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Budget Requests Indicate New Bail Reform Efforts Coming

In the year after former Chief Justice Nancy Rice created a blue ribbon commission to study bail reform statewide, Colorado’s legislature is taking small...

In Early Stages, Litigation Against Vaping Companies Starts to Take Shape

A groundswell of litigation and regulations for vape products has come quickly along with publicized cases of illnesses that are thought to be linked...

Is Colorado in the Midst of a Records Sealing Movement?

A nationwide trend of criminal justice reform has encompassed not just how people are sentenced but the rights they have after they’ve completed their...
Colorado Attorney General Weiser and attorney Kenneth Feinberg at a podium announcing a compensation program for people who suffered sexual abuse by Colorado Catholic priests as children.

Relief Program Launches for Sex Abuse Victims of Colorado Catholic Priests

People who were abused as minors by Catholic priests in Colorado may now seek payment under a new program launched last week. The Colorado Independent...

Beyond Buzzwords: Having More Conscientious Diversity Discussions

Nita Mosby Tyler began a talk about diversity by showing her audience a cartoon: Several people on a small, leaking boat with some on...
Sister Helen Prejean, author of ‘Dead Man Walking,’ speaks at the University of Colorado Law School Wednesday

Sister Helen Prejean Talks Morality of Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean has never forgotten the sight of an execution she witnessed in Louisiana three and a half decades ago. She watched a...
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H-1B Scrutiny Explained in Newly Released Documents

Many employers and immigration attorneys saw a clear difference in how the federal government distributes skilled worker visas under the Trump administration. Now newly...

IAALS Announces Nationwide Survey of ‘Justice Needs’

The Denver-based Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System announced it will carry out a nationwide survey of a broad swath of...
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Restorative Justice Program Launches in Denver

Victims of misdemeanors in Denver will have another way to seek justice without seeing the offender go to jail. On Thursday, the Denver District Attorney’s...

Hogan Lovells Team Advises on Full Ownership Sale of Brooklyn Nets

Last summer Hogan Lovells attorneys advised Joe Tsai in a deal to acquire 49.9% of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets with the option to eventually...