Traffic Tickets in Foreign Countries

Foreign countries have also been installing traffic cameras to record violations, probably even more so than in the US.  Some countries such as Italy, have a Limited Traffic Zone area which restricts cars from entering specific sections of the city, to reduce traffic. If you rent a car in a foreign country, you may find [...]

Computer Problems? You and Your Computer Repair Technician Could Be Arrested!

What happens when legislators write a law about a subject which they know nothing about, such as repairing computers? A Texas law enacted in 2007 turns computer technicians and consumers into criminals under certain conditions when a consumer or anyone seeks to have a computer repaired. The Texas law requires a computer technician to have [...]

Should a Judge’s Sexually Explicit Website Be Cause for Recusal?

A federal judge, Alex Kozinski, Presiding Judge of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, recently created a furor among legal ethics lawyers. The Los Angeles Times reported the judge admitted that he maintained a sexually explicit website with both sexually artistic photos and apparently, what some people would deem to be, pornographic photos including [...]

Handheld Cell Phone Ban While Driving Begins in California & Washington

New hands-free cell phone law in Washington and California begins July 1, 2008. Watch for increased police enforcement in the beginning.

Unlicensed Drivers – expect to be arrested soon

Every state in the country has been cracking down on DUI over the last few years.  Blood alcohol tolerance has been lowered, penalties have been increased and enforcement has increased.  Why it took so long and so many people to be killed for this to happen is the subject of another article.  Because so many [...]

Is Governor Spitzer’s Sex Crime an Abuse of Office?

Soon to be former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been compared several times on TV news to James “Jim” McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey.  However, this is not a good analogy. It is generally reported that Jim McGreevey left office three months after admitting that he had had an extramarital affair with [...]

Dropping Off a Baby, yet another case of lying about something that isn’t a crime

A taxi driver was charged yesterday with the crime of filing a false police report after the cabdriver dropped off a baby at a firehouse. The cab driver claimed that a passenger abandoned the baby in his taxi when he left to make a telephone call and never returned. It was later determined that the [...]

Why Did Roger Clemens Testify?

I was watching CNN yesterday waiting to see Roger Clemens testify. I was stunned when Committee Chairman Henry Waxman stated in his opening statement that he intended to conclude the hearings without the testimony of Roger Clemens. Chairman Waxman said that he agreed to continue the hearings only because Roger Clemens’ lawyers begged for him [...]

Leniency for Michael Vick – what were his chances for leniency?

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison. Could he have been sentenced to a shorter time or even probation? In a written letter to the judge pleading for leniency, Michael Vick stated “I am not the bad person or beast I’ve been made out to be.” He also stated, “I take full responsibility [...]

Barry Bonds Indictment – How to Defend?

Ryan Smith, a sports attorney and host at BET TV, said on CNN today that the indictment of Barry Bonds seemed to have come out of left field. He said that he was surprised because it has been two years since the investigation started. It is not uncommon for FBI investigations to take two or [...]

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