Tag: Attorney
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Colorado doctor sentenced for taking bribes from pharmaceutical company
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A judge sentenced a former Colorado physician to two years in federal prison for taking over $340,000 in bribes from pharmaceutical companies, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Jeffrey Kesten, 61, of Evergreen, was sentenced Feb. 24. Following his release from prison, he will be on three years of supervised release, according to a news release. “Accepting kickbacks…
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Love them or loathe them: Metro Denver’s pitch people
With advertising taking center stage as much as the football game Sunday, it seemed a good time to reflect on some of the most notorious pitch people to grace the metro Denver airwaves over the years. Area residents remember well Jake Jabs, owner of American Furniture Warehouse, wrestling with tigers; Tom Shane, owner of the…
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Colorado redistricting commissioners deliberated outside public view — after promise of transparency
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s new independent redistricting commission came with a promise of transparency and public inclusion, but in the days leading up to their adoption of a set of legislative maps, commissioners spent significant time working outside of public meetings. In the final two weeks of the…
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Colorado Supreme Court contemplates fate of congressional redistricting commission’s adopted map
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys sparred Tuesday before the Colorado Supreme Court, debating how far the state’s new redistricting commission must go to empower minority voters and whether its congressional map should be used for the next decade. Debate centered on a key passage from the voter-approved amendments that…
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Aurora police brutality victim faces ‘long road’ to recovery, attorney says
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Attorneys for Kyle Vinson said he remained hospitalized and faced “a long road” to recovery a day after the Aurora Police Department released a video of his alleged assault at the hands of officers. Aurora officers John Haubert and Francine Martinez were on leave from…
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Redistricting commissioners plan to ask state Supreme Court for respite on hearings, deadlines
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s independent redistricting commissions are again scrambling to adjust the process and timeline they’re following to redraw the state’s political maps, all caused by a months-long delay in the decennial census. On Monday, the congressional redistricting commission authorized their attorney to draft a pleading they…
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Attorney general: State will receive more than $220,000 in breach settlement with The Home Depot
Colorado will receive more than $220,000 in a multistate settlement with The Home Depot after a data breach that exposed payment information for about 40 million shoppers throughout the country. Attorney General Phil Weiser along with attorneys general from 45 other states and the District of Columbia received $17.5 million in the settlement with the…