Over the past nine years, approximately 500,000 Americans, some in Pennsylvania, legally purchased bump stocks, devices that allow semiautomatic weapons to function like machine guns. Following several high-profile mass shooting events, including one in Las Vegas in...
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Making sense of the Pennsylvania equitable distribution standard
For many people staring down the reality of a pending divorce, the biggest question is how the courts will split their assets and debts. Almost everyone has heard a horror story from someone who claims that the courts unfairly gave everything to their ex or left them...
Do you understand the right to an appeal after a conviction?
When people choose to go to trial to fight criminal charges, the decision is usually the result of a firmly held belief that they will win in court. Belief is not enough, however. Some people find themselves convicted in Pennsylvania courts, unsure of what to do next....
What is a RICO violation?
Should you find yourself facing federal charges in Pennsylvania for having committed a RICO violation, you may well wonder just exactly what illegal acts the government alleges you committed. The U.S. Department of Justice states that Congress passed...
What a protection from abuse order can do
We at know that divorce in Pennsylvania is never easy, but if you receive abusive treatment from a spouse whom you are trying to divorce, whether it has been going on for a while or your intention to divorce was the inciting factor, it can...
What are the consequences of teens sharing drugs?
It happens every day throughout Pennsylvania and the country as a whole — teens meet after school or on the weekends at local parks, in basements or at parties to smoke marijuana or get high on other controlled substances together. If you are like most parents,...
