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Posted on 27 September 2012.

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INTENDING TO FILE SUIT:?A former aide to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock fired for alleged sexual harassment has filed notice that he intends to sue the city, seeking more than $362,000.?Wayne McDonald was fired?in May from his $85,000-a-year job after allegations of ?serious misconduct? were lodged against him by a female police officer.?On Tuesday, McDonald?s attorney also filed a complaint with the city?s Board of Ethics against Hancock, the police officer and Amber Miller ? Hancock?s press secretary.

THANK GOODNESS! Reports suggest that the NFL, with Proskauer Rose advising, is close to a deal with the locked out refs.

ADVANCED TRAFFIC ALERT NOTICE: 1-25 to shut down for hours next week for Presidential debate.

SETTLING: Cordillera Golf Club dispute.

FINALISTS NAMED for opening on Colorado Court of Appeals bench.

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THAT?S A NEW ROLE:?Tom Tancredo is many things to many people: a conservative?firebrand, staunchanti-immigration activist, a 2010 Coloradogubernatorial candidate, a former Republican congressman, but last week he took on another provocative title ? marijuana legalization advocate.

LAW? TRUMPS TRADITION: A Mississippi man has taken his wife?s last name after the ACLU complained he was told by state officials that he would?need a court order to do so because it was not traditional.

CHARTING NINE NATIONAL GC MOVES.

LAW FIRMS AS E-DISCOVERY VENDORS?

SURVIVING LATEST CUTS: Courthouses in Grand Junction, Durango.

SOCCER MOM MADAM yesterday pleaded guilty in New York to charges that she promoted prostitution.

HEARING APPEAL OVER FEDERAL MARRIAGE LAW: New York federal court.

PLANNING A PRICE INCREASE: Denver Water.

ETHNICITY, NOT IDEOLOGY, SPLITS 9TH CIRCUIT in this immigration case.

AND THIS IMMIGRATION CASE IN TEXAS is the source for a rallying cry for many.

TODAY?S 10TH CIRCUIT DECISIONS

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