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A Colorado Supreme Court justice said Thursday that third-party oversight of judges' conduct was crucial to maintaining the public's trust in the legal system, speaking as part of an American Bar Association panel that touched on recent controversies, including those involving U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and his wife.

A former Epsilon Data Management executive was well aware that a division of the direct marketing and data company was selling information about millions of consumers to fraudsters and worked to keep the firm's general counsel in the dark about the details, federal prosecutors told a Denver jury Tuesday.

A Colorado federal jury on Friday awarded the rival of a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier $6.7 million for the larger company's monopolistic practices, hours after a judge scolded the Berkshire company's lawyer because he "crossed a line" during closings.

Current and former executives for construction distribution companies told a Denver jury Wednesday they believed a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supply company pressured them not to do business with a smaller rival, with one witness saying he initially stuck with the Berkshire supplier because it didn't seem like an "idle threat."

A construction supplier told a Colorado federal jury Monday that a Berkshire Hathaway-owned rival tried to smother its entry into the calcium silicate industrial insulation market, alleging the larger company warned customers to stay away from the newcomer so that it could maintain its monopoly.

A Colorado state judge on Thursday upheld a state environmental agency's decision to require a coal mine to monitor and limit water pollution from a series of stormwater discharge sources flowing into the North Fork Gunnison River, finding evidence that the discharge sources are connected to the mine's industrial activity.

A Colorado federal judge has dismissed a shareholder suit against commercial electric vehicle company Lightning eMotors, agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that the shareholders failed to bring specific allegations that the company knowingly misled investors on matters like its production capacity.

A Hispanic Denver sports broadcaster opened up to a Colorado federal jury Monday about his substance abuse struggles and stint in a drug rehabilitation center, laying out how he was subsequently treated differently by management for Altitude Sports & Entertainment LLC and its parent company, pro sports empire Kroenke Sports & Entertainment LLC.

A recent law school graduate on Wednesday urged a Colorado state judge to order the state's legal licensing authority to give him extra time on this month's bar exam, laying out in sometimes emotional testimony how his visual impairments and ADHD affect his ability to take the test and how state officials have failed to accommodate him.

The Trump campaign on Tuesday said a Colorado appellate panel should throw out a defamation suit against it by a former Dominion Voting Systems executive because comments made by Sidney Powell and Rudy Guiliani and others were protected by litigation privilege, a position it said was bolstered by a recent state high court decision protecting lawyers' public statements.