Author: JIM FLYNN Special to The Gazette
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Money & the Law: Colorado seeks to protect consumers from price gouging
As you may have heard, the Los Angeles fires have generated a rash of price gouging, particularly in regard to residential real estate. Rents have gone into orbit and speculators are busy trying to buy up what’s left of home sites at prices far below their value prior to the fires. This is to be…
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Money & the Law: Court of Appeals not amused by AI ‘hallucinations’
On Dec. 26, the Colorado Court of Appeals found an opportunity to warn litigants that use of generative artificial intelligence in court filings producing false information, including references to nonexistent cases, will not be tolerated and will be grounds for sanctions. This applies to both real lawyers and parties trying to be their own lawyer…
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Money & the Law: Court of Appeals not amused by AI ‘hallucinations’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Dec. 26, the Colorado Court of Appeals found an opportunity to warn litigants that use of generative artificial intelligence in court filings producing false information, including references to nonexistent cases, will not be tolerated…
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Money & the Law: State requires trustees to act prudently in trust beneficiaries’ best interests
Recently (it was probably a bad weather day), I found myself leafing through parts of the Colorado Revised Statutes dealing with fiduciaries. I came upon a statute called the Uniform Prudent Investor Act (C.R.S. 15-1.1-101), which I found interesting. This is a “uniform” law, meaning it was a product of the National Conference of Commissioners…
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Money & the Law: Perhaps Early Warning Services should come with a warning
Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2010 in the aftermath of the Great Recession. It is a large federal agency dedicated to making sure people “are treated fairly by banks.” The CFPB is apparently on the list of federal agencies President-elect Donald Trump thinks we can do without and should be put out…
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Money & the Law: When the lawyer-client relationship turns messy
Let’s say you hire a lawyer in connection with a civil dispute. You’re not happy with your lawyer’s performance, are shopping for a new lawyer to take over your representation, and have declined to pay your current lawyer’s bill. You ask your lawyer for copies of the documents about your case the lawyer has accumulated…
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Nibey & the Law: Laws seek to prevent surprise medical bills
Recently, my household received a short, first-of-its-kind (for us) notice from a health care provider — an imaging center. The notice said that, for an upcoming appointment, there could be two bills. One bill would come from the imaging center itself as a “facilities fee.” This would cover nurses, supplies, equipmen, and other costs associated with…
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Money & the Law: Conviction reinstated amid dispute over expert testimony
On Nov. 4, the Colorado Supreme Court decided a case having to do with expert testimony at a trial. The case in question, People v. Martinez, involved the first-degree murder conviction of a man named Pete Paul Martinez. However, the Colorado Court of Appeals had reversed the conviction because the prosecutor (aka “the people”) had…
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Money & the Law: Do your homework to assess a totaled vehicle’s unique value
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In August, the Colorado Court of Appeals decided a case involving a totaled motor vehicle. The vehicle’s owner claimed her insurance company had breached a Colorado statute when it failed to reimburse her for license…
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Money & the Law: Do your homework to assess a totaled vehicle’s unique value
In August, the Colorado Court of Appeals decided a case involving a totaled motor vehicle. The vehicle’s owner claimed her insurance company had breached a Colorado statute when it failed to reimburse her for license and registration fees (and maybe special ownership tax) she had paid before the accident and that covered time after the…