Tag:U.S. Supreme Court

Granular Statute Language Could Have Broad Implications for Patent Seekers

The U.S. Supreme Court had its plate full of noteworthy cases for last week’s oral arguments. Among the most newsmaking were a potential re-interpretation...

Supreme Court Analyzes Colorado’s Sentencing Scheme

Colorado criminal courts can hand out enhanced prison sentences when they determine that the crimes committed had “extraordinary aggravating circumstances.” The state Supreme Court...

Companies See Publicity Opportunity in Dropping Arbitration After #MeToo

Facebook, Google and Uber have more in common than all being tech companies that have achieved dominance in Silicon Valley despite not existing two...

Fred Yarger Rejoins Gibson Dunn

Voters decided last Tuesday that Phil Weiser will become the state’s next attorney general in January. And when he takes over, his office will...

The Difference Two Decades Make

The thriving startup economy in Denver and Boulder has been a rising tide that raised a number of ships, including patent law practices like...

SCOTUS Denies Cert to Colorado Prisoner Rights Case

A prisoner rights case that originated in Colorado fell short of getting U.S. Supreme Court review, but it did get recognition from Justice Sonia...

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...

SCOTUS to Hear Key Copyright Case

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari in a case, Fourth Estate v. WallStreet.com, that will determine a simple but critical question affecting copyrights...