Judge punishes lawyer for using hashtag

A Pennsylvania judge recently overturned a $27.8 million verdict against the makers of the blood thinner Xarelto in a lawsuit by an Indiana woman who claimed the drug caused severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Judge Michael Erdos issued a judgment despite the decision as a result of a declaration by the recommending specialist for offended party Lynn …

Drinking & Driving Regulations in the United States

Drunk driving is a particularly significant issue in the US, where drunk driving has been a factor somewhere in the range of 40% of all fatalities. More than 1.8 million individuals are arrested for drunk driving every year. Arbitrary breathalyzer tests are allowed in a few states, while others require police to have reason to stop …

Deactivating President Trump’s Twitter Account

Many individuals fantasize about sensational approaches to stop their employment. One mysterious Twitter representative purportedly followed up on one such dream. For eleven minutes in November of 2017, President Trump’s own Twitter account was deactivated. Twitter’s underlying clarification was that the deactivation was because of human error. In any case, it appears this was no …

49 Alabama sheriffs are sued over pocketed inmate-meal funds.

Two civil rights groups have sued 49 Alabama sheriffs to learn whether they personally pocketed unspent money used for inmate meals. The sheriffs may be relying on a “dubious interpretation” of state law that says they may “keep and retain” leftover prisoner meal money, according to a press release by the groups that filed suit, …

Penalties for drinking and driving in the US

Punishments for DWI/DUI’s usually include fines, possible jail time, and even on-the-spot driver’s license suspension. A first conviction for drunk driving offenses are a substantial fine and suspension of your license for up to 6 months. In nearly 40 states, jail time from 1 to 60 days is required after the first or second offense …

The Legal Repercussions of Drink and Driving

The sound of a siren, the red glimmering lights and a man in uniform thumping at your driver side window. The officer has pulled you over for suspicious driving. In the event that the officer notices a smell of alcohol, you have some slurred speech or general ambiguity to your situation, you will be requested …

Does Law Enforcement Need a Warrant to Obtain Cell-Site Location Data?

When you make or get a call or text with your mobile device, your carrier stores data about which cell tower transmitted your signal, in the general territory where you might be located when that transmission happened. Courts have been differing for quite some time about whether this information accumulated by your cellphone provider can …

How can hiring a Criminal Defense Attorney help my Drunk Driving case?

Criminal Defense lawyers who have expertise in drunk driving cases are regularly better suited to speak to the individuals who are arrested for drunk driving. This is due to these lawyers have the abilities, expertise, and knowledge required to effectively speak to their clients, particularly in cases including improper BAC and Field Sobriety testing. In …

Suspended Rhode Island lawyer jailed for failing to pay sanction

A suspended Rhode Island legal counselor has been imprisoned on a common scorn charge for neglecting to pay more than $11,000 for an endorse forced for making deceptions to the court. The “legal counselor and provocateur,” Keven A. McKenna of Providence, was arrested on Tuesday, the Providence Journal reports. On Thursday evening, McKenna’s legal counselor …

Probable Cause and DUIs: Things to Know

Some states refer drunk driving as Driving Under the Influence (DUI), others refer to it as Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and a small number of states called it Operating Under the Influence (OUI). This criminal offense generally includes either driving under the influence of alcohol to the extent it impairs your physical and mental abilities, …