Author: Jim Flynn

Although various members of Congress continue to try to put it out of business, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) marches on in pursuit of its mission of making banks, lenders and other financial institutions treat people fairly. Along those lines, on Nov. 20, the CFPB announced it had settled multiple claims against Toyota Motor…

Recently, I had occasion to look at a claim summary form from a health insurance company that provides “Medigap” coverage — that is, coverage for health care costs not paid by Medicare. As usual, I was amazed at the difference between what health care providers purport to charge for their services and what they actually receive,…

A frequent topic in the media these days is the attorney-client privilege. This is probably a consequence of the volume of high-profile legal controversies now making headlines and the comings and goings of the legions of lawyers involved in these controversies. But what is the attorney-client privilege? Well, it’s a legal doctrine founded on considerations…

There’s an old saying — good fences make good neighbors. However, this is not always true. Take, for example, the case of Cronk v. Bowers, decided by the Colorado Court of Appeals in July. The facts go like this. Going back to at least 1975, a mile-long fence existed separating rural properties in Washington County…

Technology has, of course, produced a mix of good things and bad. It has placed a vast amount of information (some of it even reliable) within easy reach. However, it has also allowed personal information to be captured and used for targeted marketing and other intrusions into daily life, and it has enhanced the risk…

As you may have heard, President Biden’s German shepherd, Commander, has been denied further occupancy privileges at the White House. That’s because, in his apparent efforts to protect the president, he got in the way of Secret Service agents whose job it is to protect the president. Specifically, Commander, on a couple of occasions, bit…

In September, the Colorado Court of Appeals found itself dealing with yet another case wherein one side wanted the case decided by arbitration and the other side wanted the case decided by a court. The facts in the case went like this. In August 2020, Debra Wood died in a fire at her apartment in…

It probably won’t surprise you to know that consumer fraud is not unique to the United States. Thanks in large part to the borderless phenomenon known as the internet, consumer fraud is international in scope. With that thought in mind, I was interested to learn there is an organization in place dedicated to combating consumer…

To my readers: Since I’ve been slowed by a hip joint surgery, this week’s column is a rerun — from 30 years ago. I think it’s still relevant to our times. I recently returned from a little two-day trial in Glenwood Springs where I was doing what most lawyers do for a living — helping…

Contrary to what you might think, pawnbrokers don’t loan money. They purchase tangible personal property (jewelry, musical instruments, televisions, bicycles, etc.) and give the seller a right to buy the property back within a certain period of time and at a fixed price (which, of course, is higher than the price they originally paid for…