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

18. March 2010

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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 [...]

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What You Need to Know About Buying a Salvage Vehicle

11. March 2010

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Find yourself a nice car on craigslist?  Says it has a “salvage title”?  What’s that?  The Colorado Attorney General’s website has some info: In Colorado, a “salvage vehicle” is any vehicle that is damaged by collision, fire, flood, accident, trespass, or other occurrence, excluding hail damage, to the extent that the cost of repairing the [...]

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Three Lawyers Banned from Collecting Debts in Colorado

11. March 2010

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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 [...]

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Top Consumer Complaints of 2009

9. March 2010

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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 [...]

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The Art of Writing a Demand Letter

9. March 2010

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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 [...]

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