When a Harvard Law School professor agreed to represent Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, accused of numerous rapes and other forms of sexual assault, more than 40 Harvard students called for the school to terminate the professor's employment. Defense attorneys...
"Dining and dashing." "Eating and beating." The practice of ordering up a tasty meal at a restaurant and then running out on the check carries many different labels. The one prosecutors in California have been known to assign to it is criminal.Under the state penal...
Getting slammed with a restraining order is never something you want to deal with. Aside from the embarrassment of being in the situation in the first place, it comes with so many new rules about what you can and cannot do that it seems like you're set up to fail from...
Summer is winding down, but there's still plenty of fun to be had in southern California. As such, the many end-of-summer festivals, concerts and other happenings around the San Fernando Valley (not to mention the upcoming Los Angeles County Fair in nearby Pomona)...
A year ago, you secured a loan to purchase your dream home. Unfortunately, you're now faced with a homebuyer's worst nightmare and are wrongfully being accused of mortgage fraud. You fear that the accusations will mean losing your home and compromising your...
As a small business owner, you are responsible for keeping accurate financial records and filing your business's tax returns each year. This can be a complex process and subject to error, especially if you complete this task without the assistance of a certified...
A charge of insider trading carries potentially severe consequences. If you have been accused of insider trading, you might be unsure of what the charges mean and what potential consequences you face. You may find the information below useful. What is insider...
Dabs, BHO and wax, hashish and shatter are just some names for concentrated cannabis. These are the extracted resin from the cannabis plant and can be inhaled many ways including vaping. This concentrate is much stronger than the leaves of the cannabis plant and thus...
When it comes to corporate operations the president or chief officer can be convicted of a crime he or she did not commit or even know about based on precedence. How is this possible? This is possible because it is based on the RCO or Responsible Corporate...
We have all experienced unwanted phone calls telling us that our credit cards have been compromised or that we qualify for a “free cruise” or other perk. But there are some local businesses that still call potential clients to sell services such as...
