By Graham Walker

The flash of the camera is often the first indication that criminal proceedings are to be contemplated by the Procurator Fiscal (Similar to the CPP). That is probably when the worry sets in.

There is, however, no need to worry if no formal notice, termed a Notice of Intended Prosecution is received within 14 days. (Exceptions being where it is a company car or a hire car) Read more »

By Tony Jacowski

Armed with some of the most advanced technology, security professionals hope to combat their opponents. With the advent of the 21st century, keeping a country safe is a battle of wits rather than a matter of physical strength. The fact that the enemies also have access to the same weapons, which we use for our protection, makes the situation even worse. The weapons of war have also become the weapons of mass destruction. Though these inventions were developed with a view to make life easier, unfortunately they have landed in the wrong hands and made life difficult. Read more »

By Ryan Arsendatama

In this age of living on credit cards it is not surprising to find that more and more people are filing for bankruptcy. In order to prevent the misuse of bankruptcy claim a new law called the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act, was passed in 2005. If you are in a serious and genuine financial problem, the right thing to do is file for bankruptcy. But before you do that you would have to find yourself a cheap bankruptcy lawyer who can explain to you all the finer points of the new law and can get you a good deal. Read more »

By Obinna Heche

If you are running a home business you know that there is so much more to being successful than simply hanging out a shingle advertising your availability. After all, you know that there are stringent rules and regulations with respect to the formation of a business and you do know that failure to follow these legal guidelines could result in problems of a variety of kinds, all of them costly. Read more »

By Alec Moreland

Who’’s leading the fight against malnutrition and obesity in America? While it would seem the answer would be many different groups and individuals, it is clear that the Torrance Unified School District in Southern California has to be included in the mix. There is a piece of legislation called California Senate Bill 19 (often seen expressed as CA SB 19). This piece of legislation has wide reaching implications for nutrition content in California Schools. A good portion of it deals with stating that snacks in schools, even for fundraising, will be required to meet a new criteria. These snack items will be required to be less than 35% fat, less than 35% sugar, and less than 10% saturated fat.
Additionally, they'’ll be less than 250 calories and grant exclusions for fat content to nuts and nut butters. Read more »

By Judy Tucker

I had the luck to be caught up in the early days of the PC industry. Knowing nothing about computers, I stumbled into a fledging software company and soon found myself climbing what passed for a corporate ladder.

Those were heady times, as the power of computing moved from huge machines kept behind locked doors to small boxes sitting on the desks of ordinary people. Read more »

By Ben Franklin

What is an injury lawyer? I don'’t know if you'’ve heard that term before, but I'’ll get right down to explaining it: an injury lawyer is the one person who can help you get compensated for the injuries and material losses you suffered in an accident which wasn'’t your fault. Read more »

By Neil Lemons

Possessions of child pornography, and the distribution of it, are some of the most targeted activities for investigation by both federal and state law enforcement agencies. Of course, a person has to knowingly possess pornographic images of children to be guilty of possession, and the images have to be real (non-computer generated) images of underage persons (children) for a legitimate prosecution. Read more »

By Arnold Hernandez

These are six mistakes commonly made by car accident victims:

Mistake 1. After an accident most people call the local police or highway patrol. Invariably you will be asked if you are injured. If it is not a severe injury you will likely say that you are not injured. If you say you are not injured, then there is a good chance no one will come to the accident scene. Read more »

By Arnold Hernandez

This is not a complete and exhaustive list of all employees that bring lawsuits against their employers, but merely a summary of the kinds of things that I have observed that prompted employees to file a lawsuit. These are some common reasons for why employees sought to sue their employer or actually sued their employers: Read more »