DUI checkpoints are becoming more and more common, yet most drivers today are unaware of their rights and unprepared on how to handle such encounters. Despite the fact that these roadblocks allow police to briefly peer into your vehicle and ask you a few routine questions, the most important thing to keep in mind is the fact that your Constitutional…

Have you been injured in a car that was recalled for a particular known defect? With automakers in the process of recalling 2.1 million cars equipped with faulty airbags, you would be in good – or perhaps unfortunate — company. The number of cars involved in the recall is growing week-by-week. The automakers in question are three of the largest…

Megan’s Law, which was passed in 1994, requires all convicted sex offenders to be registered with the New Jersey Sex Offender Registry after they serve their time in jail. The law came into being after a seven-year-old girl, Megan Kanka, was sexually assaulted and killed in Hamilton Township, NJ, by a neighbor. The existence of the registry may be common…

While most immigration cases are extremely important to the lives of potential citizens who flock to this country in hopes of a better life, there are some cases in which the ability to immigrate to the United States turns into a matter of life or death. For some unlucky immigrants, they fled their home country due to heavy persecution that…

Police interrogation is a normal part of investigations when you are suspected of a crime. While hot, bright lights bearing down on a suspect as cops pound them with questions may be more show business than reality, investigations are often heated and ugly. This is because law enforcement must do whatever it has to do to get the information it…