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No Refusal Weekends

Steve Oberman July 23, 2012 1 Comment

The media makes a major effort to educate the public when law enforcement agencies decide to have a “No Refusal Weekend.” Since the first Knox

And You Thought Beer Cans Were Just for Holding Beer

Steve Oberman July 20, 2012 No Comments

Imagine yourself lying on a beach in the hot sun, listening to the waves crash against the shore as you finish off another ice cold

2012 Tennessee DUI Legislation Update

Steve Oberman July 18, 2012 No Comments

Tennessee DUI Laws 2012 Two new Tennessee DUI laws now make it more difficult to defend persons accused of driving under the influence. In another

Necessity Continues to be the Mother of Invention

Steve Oberman July 17, 2012 No Comments

Joseph Company International of California USA is introducing the first “chill on demand™” pure energy drink this that it believes will become the industry standard

Victory in the West Virginia Supreme Court

Harley Wagner July 15, 2012 No Comments

Victory in the West Virginia Supreme Court On May 22, 2012 I had the privilege and honor of presenting oral argument before the Supreme Court

The “Auto Brewery Syndrome”

Lawrence Taylor July 3, 2012 1 Comment

Can alcohol be created by the human body itself — without any drinking? Apparently so. In an interesting scientific article, two physicians at Union Memorial

California Gets Tough on Nurse DUI Laws

Barry Simons July 2, 2012 1 Comment

Nurse DUI Laws in California It used to be the case that nurses would not run into a problem with the California Board of Registered

Virginia DWI/DUI News: You don’t need to be driving to be convicted in Virginia. What constitutes operation?

Mike Tillotson June 26, 2012 1 Comment

We commonly call the offense we defend “driving under the influence” or “driving while intoxicated.” But in Virginia, you don’t need to be driving to

Ignition Interlock for All DUIs in Virginia

Mike Tillotson June 26, 2012 1 Comment

This July, Virginia will require everyone convicted of DUI to install an ignition interlock device if they want a restricted license. Judges differ whether the July

SUMMER IN MAINE: WHO ARE YOU?

John Webb June 22, 2012 No Comments

As summer officially begins, many young adults will find themselves home for the summer or preparing to leave for college for the first time. Of

Synthetic Marijuana (“Spice”) DUI Charges Hard To Prove Based Upon Georgia Crime Lab Tests

Mike Hawkins June 7, 2012 1 Comment

The following article was recently posted in a Georgia newspaper. It is interesting that the only comments sought by the reporter were from a DUI

Video and Audio Recordings Are Golden Nuggets For California DUI Defense Counsel

Paul Burglin June 7, 2012 No Comments

Police agencies throughout the Bay Area are increasingly using Mobile Video/Audio Recording Systems (MVARS) to record DUI investigations that include driving patterns, instruction

Canada, Oh Canada

Stephen L. Jones June 1, 2012 No Comments

If you had previously been convicted of DUI in the United States and were 18 years of age or older at the time, your chances

DUI Entrapment

Lawrence Taylor May 29, 2012 1 Comment

Suppose a police officer asks or orders an individual to drive a vehicle — and then arrests him for DUI when he complies? This situation

Expunge Your Tennessee Criminal Record

Steve Oberman May 25, 2012 No Comments

The expungement of a criminal record is now possible for many Tennesseans. On May 21, 2012, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam signed into law legislation that