Category: Miscellaneous

Last fall, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recategorized vapor products to be “tobacco” products as a result of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA). The changes went into effect on August 8, 2016 and follow a two-year pursuit by the federal agency to prohibit nearly all vapor products on the market. […]

The intentional entering of the property of another who has exclusive right to possession of that property is a trespass. It goes without saying that the trespasser must not have had the permission of the property owner (i.e., the individual must not be an invitee or a licensee), and his presence on the property must […]

All jurisdictions (cities, counties, and states) have specific laws regarding hunting and trespass. Local law enforcement is required to enforce these laws. In 40 states there are wildlife management agencies in place that have wildlife officials who are given authority to enforce hunter trespass laws on private property. There are 22 states that do not […]

Watching the news and listening to the latest report on mass shootings, murder suicide crimes, violent gang wars, drug related killings, criminal child abuse and murder, we tend to wonder if this country is spiraling downward into an abyss of anarchy and chaos. We have criminals taking over communities and waging war against law enforcement. […]

New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles were in a dead heat for the most ignominious title imaginable: the number one most violent crime city in the nation. Chicago, however, outpaced both New York and Los Angeles, despite having a population smaller than both cities, and is currently undefeated with respect to the number of […]

New York City crime ranks as one of the highest in the nation; ranking right up there in the neighborhood of major urban areas such as Chicago and Los Angeles. Attempts to quell serious crimes in the city such as gang violence, murder, rape, and drug dealing are an ongoing for the city. There are […]

One in thirteen senior citizens in New York alone is the victim of elder abuse. A 2010 study on the prevalence of elder abuse states that for every reported case, 24 cases go unreported. Often, senior citizens will not report to the authorities that they are being abused because they are embarrassed or feel humiliated […]

We are used to viewing sexual assault, battery, and murder as criminal acts of violence, punishable by prosecution and, if found guilty, incarceration. There is another aspect of criminal charges that victims can explore in order to obtain restitution in damages for the injuries they suffer, and that is a civil complaint. A battery is […]

Tragedies happen when we least expect them. Earlier this winter four recent high school graduates of New Trier High School perished in a canoe accident on an icy Wisconsin lake. The canoe apparently capsized on Mill Lake in East Troy, Wisconsin, according to Patch News. Alcohol may have been a contributing factor to the accident. […]

NBA basketball star Jay Williams was in a horrific motorcycle accident in 2003 that nearly took his life. He recounted the story in a FoxNews interview recently for his memoirs titled Life is not an Accident: A Memoir of Reinvention. The tale reminds us all that no one is invincible or immune to the consequences […]