The opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania has resulted in families without mothers and fathers to raise the children. Grandparents are often the only family members who can watch the children whil… Read More

The law is clear that if a defendant hires a hit man to kill a victim, that defendant would also be guilty of murder. If a defendant prank calls the police instead, the legal outcome should… Read More

With new year upon us many a law enacted over the last year will all be taking effect at once. Among all this newly effected legislation, marijuana laws have taken an enormous role. The lega… Read More

After the FCC ruling on net neutrality, several states have taken independent action to make these requirements a part of their state law and give you back the consumer protections that go a… Read More

Last October, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 54, or California Values Act, a law that would make California a sanctuary state. The new law went into effect after the New Year a… Read More

Tech giant apple has been in hot water over the couple weeks after the revelations of the dramatically named “Batterygate.” “Batterygate” is a term that has been used… Read More

On December 12, 2017, Doug Jones won an upset special election to become Alabama’s next United States Senator. His opponent, Roy Moore, has refused to concede. Instead, the former stat… Read More

Amtrak Cascades Train 501 crashed at DuPont, Washington State, on December 18, 2017. This was the first run on the Point Defiance Bypass, a new rail route close to Tacoma, Washington. The ne… Read More

The Supreme Court has heard the oral arguments on the first substantial LGBT rights case of since Neil Gorsuch was appointed as a Justice. The case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Ci… Read More

The last week has seen an uproar over news that, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) source, the Trump administration had banned the words vulnerable, entitlement… Read More

Divorces today are very different from the divorces available to your parents and grandparents. If your grandparents wanted a divorce, they had to explain to a judge why a divorce was necess… Read More

The fight over transgender has moved from the bedroom to the recruiting station. On July 26, 2017, Mr. Trump announced via Twitter that transgender individuals would not be allowed to &ldquo&hell…Read More

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created back in 1970 with the goal of–lo and behold–protecting human health and the environment. It does this in a number of ways, b… Read More

Ashawnty Davis, age 10, died December 1, 2017 after being taken off life support at a children’s hospital. She died two weeks after she was found hanging in a closet at home. Her paren… Read More

This year has seen data breach after data breach on unprecedented levels–Yahoo, Uber, Equifax, and more. We’ve seen multiple breaches in one year which have each broken previous… Read More

One of the most controversial aspects of child custody is who has physical custody. Schedules can differ wildly from 90/10 (where one parent has custody 90% of the time and the other parent… Read More

With the GOP tax plan jelling into a final form–reaching a compromise between the Republican majority in the House and Senate–we will likely see a vote on a plan before the… Read More

Just a few days back, multiple Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jake Bernstein released a report detailing the first appearance of President Trump in the financial scandal that is the Panam… Read More

The Supreme Court has granted the federal government’s request to fully enforce the set of restrictions known as the “travel ban” while the Appeals Courts hear the merits o… Read More

Governor Chris Christie might have one last opportunity to salvage his reputation before he leaves office next year: Christie vs. NCAA, arguably the biggest states rights case that the Supre… Read More

The FCC has announced a final vote on removing net neutrality rules in the next few weeks. We’ve talked about net neutrality before and, unfortunately, predicted a slightly rosier futu… Read More

Dr. Anna Konopka of New Hampshire was forced to surrender her medical license because she was unable to use a computer. The 84-year-old doctor turned over her medical license in October, but… Read More

Honoring our military veterans, the people who chose to risk their lives to fight for our country, is incredibly important. Part of that needs to include helping them find a life, and a job… Read More

Uber Technologies Inc., joins Yahoo, Target, Equifax, and other companies as a target for hackers. Hackers allegedly stole personal data of 57 million Uber users and drivers. The hackers sto… Read More

The popular trip planning website, TripAdvisor, is under fire for alleging deleting user reviews of criminal activity in hotels. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a story revealing th… Read More

Last Friday, the House passed its version of tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the “Cut Cut Cut Act”, as the President calls it (and grammatical nonsense, as my spell che… Read More

A backdoor from tech companies like Google and Apple allowing access to encrypted information stored on suspects devices has been something on the federal law enforcement wish list for some… Read More

The latter half of 2017 has been a tsunami of sexual assault allegations against prominent politicians and Hollywood men. In most states, sexual assault is unconsented intention sexual conta… Read More

The accusations of sex crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein have come thick and fast over the last month. As of now, over 80 women have come forward accusing Weinstein of every degree of hei… Read More

A lawsuit over a 17-year-old illegal immigrant’s right to get an abortion has seen many twists and turns since it was brought by the ACLU a little over a month ago–the most recen… Read More

A 17-year old girl who realized she was pregnant while being held in an immigration detention center in has found herself at the center of an ongoing lawsuit over her right to get an abortio… Read More

Over a year since the law was passed the State Department has begun enforcing provisions of the International Megan’s Law to Prevent Child Exploitation and Other Sexual Crimes Through… Read More

Juli Briskman was riding her bicycle on Lowes Island Boulevard mid-afternoon on Oct. 28 when she found herself in the same lane as the motorcade of President Trump, which was leavi… Read More

