Ditch Your Traffic Ticket and the Anxiety of Being Pulled Over

A traffic ticket can leave major impacts on a person’s driving record. These negative impacts can cause their car insurance rates to skyrocket, there are steep fines that need to be paid and other consequences. It’s no wonder people get a quick shock of anxiety when seeing flashing lights in the rearview mirrors of their …

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Do You have a Medical Marijuana Card?

You may not always know where you stand when it comes to the marijuana laws of Nevada and admittedly they can be confusing, so here’s a good break down in case you have found yourself in trouble. With the exclusion of residents who are able to have a medical marijuana card, it is illegal to …

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Game Over for Sports Books?

Nevada is still the only state in the union where legal betting on all major individual sports is legal. In an effort to change this statistic and switch sports books from illegal to legal, on Tuesday, August 25th New Jersey attempted to repeal its prohibitions on sports betting. Unfortunately New Jersey was denied by an …

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Troiano appointed to represent the public and Travis Doering’s family

On April 8, 2014 Las Vegas resident ,Travis Doering, was shot and killed after a two-hour standoff with police outside of his house. While there was much controversy surrounding the incident with the public questioning whether or not the use of force by police was justified, this past June the District Attorney’s office made a …

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Clark County DA’s Office wasted more than 300k on Witness Payments

Nevada state taxpayers have a lot of questions that could and should be asked of the Clark County district attorney’s office. Witnesses are legally required to be paid $25 to appear in court as well as being paid for their milage. However, recent news on private email exchanges has brought to light how the DA’s office wasted more …

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An Uber Decrease in DUI’s?

Uber Lyft may be a contributing factor to why there has been a decrease in DUI arrests. Uber and Mothers Against Drunk Driving paired up in creating a survey for people all over the U.S. The reports showed that DUI arrests had significantly dropped in California (Uber’s home state) and that these results would most …

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How to Avoid Becoming a Statistic at Summer Festivals this Year like EDC

For the past 5 years, the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) has brought thousands of visitors and EDM fans from around the country to Las Vegas and this year is no exception. According to Insomniac Productions 134,000 EDM fans worldwide joined each night of the three day event this year for the 19th year in a …

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Know Your Rights Series: what if you are stopped or arrested by police?

The police stop hundreds of thousands of law abiding Nevadans every year, and the vast majority are unaware of their constitutional rights when encountering law enforcement. Even if the police have grounds to stop you, everyone has legal rights when being questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement officers. It’s important to know what those …

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Supreme Court Ruling on Traffic Stops

Cases involving the Fourth Amendment and unreasonable searches and seizures — beyond body-cavity or thermal-imaging searches — rarely make headlines. But this norm is slowly beginning to erode in the wake of Ferguson and Baltimore, as average citizens are beginning to understand the importance of our constitutional rights and the limits placed on both citizens …

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