Summary Judgment
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What’s in a name? 2 federal judges hold ‘hearings’ differently than advertised
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Soon after her appointment to Colorado’s U.S. District Court in 2021, Judge Regina M. Rodriguez implemented a new procedure for handling motions for summary judgment — meaning one party in a civil lawsuit is asking to end the case in their favor without a trial. She began requiring lawyers to identify, in chart format, all of…
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Colorado justices ease path for successful civil defendants to turn around, sue plaintiffs
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The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday embraced a lower hurdle for successful defendants in civil cases to turn around and sue the plaintiffs for allegedly entangling them in baseless litigation. A person may sue for malicious prosecution when someone knowingly initiates a criminal or civil legal proceeding that lacks merit and the case ends in…