These days creativity in perpetrating a fraud seems to be on the rise. Who would have thought that there was a way to scam people with a cell phone card?
Those prepaid cell phone cards are a real boon to people who like to pay as they go, not thinking that full regular service is really [...]
White-collar crime is interesting, as it covers such a wide variety of crimes, for instance counterfeiting products.
The other term often used for counterfeit products is “pirated” and it refers to products that have been illegally made and are being sold. These knock-offs or bootlegged goods are often regarded as being a great way to save [...]
If you’re on a roll and have more than one DWI offense in Texas, things aren’t looking so good for you legally. Make sure you contact a criminal defense lawyer to deal with this kind of a situation.
One of the first things you need to know is that Texas has one of the highest DWI [...]
It’s interesting that people who commit health care fraud think they are doing nothing wrong and that those big companies have lots of money and won’t miss any.
While it’s an interesting attitude, to rip off a larger corporation for money that people don’t think they need, it is indeed hurting people. After all, it’s not [...]
There are plenty of fish in the sea of white-collar crime, ranging in size from small to whoppers, but it’s not always that easy to catch the big ones.
It used to be that white-collar crime was an occasional, rather unusual kind of event, that people found shameful. Now, with the advent of the computer and [...]
Many people think of assault as being an assault directly on a person, when in reality it may be defined in a different manner depending on the actual facts of the case.
Each case that carries a charge of assault will be different depending on the facts of the case. So before you contact a lawyer [...]
As startling as this may seem, it is estimated that there is at least one burglary every 15 seconds in the U.S. This makes sense when put into perspective of our rocky national economy.
If there is a burglary roughly every 15 seconds in the U.S, think about how many break-ins that represents. That’s a lot [...]
Generally speaking there is a difference between murder and manslaughter, but to the public it may seem there is a difference without a distinction. Legal definitions are often hard to explain to a non-lawyer.
To begin with, the most serious crime in the U.S. and other places is murder, often punishable by death or life without [...]
“In an interesting twist to the police being one step ahead of offenders with outstanding arrest warrants, people are now able to search online for their own active arrest warrants,” indicated Daniel H. Wannamaker of Wannamaker and Associates, of Austin, Texas, with offices in Dallas and Houston.
This means if a person thinks they have an [...]
Aggravated in reference to a crime is something different. There needs to be certain factors present in order to charge a crime as an aggravated one; say aggravated assault, for instance.
“Aggravating factors that need to be present may include whether or not there was a dangerous weapon involved, if there was a threat to use [...]
In early December, the CLASS, or Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, survived a vote aimed at removing it from the Senate health reform bill. The House and Senate bills both contain a version of the act.
Although the CLASS Act is buried deep in both bills and has garnered little media attention, its potential [...]
As the cost of health care increases, many people are turning to the internet. Using health insurance comparison services, many people and families are lowering costs.
During tough economic times, many individuals and families start looking at their monthly budget to determine where they can cut costs. Unfortunately, for families that do not have group health [...]
Wrongful death verdicts are rarely less than $1 million, no matter what the precipitating circumstances.
Wrongful deaths are the saddest events of all, so it makes sense that the ensuing verdicts arising from these invariably emotionally devastating cases are the most fruitful as to settlements and awards. No matter who dies “wrongfully” as precipitated by negligence [...]
