Courts

Colorado’s PDJ disbarred an attorney for conduct that violated multiple rules during his time as a founder, general counsel and corporate secretary of a software startup.

The appeals court found that in the case of Houser v. CenturyLink, Houser may borrow plausibility by incorporating allegations from confidential witnesses cited in another complaint.

The 10th Circuit agreed with the district court that the Colorado Court of Appeals erred with regard to the confrontation clause in the Alexander Pogosyan case, but agreed with the district court that the error was harmless.

The Supreme Court ruled the government didn’t meet its burden to disprove the new allegedly unlawful provisions impact others of the rule.

In a multi-decade legal career, Philip Hornbein led the state’s Democratic Party, opposed the Ku Klux Klan and defended many Coloradans in court.

The Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed the declaratory judgment and permanent injunction for Crim. P. 16 compliant materials brought against it by District Attorney Henry Solano.

The 10th Circuit denied a petition for review from Sunnyside Coal Company that contested the benefits awarded to a coal miner under the Black Lung Benefits Act.

Colorado’s PDJ censured an attorney in a reciprocal discipline case after he directed his legal assistant to send a settlement counteroffer after his suspension from the practice of law.

The Colorado Court of Appeals also ruled on Aug. 8 that no implied private right of action to enforce fees and taxes for total loss of a motor vehicle.

Colorado’s PDJ suspended an attorney after she filed an affidavit 11 weeks late without asking for an extension and later misrepresented to her client that she had asked for an extension.