EEOC Releases Early Data on 2018 Sexual Harassment Litigation
It appears the #MeToo movement isn’t only having an effect at the highest echelons of corporations. According to early data from the Equal Employment...
COA Gives Broad Application to Eminent Domain Precedent
In Town of Monument v. State of Colorado, the Court of Appeals ruled a key state Supreme Court precedent has broad application. Under the...
Kavanaugh’s Misconduct Complaints Transferred to 10th Circuit
Judicial complaints filed against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh have been transferred to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Colorado Court of Appeals Court Opinions: Oct. 4, 2018
Editor’s Note: Court opinions are summarized by Law Week Colorado.People v. Oliver This case called on the Colorado Court of Appeals to distinguish between defense...
ACLU, DOC Settle Lawsuit For $41 Million
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado and the Colorado Department of Corrections settled a class action lawsuit last week in which the DOC...
Arising Under, or Arising Out Of?
A two-word phrase affecting the arbitrability of contract disputes has caused a circuit divide between federal appeals courts. In a decision issued Sept. 20,...
Carlos Samour Pens First Dissent as Supreme Court Justice
In his first dissent for the state’s highest court, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Carlos Samour delivered a rebuke of the majority’s holding in Casillas...
Colorado Supreme Court Opinions: Sept. 24, 2018
Editor’s Note: Court opinions are summarized by Law Week Colorado.Casillas v. People Colorado law requires certain juvenile offenders to submit to collection of their DNA...
Second Appeal, Question of First Impression
State Supreme Court rules innocent Ponzi investor can’t keep profitsOn a second appeal, the Colorado Supreme Court decided a question of first impression about...
Judge Profile: William Lucero
Most state judges don’t have to spend much time explaining their job to lawyers. But there aren’t many jurists out there with a position...