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JK LOL: Oregon May Recriminalize Drugs
By A.J. Firstman | Last updated on
Oregon’s bipartisan Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response met on the last Tuesday in February to vote on a bill simply known as House Bill...
The LA Innocence Project Takes Scott Peterson's Case
By A.J. Firstman | Last updated on
Laci Peterson was eight months pregnant with her son, Connor, when she disappeared from her home in Modesto, California on December 24, 2002 while her husband...
Can I Be Arrested for DUI After the Fact?
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Updated by Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on
Just because you managed to get home, or wherever else you were driving, doesn't mean you're out of the woods yet. You may have managed to avoid the sobriety...
Is It Legal to Spank Your Kids?
Updated by Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Legally reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on
Hitting your children is a sensitive moral topic for many parents, but it is worth discussing whether it is even legal. There is no federal law generally...
The 'Eggshell Plaintiff' Rule
By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Last updated on
The "eggshell plaintiff rule" is a case every American law student studies in the course of learning about liability in battery. For those of you who didn’t...
Could an NFL Owner Face Criminal Charges for Throwing a Drink?
By T. Evan Eosten Fisher, Esq. | Last updated on
Last week at Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, while the hometown Jaguars were trouncing the visiting Carolina Panthers, an unhappy Panthers fan was filmed...
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