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 [...]

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How to Avoid Identity Theft

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Department of Labor Launches Disability Nondiscrimination Advisor

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the availability of a new tool to help America’s employers ensure their employment policies and practices do not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities. The interactive, online Disability Nondiscrimination Law Advisor helps employers quickly determine which federal disability nondiscrimination laws apply to their [...]

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How to Calculate Child Support

How To Calculate Child Support on Howcast

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Colorado Man Goes to Prison for Lying on Loan Application

Seems like no big deal, doesn’t it?  What harm could there be in lying on a loan application?  While the story below does seem pretty severe, if a lender finds out that you lied on a loan application, there will be consequences.  You could lose your loan or be sued for the amount of the [...]

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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: [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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How to File a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission

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