Tag:legal reporting

Court Opinion: Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Disciplinary Judgment for Attorney Following ‘Expletive-Laden Outbursts’ at School District Staff in IEP Case

The attorney also called a school district staff member a “despicable creature and a cancer to kids” in a follow up email, later telling OARC investigators “I like to call things what they are.”

Thousands Protest State Education Funding Shortfalls, Executive Order Closing Education Department Signed

One of the signed bills so far in Colorado makes mid-year adjustments to school funding to account for changes in enrollment and the local share anticipated.

Court Opinions: US Supreme Court Rules Acts of Omission Can Be Crimes of Violence

The Supreme Court also found that misleading statements are not “false statements” under Title 18 Section 1014 of the U.S. Code.

Court Opinions: PDJ Suspends Attorney Over Unreported Conviction

The disciplinary judge suspended the attorney for a year after finding he didn’t comply with the mandatory reporting requirement in Rule 242.11(c)(1).

When Should a Lawyer Report a Client’s Crime?

The ABA’s ethics committee released a formal opinion explaining various exceptions to Rule 1.6(a)’s confidentiality constraints.

Robyn Smith, James Godbold Join Lyons Gaddis

Colorado law firm Lyons Gaddis announced March 4 that Robyn Smith and James Godbold have joined its team.

Court Opinions: Colorado Supreme Court Holds Courts Can Reimpose Probation on Sentences Served Without Violating Allman v. People

The state Supreme Court also ruled this week that a trial court has no freestanding authority to order discovery absent certain authorizations.

Legal Lowdown: Foley Hoag Adds One, Sirius XM Announces New GC, Reed Smith Opens Denver Office

In case you missed it this week: Foley Hoag added a tax partner, Sirius XM announced a Colorado attorney as its new general counsel and Reed Smith opened a Colorado office.