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This article is provided and authored by LegalShield, Along with the joy and fun pets bring to our lives, they also bring the occasional headache. These tips may help you avoid common legal disputes involving your family pets. Call your LegalShield provider law firm if you need assistance. Keep your pet under control at all times. You […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Immigration Council (Council) welcome a decision released Friday evening by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Flores v. Lynch, No. 85-04544 (C.D.Ca.), which ruled that children should generally be released from detention within five days-preferably to a parent, including a parent with whom they […]
With a crime on someone’s record, there’s a good chance that an arrest by immigration authorities will be followed by detention. When a noncitizen comes into the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), one of the first things that the deportation officer will do is determine whether or not to grant a bond. A […]
This article is provided and authored by LegalShield, Many people believe all of their online communication is protected and private but in many cases this is not true. Your online communications may impact attorney confidentiality, be used against you in legal proceedings or lead to civil defamation suits. It is vital to protect yourself by […]
A recent change in North Carolina law has restricted who is eligible for expunctions of convictions older than 15 years. If you were convicted of DWI over 15 years ago, you have until December 1, 2015 to file your petition to have that conviction expunged from your criminal record. Any petitions for DWI expunctions filed […]
According to The Charlotte Observer, the State Highway Patrol and Wildlife Resources Commission have announced their most recent crackdown on DWI and BWI (boating while impaired). The appropriately-named campaign is called “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink & Drive.” As a note, the legal limit blood-alcohol content for boating in the State of North […]
Many drivers this time of year tend to find themselves in trouble with the law for driving after having one too many drinks at the office Christmas party or at the family Christmas get-together. For those drivers pulled over for suspicion of Driving While Impaired, they will almost invariably be subjected to a preliminary breath […]
Somewhere along the way the general public lost its respect for our courts. As someone who spends part of practically every day in a courtroom somewhere in this state, I start to wonder: When and where did the message stop? Take step into a modern-day courthouse, and you may think you teleported to the local […]
In today’s job market, it really pays off to put forward the best representation of yourself when you apply for a new job. You wash your hair, brush your teeth, put on clean clothes, and polish your shoes. Why not clean your criminal record, too? Employers are invariably going to ask about your criminal history, […]
Roadways today are more crowded than they’ve ever been, with population steadily growing and fewer drivers refusing to “age out” of driving themselves. With that in mind, pedestrians face an increasing risk whenever they set out to cross a street of fast-moving, two-ton killing machines. When we think about people crossing a road, the term […]