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All about the ‘quandary’: Judges talk about when Colorado Supreme Court wades into federal cases
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For the most part, cases that are filed in state court proceed linearly through the state trial courts, appellate court and Supreme Court. Likewise, federal cases are heard by a federal trial judge, a federal appeals court and, on rare occasions, the nation’s highest court. But sometimes, when a federal case involves a question of…
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Colorado Supreme Court weighs propriety of financial penalties for job-switching lawyers
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When attorney Grant Bursek left his job for a different law firm, his old employer billed him $18,936 – meaning $1,052 for each of the 18 clients he took with him, pursuant to an agreement he signed months earlier. Now, in a first-of-its kind case, the Colorado Supreme Court is pondering whether law firms may charge…