Tag:U.S. Supreme Court
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The Alice Conundrum
Intellectual property attorneys working with technology companies have been spending the four years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp v. CLS...
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FCA Whistleblower Gets Favorable Supreme Court Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that whistleblowers have as much time to bring False Claim Act suits as the government would if...
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Community
Case of the Year Goes to Clemency Grant Over Life Without Parole Sentence
Civil rights and personal injury law had a big night at the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association’s annual spring dinner on Thursday.
The night’s Case of...
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Legislature
Colorado Poised for Its Piece of Sports Betting With House Bill 1327
Since a U.S. Supreme Court decision from last May struck down a federal ban on sports gambling, dozens of states have rushed to introduce...
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Supreme Court Takes Up LGBTQ Cases
An issue that has been long-pegged for Supreme Court review — whether sexual orientation and transgender status are federally protected from discrimination — is set...
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Courts
Court Opinions- Apr 22, 2019
Lorenzen v. Pinnacol Assurance
In this bad faith breach of insurance contract case, Richard Lorenzen sued Pinnacol Assurance, his employer’s workers’ compensation insurer, after Pinnacol...
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Community
Weighing Pros and Cons of National Injunctions
After noticing an increasing trend of controversial national injunctions, the University of Colorado Law School faculty decided it was time to unpack major issues...
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Courts
County Employee’s Sworn Testimony Not Protected Speech, 10th Circuit Says
When government workers testify in court as private citizens, is their sworn testimony protected from workplace retaliation under the First Amendment? Not necessarily, according...
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