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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the United States

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

At least seven states have passed amendments in 2024 related to property rights: Louisiana , Illinois , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Alabama , Colorado and Wyoming. Illinois , Colorado , Pennsylvania and Alabama have all tied pore ownership to surface estate rights. Now some are turning their attention to pore space.

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United States: Colorado Tort Law Update - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Mondaq

Colorado is an at-fault, modified comparative negligence state, so a plaintiff can recover only if his or her negligence is less than 50% when compared against the negligence of all other tortfeasor.

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Justices Ponder If Colo. Climate Case Would Open Floodgates

Law 360

Colorado justices on Tuesday asked acity and countyseeking damages against ExxonMobil and Suncor over the local impacts of climate change why such suits don't amount to an attempt to regulate the oil and gas industry, with one justice saying he has "practical concerns" about more municipalities bringing novel climate tort claims.

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Colorado Candidate Accused of Yielding to Blackmail While on the Aspen City Council

JonathanTurley

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep. Perhaps our Colorado lawyers can correct me if I am reading this wrong). However, Colorado does not have such a statute.

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Update: Upcoming Hearings on Motions to Dismiss Climate Change Nuisance Cases in California and New York

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

There are eight other climate change tort cases pending: six alleging nuisance and a variety of other state common law violations in California courts, one claiming state public nuisance along with other state common law and statutory violations in Colorado, and one claiming state public nuisance and trespass in Washington.

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Justices consider next steps in murder case in which prosecution admits error

SCOTUSBlog

The court also agreed to take up a twice-relisted challenge to Colorados ban on conversion therapy. At its last conference, it granted review of a one-time relist asking whether federal courts must follow state law requiring medical malpractice claims to be supported by an expert affidavit.

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Choice of Law in the American Courts in 2023

Conflict of Laws

The court held that plaintiffs had alleged sufficient conduct in the United States to support their Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claim and that the Tort Victim Protection Act (TVPA) permitted aiding and abetting claims against the corporate executives.

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