handling issues.
Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Rules in a Pair of Cases That Wells-Yates Didn’t...
In two companion cases, the state’s high court determined its procedural new constitutional rules in Wells-Yates can’t be applied retroactively to other cases.