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Competency Litigation Concludes With Consent Decree
Results require new divisions within Department of Human Servicesby Tony Flesorby Tony FlesorLong-running litigation over the time-frame for competency evaluations for criminal defendants resolved with a consent decree.…
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Taking Arbitrability to Court
Colorado Supreme Court hears arguments in exotic dancer litigationby Julia Cardiby Julia CardiA group of exotic dancers brought a class-action lawsuit against a handful of clubs and the…
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Drilling Further Into ‘Necessary and Reasonable’
The only sure thing about interpreting Colorado’s new oil and gas regulations? It’ll be a case-by-case analysis.by Julia Cardiby Julia CardiColorado’s controversial regulatory overhaul of oil and gas operations passed in the House Friday morning. In…
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Supreme Court: Missing Information Means no Water Right
Water decree from 1909 fails to establish ‘indicia of enforceability’ in Dill v. Yamasaki RingIn its sole opinion last week, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled in Dill v. Yamasaki Ring…
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Railroad Inspector Gets $1.05M Verdict in Retaliation Case
Plaintiff claimed BNSF fired him for refusing to falsify reports about track defectsA federal jury in Colorado sided with a track inspector in his whistle-blower retaliation claim against…
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U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Consider Colorado’s Frozen Embryos Case
Case shifts from question of marital property to embryos’ personhoodby Julia Cardiby Julia CardiA case of first impression in Colorado has changed shape from a marital property issue to…
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10th Circuit Concludes Recreational Use Statute Case
A panel of judges upheld a $7 million verdict after a case’s second appealby Tony Flesorby Tony FlesorAfter a second trip to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, a case blaming the federal…
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Pivotal Condemnation Case Argued at Colorado Supreme Court
Carousel Farms decision could restrict land developers’ condemnation abilitiesLand developers in Colorado can form a metropolitan district, which has the power to condemn private…
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Messner Reeves had a busy week at the end of January. Although the cases were spread…