1.  Contact the Police Immediately After the Altercation In the most cases, you should immediately contact the police if you are the victim of a criminal assault.  Assault cases typically involve either a domestic argument, bar fight, neighbor dispute or road rage incident.  Often, the first party … [Read more...]

1.  A Drug Arrest or Conviction May Come up on a Background Check A study by the Society for Human Resource Management revealed that 92 percent of employers conduct some type of background check before extending a job offer to a potential employee.  In addition, state and federal laws require … [Read more...]

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing significant changes to the state's existing driving under the influence (DUI) laws.  The proposed law, known as  "Deana's Law," is named after a Delaware County, Pennsylvania woman who died in a vehicle crash involving a repeat DUI offender in February 2019.  … [Read more...]