Do you really need a construction lawyer?
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Posted by admin on Sep 15, 2012

If you decide to build a house for yourself or as an investment property, you think about finding a reputable contractor and crew but don’t worry about whether or not you need an attorney. In fact, there are issues in the construction that may...

What areas of law are the most sought after?
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Posted by admin on Aug 08, 2012

Of course, there are many different types of law. In today’s hectic world, four of the most common areas of legal practice continue to be personal injury, family law, immigration and criminal defense. The most successful law firms have...

How family law regulates child support
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Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2012

There are many legal responsibilities in a marriage or a union people have to consider and children are introduced into it. When it comes to the dissolution of the family, family law advisors, lawyers and judicial established processes make...

  • Do you really need a construction lawyer?

    Do you really need a construction lawyer?

    If you decide to build a house for yourself or as an investment property, you think about finding a reputable contractor and crew but don’t worry about whether or not you need an attorney. In fact, there are issues in the construction that may require the supervision of a lawyer who focuses on construction law. As suggested, construction law...

  • What areas of law are the most sought after?

    What areas of law are the most sought after?

    Of course, there are many different types of law. In today’s hectic world, four of the most common areas of legal practice continue to be personal injury, family law, immigration and criminal defense. The most successful law firms have achieved this success by developing litigation and trial strategies at these areas. What does personal...

  • How family law regulates child support

    How family law regulates child support

    There are many legal responsibilities in a marriage or a union people have to consider and children are introduced into it. When it comes to the dissolution of the family, family law advisors, lawyers and judicial established processes make arrangements and guidelines for the property that is often involved. All things collected over the years may...

Whiskey or Sex Question Stumps Seattle Lawyer

Posted by Jai Porteous \\ Jun 15, 2013
Whiskey or Sex Question Stumps Seattle Lawyer

By JUNE WILLIAMS

SEATTLE (CN) – A strip club that says it is being denied a chance to operate in Seattle had the 9th Circuit considering whether denizens are looking more for whiskey or sex.Seattle had enforced a moratorium on issuing building permits for adult clubs since 1988, but a federal judge struck down the ban in 2005 after finding that it constituted an unconstitutional prior restraint on protected speech. The city now regulates the clubs through licensing and dispersion requirements.It sets regulations on how close adult entertainment businesses can operate in relation to community centers, schools, churches, child care centers, parks and other adult clubs.ATL Corp.

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Police arrest second person wanted in Carpinteria car chase

Posted by Jai Porteous \\ Jun 09, 2013

Ventura police Thursday arrested a woman who had been sought in connection with a stolen car and chase in Carpinteria on Tuesday, officials said.

Police arrested Taryn Yankovitch, 28, about 2:45 p.m. at Telegraph Road and Victoria Avenue, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities said two people were seen in Carpinteria in a vehicle reported stolen in Santa Paula. After they failed to pull over, a brief chase took place, deputies said. The pair stopped the vehicle in a residential area, jumped out and got away, officials said.

On Wednesday morning, Ventura police responded to a reported domestic dispute in the 4000 block of Madison Street, deputies said. O

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St. Louis County man, 49, charged with sexually assaulting girl

Posted by Jai Porteous \\ Jun 08, 2013

WENTZVILLE  A 49-year-old St. Louis County man has been charged with four felonies reled to sexual contact he had with a young girl, police said.

Nhaniel Davis of the 1200 block of North and South Road, was charged Thursday with two counts of child molestion, stutory rape and stutory sodomy. Police said the girl was 13 and 14 during the time the contact happened.

The incidents took place the girl’s Wentzville home, according to court documents.

When police questioned Davis about the contact, he reportedly told police th the girl had initied the sexual activity, not him, and he described her as being “fast.” 

Court records show th Davis previously was found guilty of robbery in St. L

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N.C. Public Charter Schools Association opposes separate charter board

Posted by Jai Porteous \\ Jun 03, 2013

The N.C. Public Charter Schools Association board of advisers is adding its voice to the chorus opposing creation of a governing board for charter schools separate from the State Board of Education.

State Board Chairman Bill Cobey, one of Gov. Pat McCrorys appointees, says he doesnt want a separate board and questioned its constitutionality. Senate Bill 337 passed the Senate largely along party lines, with Democrats opposed, and now sits in the House.

The bill would set up a charter school board to review and accept charter applications and make sure the schools comply with standards.

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NYC police: Notes to Obama, Bloomberg had gun threats

Posted by Jai Porteous \\ May 29, 2013

WASHINGTON – A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters on the gun law debate sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s most potent gun-control advocates, officials said Thursday.

The Secret Service said the letter was addressed to President Barack Obama and was intercepted by a White House mail screening facility. Two similar letters postmarked in Louisiana and sent to Bloomberg in New York and his gun control group in Washington contained traces of the deadly poison ricin.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the letter sent to Obama contained ricin. It w

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