New Rules Issued for Colorado’s Judicial Evaluations
Colorado has new rules on deck that will control its judicial performance commissions and how they evaluate the state’s judges.
The Office of Judicial Performance...
Court Opinions- Jan 22, 2018
People v. Fields and People v. Reed
On the night of Jan. 29, 2017, the Florence Police Department received a 911 call from a woman...
Defining ‘Contraband’
The Colorado Supreme Court last week announced it will hear a marijuana case that once again highlighted the gray area of the law created...
Law Firm Defends Fraud Claims Before Supreme Court
Denver law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs was party to a lawsuit before the Colorado Supreme Court earlier in January. The case, heard by...
Reaching Across Oceans
The U.S. Supreme Court will, for the second time, consider WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical Corporation, which has subverted legislation about jurisdictional boundaries of patent...
Colorado Lawmakers Back Hemp
A group of lawmakers filed an amicus brief on Jan. 11 in a case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the Drug...
Court Opinions- Jan 15, 2018
Department of Revenue v. Rowland
The Colorado Supreme Court considered whether section 42-2-126(8)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes requires all written statements from non-law enforcement...
Colorado Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Frozen Embryo Case
The Colorado Supreme Court has the unusual responsibility of deciding which parent has control over cryogenically frozen embryos.
The state’s highest court heard oral arguments...
Rules Unveiled for Speeding up FLSA Cases
Lawsuits over claims of unpaid minimum wage and overtime have filled up federal dockets and often get bogged down in crisscrossing discovery motions. But...
Court Opinions- Jan 08, 2018
United States v. Stine
In August 2015, Mikeal Stine was convicted by a jury on two counts of threatening a U.S. Magistrate Judge and one...