The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) heard a case earlier this year, Birchfield v. North Dakota, that involved two issues related to DUI breath test: Do the police need a warrant to conduct a breath test on a suspected drunk driver? Do the police need a...
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Month: July 2016
Signs of Elder Abuse
The quality of nursing and retirement homes varies, just like anything else in society. Some nursing homes are beacons of compassion; a safe harbor where our loved ones can live out their twilight years in comfort and peace. But too often we hear of elder abuse:...
Fall Away From Home
Gravity. Our nemesis ever since our first steps, gravity has tried to keep us down our entire lives. But each morning we get out of bed and stand up in defiance to gravity. We go about our daily business without much thought of the eternal force weighing us down....
EB-5 Is Booming
According to the Regional Center Business Journal, EB-5 is stronger than ever. Since 2008, the program has surged in popularity. In an article written by IIUSA Policy Analyst Lee Li, he describes how six data points demonstrate how successful EB-5 has become. Foreign...
DUI Trouble
One of the most dangerous things a reasonable person can do is to drive drunk. A DUI can not only result in physical harm to you or others, it can destroy your reputation, your savings, and so much more. Mistakes in judgment do happen though; we are human after all....
Automobile Accident
A car accident is something that we know can happen any time we get into a car. We hear of wrecks on the morning news. We see fender-benders on the evening commute. We use the event of a car accident as a measuring rod on how safe another activity is, like...
Dog Attacks and What to Do
Many of us are dog lovers. We just cannot resist the urge to approach a dog we see in public. We see dogs in parks, on front lawns, on sidewalks walking their owners (who really owns whom?). But all of us, dog lover or not, have at least once in our lives been...
Burglary, Theft or Robbery
Burglary and burglar. Theft and thief. Robbery and robber. We have all seen and heard these terms before, either on the news, in books (do people still read for fun anymore?) or in movies. For example: "The police arrest two teenagers last night for burglarizing a...
The Secret Is Out on EB-5
It should come as no surprise that Chinese nationals make up the vast majority of EB-5 visa recipients. After all, China has the largest population in the world with over 1.3 billion citizens. In fiscal year 2014, Chinese immigrants received 9,128 out of the...