What one needs to know about what happens after a civil complaint is served in Colorado (response ti
This is informational only as we do not provide legal advice. Once served or otherwise notified of the Plaintiff's Complaint, the Defendant has a number of decisions that must be made. In the vast majority of cases, the Defendant's first step is to file an Answer with the court, responding to the Complaint's factual allegations and legal claims, and asserting "affirmative defenses" to those claims. If the Defendant were served within the State, the Answer in a state-court cas
Cyber (in) Security
Client Confidentiality in the Digital Age” by Ed Finkel was originally published in the May edition of the Illinois Bar Journal. It is republished here with permission. The pathways for breaching client confidentiality — whether due to simple carelessness or inadequate security — continue to multiply as technology advances. One Illinois attorney responded to a bad review on Avvo in a way that the ARDC said violated client confidentiality. Another uploaded to YouTube a video r
