Colorado Law Compass

Can I Get Served at Work?

On the list of embarrassing things, getting served with a lawsuit has to be near the top (right below having your ex show up at your wedding or losing control of a bodily function in public).  But is it illegal?
Unfortunately, no.
According to Rule 4(e)(1) of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, a lawsuit can be [...]

How to Avoid Identity Theft

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 [...]

What Happens When a Creditor Makes a False Credit Report?

Maybe this has happened to you: You pay off a credit card.  The credit card company reports to a credit bureau that you are delinquent on the debt.  You dispute the report.  The credit card company corrects the report.  Then it happens three more times.  The credit card company reports default.  You dispute.  Credit [...]

How to Fight Your Landlord

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Can My Landlord Lock Me Out of My Apartment?

Whether or not your landlord can lock you out of your apartment seems like it would be an easy question to answer: no.  But it still happens.
Under Colorado law, a landlord cannot lock a tenant out of her apartment, or “exlcude” her, without first resorting to court process. A landlord can effectively exclude a tenant [...]

How to Act if You Get Stopped by the Police

Where a Bounced Check Can Land You

If you’ve had a checking account, at some point you’ve probably been in the red.  It’s especially an easy thing to do in this Electronic Age when all you have to do is whip out your debit card and keeping track of your balance can be either as easy as checking it online or as [...]

One Way to Talk Yourself Out of a Traffic Ticket

I’m not sayin’ it’ll work.  But we’re just throwin’ stuff up to see what sticks.

5 Things to Ask for in a Debt Settlement Negotiation to Save Money

Know what I hate? I hate having any work done on my car. I hate going into the shop and being at the complete mercy of the mechanic, because I don’t know anything about how cars work. Well, I don’t know anything about how cars that were built after 1980 work. [...]