Colorado Law Compass

Court Certifies Class Action Against Wal-Mart

This is not good news for Wal-Mart.  In a sharply divided, 6-5, opinion, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals certified a class action sexual discrimination lawsuit against the world’s largest private employer.  Under the ruling, Wal-Mart will have to face charges that it pays women less than men for the same jobs and that [...]

Door to Door Magazine Sales Scam on the Rise

I live in a neighborhood with lots of kids.  When one of them has a fundraiser, they know I’m an easy mark.  Every February I dread the onlsaught of Girl Scouts, well not so much the Girl Scouts, but the cookies they bear.
But when it comes to strangers soliciting me, I have a simple rule: [...]

New Colorado Car Seat Law for Kids Makes Its Way Through Senate – Big Government Opponents Apoplectic

A proposed law that would require all children under eight to be in booster seats when riding in a vehicle has made it over its first hurdle in the Colorado Senate.  The law would eliminate height and weight requirements and put in place an across the board requirement.
While the bill made it past this first [...]

Three Lawyers Banned from Collecting Debts in Colorado

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced March 9th that attorneys from the Consumer Protection Section have reached a settlement with attorneys Jack H. Boyajian, Marvin Brandon and Karen Nations, their four law firms and one associated business barring them from violating Colorado’s debt-collection and consumer-protection laws.
The consent decree, approved Monday, March 8, by a Denver [...]

Top Consumer Complaints of 2009

In recognition of National Consumer Protection Week, the Colorado Attorney General released a list of the top consumer complaints of 2009, published here for your information:
Type of business/Number of Complaints

Rebate offers 631
Utility complaints (cable and satellite television) 254
Roofing and gutter contractors 193
Health food and nutritional supplements 145
Timeshare resales and vacant lot resales 129
Computer training [...]

The Art of Writing a Demand Letter

Colorado Law Compass wants to congratulate Texas lawyer Bill Ogletree for yesterday’s wave of unwanted attention in the blawgosphere.  Mr. Ogletree’s name was all over the place for a Smoking Gun story about a letter he wrote to the City of Houston, Continental Airlines, and the Houston airport’s food court management company.  During a layover [...]

States Consider Ban on Employee Credit Checks

Tough economic times have a way of compounding problems. What happens when the unemployed can no longer pay all of their bills?  Unfortunately, a debtor’s story of woe is probably not going to be enough to keep a creditor from reporting late payments or an account in default.  When that happens, finding a job with [...]

Is Alcoholism a Disability?

It’s Saturday night.  You decide to head down to the Moose Lodge and have a few brewskis, hang out with your pals, enjoy yourself.  Time to head home.  What?  No, you don’t need a cab.  You’re fine to drive.  Problem is, you’re not.  You rear end another car and send the driver and passenger to [...]

Would You Like Some Ammo with that Latte?

Starbucks has been on the firing line this week, defending itself against gun control advocates who are pushing it to ban guns in its coffee shops.  Since I kind of lost my taste for guns and hunting after taking a hunter safety course and going rabbit hunting when I was 14, I haven’t kept up [...]

Is Facebook Fueling Divorce?

The U.K.’s Telegraph has a great article on an informal study that facebook may be causing an uptick in divorce.  While the popular social networking site is likely more a symptom than a cause, it is fascinating that there are so many references to the site in recent divorce petitions.  It never ceases to amaze [...]