Early this month, the Alabama Senate race between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones took a new turn. A Washington Post piece accused Roy Moore of sexually molesting a then 14-year… Read More

It’s been over a year since Colin Kaepernick chose to take a knee during the national anthem in protest of the treatment of people of color in the U.S. At the time, the act was controv… Read More

In Texas and Florida, you might go to jail for failing to pay for your furniture. Rental companies in the state had successfully lobbied for a little-known law that allows rental companies t… Read More

With Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s first indictments, new questions have arisen regarding Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony regarding Russia and the Trump campaign. Du… Read More

A little over a week ago the special counsel on the investigation into Russian involvement in our most recent election, Robert Mueller, made his most substantial moves since taking over the… Read More

Have you ever been abused by a major bank? It’s happened to many people. Sometimes, Wells Fargo opens an account you never authorized and charges you fees for it. Other times, Bank of… Read More

Federal immigration agents were filmed arresting a man working inside an Oregon home, even though the self-described agents admitted they didn’t have a warrant to be inside the house… Read More

The Equifax breach has, rightly so, been a heat magnet for the credit reporting giant in the media. It’s also been a lawsuit magnet as the company has faced a tremendous number of suit… Read More

The Equifax breach has released personal information of nearly half of the population of the United States. 143 million people out of 323 million total have had their personal or financial d… Read More

Criminal law is based on the subjective intent of the defendants. In other words, did the defendant intend to do what the law considers a crime? Intent can be very important, as it separates… Read More

Our news cycle has been filled with tragedies. Fires have been sweeping through California, hurricanes destroyed many homes in the U.S., and shocking instances of shootings have cropped up i… Read More

The brother of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar–the 71-year-old Roberto de Jesus Escobar–has been in an ongoing legal battle with Netflix for almost a year now. Roberto Escoba… Read More

Pharmaceuticals have not been enjoying the greatest couple years when it comes to the court of public opinion. From Martin Shkreli’s infamous price jacking to recent price fixing convi… Read More

Many child custody cases are heart-breaking, but the most horrific cases involve children who were forcibly conceived. The law struggles with what appears to be the easiest of questions: do… Read More

Earlier this October, Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III ordered the Justice Department to argue in court that transgender people are not protected by the Civil Rights Act. T… Read More

Growing up, my family would often spend Saturday mornings just visiting our local Toys R Us. If we couldn’t convince our parents to buy the latest Transformers or Game Boys, we’d… Read More

The recent shootings in Las Vegas were the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. Mass shootings are not always well defined, some definitions require deaths, some injuries. Regardless of… Read More

Rebecca Bredow was sentenced to a week in jail after she refused a court order to vaccinate her nine year old son. Bredow and her ex-husband had initially agreed to vaccinate their nine year… Read More

The last week has seen an incredible tragedy in Las Vegas. It’s hard to imagine there are many who have not already heard of the incident. However, for those who have not, on October f… Read More

As marijuana–either medical or recreational–has seen increasing legalization across the country, the implications of that legalization have led to any number of legal concerns. O… Read More

An upcoming Supreme Court may render “No Trespass” signs useful. Normally, signs forbidding trespassing are useless because the Jehovah’s Witness or salesperson will ignore… Read More

In a twist of irony, a manufacturer of cold-brew coffee by the name of “Death Wish Coffee” (named such for how strong their coffee is) has discovered that its manufacturing proce… Read More

What if I told you the government had the ability to obtain all your smartphone records and use them to track your every location? Probably nothing, since it doesn’t personally affect… Read More

Out in Illinois, a federal court has recently ruled that Attorney General Sessions cannot fully follow through on his threat to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities. In a c… Read More

During a divorce, ex-spouses will be tempted to use every advantage to “win” the case. Since spouses were often intimate during their marriage – even sharing private inform… Read More

In the last couple days, a lawsuit has been filed in a San Diego area District Court, seeking to stop the construction of President Trump’s border wall. The lawsuit is a 53-page behemo… Read More

During winter, the temperature drop in Minnesota can paralyze most vehicles. Each morning, J.V. would start his car and leave it in the driveway before leaving for work. One morning in 2016… Read More

“I, take you, for my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse…in sickness and health, until death do us part.” Most people wan… Read More

President Trump has declared the upcoming death knell of the Deferred Action for Children Act (DACA)-an Obama era program allowing immigrants who’ve been here most of their life to rec… Read More

As of September 5th, it is official, President Trump has announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The program, created by executive order from former-Pr… Read More

Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times has failed. U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff dismissed Palin’s suit late August. Palin’s suit focused on an edi… Read More

After President Trump’s impromptu tweet, declaring a ban on transgender persons in the military, the Pentagon made it clear that they would not act until a more official statement was… Read More

The U.S has suffered two serious hurricanes in two weeks-Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida. There have been deaths and injuries. Many have lost all they own, over 200,0… Read More

In January 2013, an Australian teenager shared a Facebook picture of his Subway Footlong Sandwich alongside a measuring tape, showing that the advertised “Footlong Sandwich” was… Read More

