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Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney After Felony Conviction for Attempting to Influence a Public Servant
The attorney contacted and made misrepresentations to Boulder public officials and law enforcement officers to see if his friend was being investigated for alleged sexual assault.
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Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules ‘Gratuities’ to State, Local Officials Aren’t a Crime to Accept
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that an illegal gratuity payment of $13,000 was made to a local official in Indiana.
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Court Opinions: Attorney Suspended Over Fee Agreement, Trust Account Record Keeping
Colorado’s PDJ suspended an attorney after finding he didn’t keep client funds in a trust and didn’t provide clients with a written fee agreement.
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Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney After Discovering She Fabricated an EtG Test, Committed Perjury
Colorado’s PDJ suspended an attorney after finding she fabricated a test to indicate she hadn’t consumed alcohol.
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ABA Ethics Committee Releases Opinion On Seeking Advice on Listservs
The American Bar Association addressed what lawyers can post on listservs when seeking legal advice from fellow professionals.
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Colorado Ethics Sources Weigh in on the New U.S. Supreme Court Code of Conduct
Law Week discussed the new Supreme Court Code of Conduct and how it compares to Colorado's with two local sources.