By Alexandria criminal defense attorney Thomas Soldan with Price Benowitz, LLP.
According to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), few drivers cheat the toll fares while driving inside the Capital Beltway on Interstate 66.
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By Alexandria criminal defense attorney Karin Riley Porter with Price Benowitz, LLP.
Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, is accused of laundering over $30 million. Money laundering is charged when an individual takes money from activities which are illegal and redistributes it to legal activities, thereby hiding the true source of the income with the purpose of avoiding taxes or seizure from the government.
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By Memphis employment lawyer Jon Street of The Employment Law Group.
The Supreme Court issued a ruling late in May regarding the use of clauses in employment contracts that would prevent workers from joining together to file a class action lawsuit against their employer. The vote passed by a count of 5-4 and the ruling could very well affect 25 million employment contracts.
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By Petersburg criminal defense attorney Nicholas Braswell with Price Benowitz, LLP.
One of the most challenging aspects of any divorce is determining custody arrangements for minor children.
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By Oklahoma bankruptcy attorney Roellen G. Hasbrook, a partner with Hasbrook & Hasbrook.
RMH Holdings, Inc., one of the largest franchisees for Applebee’s International, Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in Federal Court. The company owns 163 restaurants in 15 states across the country. What does that mean for the employees of the restaurants?
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By Maryland employment attorney Tom Spiggle, founder of The Spiggle Law Firm.
A law passed in Maryland in April will allow a general contractor to be sued for the failures of subcontractors to pay wages properly.
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By Immigration Attorney James O. Hacking, III, founder of Hacking Law Practice, LLC.
Thomas Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who served under President Obama and continued his service at the request of John Kelly, has announced his intention to retire in June.
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By Criminal Defense Attorney David Benowitz, a partner at Price Benowitz LLP.
In 2014, the District of Columbia legalized the sale and possession of small amounts of marijuana, up to two ounces, for recreational use. The accompanying cannabis boom led to many new businesses focused on providing marijuana and its associated products to the masses.
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By Washington D.C. Criminal Defense Attorney David Benowitz of Price Benowitz LLP.
A law passed by Congress in April is aiming to combat online sex trafficking by increasing the ability of state and federal prosecutors to charge the owners of websites where trafficking occurs.
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By Washington State Family Law Attorney Scott T. Ashby of Ashby Law, PLLC.
The Uniform Laws Commission (ULC) has released its updated version of the Uniform Parentage Act. The 2002 version of this Act had been adopted by 11 states in the Union; however, that version of the law used gendered pronouns and took the approach that marriage was only between one man and one woman.
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By criminal defense attorney Dayne Phillips, who is barred and practices in Columbia, South Carolina.
SunTrust bank, based in Atlanta, said that a former employee compromised 1.5 million customer accounts in a data breach, sharing the data with a criminal third party.
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By DWI and criminal defense attorney Gary L. Medlin, who is barred and practices in Tarrant County, Texas, with The Medlin Law Firm.
The House Ways and Means Committee held votes on 12 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reforms on Wednesday, April 18 that are aimed at improving the customer service and information technology departments of the agency. Ironically, the vote was held on the new Tax Day, which was pushed back one day due to technical difficulties of the online filing system.