One of the most common disagreements when parents share child custody, but live in separate households, is when and where to drop-off the kids. At first glance, it seems simple: just pick a… Read More

Over the last couple years, Uber has become virtually synonymous with legal troubles. They’ve faced case after case on everything from employment law to trade secret issues to sexual h… Read More

What does it take to lose custody of your child to the state? Usually it is very difficult, as most states don’t want the burden of having to raise a child. However, that hasn’t… Read More

It hasn’t been a good year in the courts for the integrity of Texas voting. They’ve had their voter ID laws ruled to be made with the purpose of discriminating against minorities… Read More

In the wake of the violent “Unite the Right” in Charlottesville, there have been a series of counter protests where Confederate statues are torn down. The term “Confederate… Read More

Americans on both sides of the political aisle have worked to limit the usage of civil asset forfeiture.  For those who don’t watch John Oliver or read the Federalist, civil asset… Read More

Everybody knows Google, much to the pleasure of Google itself. Google is one of the largest brands in the world and the best known. If you’ve used the internet odds are pretty good you… Read More

One of the most common questions when spouses file for divorce is: “do I get spousal support?” or “do I have to pay spousal support?” In California, at least, this is… Read More

John Oliver is a funny guy, he frames serious issues in silly-oftentimes hilarious ways. However, if you happen to be a coal mining tycoon by the name of Robert Murray, you may be a bit less… Read More

Officers McCall and Rhodes of the Albemarle County Police Department were looking for a motorcycle driver who had escaped them on two separate incidents. The officers pursued the motorcycle… Read More

In Charlotte, we saw a man run down peaceful protesters with his car in cold blood. He killed a woman and injured others. However, was it really a surprise to see this coming from somebody a… Read More

Amy Fabbriniand Eric Ziegler lost custody of their two sons, Christopher and Hunter, shortly after they were born. Oregon’s Department of Human Services (DHS) allegedly removed both bo… Read More

Charlottesville, Virginia is on everybody’s lips. In response to the removal of Confederate monuments, neo-Nazis, KKK members, white supremacists, militia, hard right conservatives, an… Read More

As we’ve already discussed, a recent court ruling determined that when a politician blocks somebody from a social media account used for official business-even if made through private… Read More

Social media is everywhere. While sites like Facebook have been around for a while, the sheer number of social media outlets, the number of people on them, and the number of things they are… Read More

Martin Shkreli is, quite arguably, one of the most hated men in the United States of America. After drawing the ire of the nation a few years back with his choice to increase the price of a… Read More

Over the last year or so, we’ve talked quite a bit about the strides made in LGBT employment rights taken by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). We’ve seen enormo… Read More

Former Google software engineer James Damore was fired by Google for writing a memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber” that critics have labeled as “anti-dive… Read More

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury has begun issuing subpoenas into the June 2016 meeting between the President’s son, son-in-law, second campaign manager, and lawyers f… Read More

Over the weekend, another Fox News host has come under fire for sexual harassment. Fox News suspended Eric Bolling after three women accused him of sending lewd photos. Twitter users were qu… Read More

Defining the constitutional outer limits of abortion law has been one of the hardest fought battles in the history of law. To be frank it is a battle that continues to be fought through… Read More

Most family law cases make it from petition to marital settlement agreement without having to involve the police or a criminal prosecutor. However, there are cases when a partner is abusive… Read More

In the U.S., tips are an enormous part of how some people make a living. This is because tipping, and a practice of tip credits, is a common way employers can pay less than minimum wage to t… Read More

The relationship between Trump and the LGBT community is a confusing one to say the least–at least for Trump himself. During the election he repeatedly said that he would be better for… Read More

One of the underreported details of the 9/11 attacks is that the hijackers illegally obtained Florida driver’s licenses to board the planes. Although a few of the IDs were forged, most… Read More

In the wake of our most recent election, both sides of the political aisle have been consistently calling foul on the election process itself. On one side, the potential of Russian influence… Read More

As marijuana has become legalized in more and more areas and manners, more and more rulings have come out saying that this still doesn’t mean an employer can’t fire you for using… Read More

Missouri is rolling back employment discrimination protections to protect businesses from frivolous lawsuits. At least, that’s the rationale Governor Eric Greitens would have everyone… Read More

Juicy Fruit may not be the gum with the longest lasting flavor but, say what you will, their yellow packaging is immediately recognizable. The same is true of the green packaging on Doublemi… Read More

If you were convicted of a drug crime, would you choose between jail time and the ability to have children? This might seem a faux choice, but this is the choice that repetitive criminal def… Read More

Famous ex-football player OJ Simpson succeeded just last week in a parole hearing before the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners. As famous as his football days are, Mr. Simpson is obviousl… Read More

Since the middle of the year, the California Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) has been hit by a series of “flash mob” robberies. Between May and June, groups of 40-60 young p… Read More

Social media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have completely changed how we communicate –not just with close friends and family, but with the world at large. Many people have fou… Read More