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Thinking About Lying on Your Bankruptcy Petition? Bad idea.

Friday, May 14, 2010

I’d never condemn someone for lying. Perhaps there is someone out there who has never lied, never told an untruth. But I haven’t met that person. Let me be clear, however. I don’t condone lying. But I can understand why someone would. And I will give a person who asks me if he should lie in [...]

Colorado Man Goes to Prison for Lying on Loan Application

Friday, April 30, 2010

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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 [...]

Court Certifies Class Action Against Wal-Mart

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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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

Friday, April 23, 2010

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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

Thursday, March 18, 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 first [...]

Three Lawyers Banned from Collecting Debts in Colorado

Thursday, March 11, 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 Denver [...]

Top Consumer Complaints of 2009

Tuesday, March 9, 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 vacant lot resales 129 Computer training [...]

The Art of Writing a Demand Letter

Tuesday, March 9, 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 [...]

Is Alcoholism a Disability?

Friday, March 5, 2010

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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?

Thursday, March 4, 2010

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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 [...]

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