Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney After Conviction for First-Degree Assault With a Deadly Weapon
The disciplinary judge also suspended another attorney and censured another after uncovering issues with record keeping and client communication.
Colorado Supreme Court Grants Writ on Constitutionality of the Sexually Violent Predator Designation
The Colorado Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari to determine whether a sexually violent predator designation is a cruel and unusual punishment.
Court Opinion: PDJ Places Colorado Attorney on Probation After Multiple Billing Issues
Colorado’s disciplinary judge placed an attorney on probation after uncovering unreasonable charges to a local grandmother.
Court Opinion: PDJ Suspends Attorney for Fraud
Colorado’s Presiding Disciplinary Judge suspended an attorney for two years for engaging in prescription drug fraud with a doctor.
Court Opinion: Colorado’s PDJ Suspends Attorney After He Called a Former Client a ‘Crybaby,’...
Colorado’s disciplinary judge suspended an attorney after several online and in-person altercations with a former client.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Rules Lime Not Liable for Rented Electric Scooter Collision
In a limited ruling, the appeals court concluded that Lime didn’t have a duty to protect the public from users’ unsafe operation of its electric scooters.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Concludes a State Student Loan Authority is Not Immune to...
The 10th Circuit found that the state loan authority of Missouri was not an arm of the state entitled to 11th Amendment immunity.
Court Opinion: Appeals Court Finds No Error in Medical Expert Testifying to Cause of...
The Colorado Court of Appeals concluded that a medical expert’s testimony was admissible in a case where the original cause of death was undetermined.
Court Opinions: 10th Circuit Dissolves Injunction Against Colorado Law Raising the Minimum Age for...
The 10th Circuit found that the district court erred when it granted a preliminary injunction against a Colorado law raising the minimum age for gun purchases and sales in the state.
Court Opinion: US Supreme Court Vacates 11th Circuit Ruling in Capital Punishment Intellectual Disability...
In a case related to how courts should evaluate multiple IQ scores, the Supreme Court found an appellate court was unclear in its original ruling. It remanded the case and granted review.