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Although the state of Florida has a $6 billion budget shortfall, on July 1, 2009, the state enacted a series of new laws that were signed by Governor Charlie Crist.
The following is a list of highlights of the newest enacted laws in Florida:
1. New Cigarette Tax: Florida’s cigarette tax increased by $1 to $1.34 […]

Personal injury is a legal term that is used for injury to the body, mind or emotions of a person. The term ‘personal injury’ is often used in the context that the injury has resulted from the negligence of another. Here in this article we shall look at what are common personal injury claims and […]

The TV adverts are annoying, and ‘blame culture’ is fast becoming prevalent to the further annoyance of the majority of the UK population, yet compensation claims are often vital and just for the claimant, particularly if they have suffered a life altering injury.
But many people in the UK are fed up when they read stories […]

If you ever get cited or have a Florida DWI Arrest, there is a Florida DWI Defense. Once you get charge for a driving while intoxicated in these state, you should take it seriously. The charge is a serious matter and should never be taken lightly. A drunk driving arrest has a lot of implications […]

The general public should have little to complain about with the raft of legal changes in mid-2009. As the government strives to meet the needs of all its citizens, some legal decisions are inevitably controversial. Not so, though, the latest changes to Thai laws, which have included a wide variety of tax breaks for different […]

The recent Thai law regarding information security, requiring the storage of all internet records for a period of 30 days, was designed to avert some of the more emotive crimes that the internet has given rise to. Pornography, child abuse and other illegal and hate-related sites have all experienced a setback with Thailand’s introduction of […]

There are several court systems in Clark County, Nevada. There is the Federal Court, including the Bankruptcy Court. There is the District Court for all of Clark County which is housed in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. There is the State’s Justices Courts with court houses in Boulder City, Henderson, […]

A levy is typically the third or fourth response of the IRS after a taxpayer has chosen to ignore notices. If a taxpayer receives a notice from the IRS, the IRS obviously expects the taxpayer to respond in some way. If the taxpayer doesn’t respond within the time allotted, the IRS is left to […]

Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law the state’s first centralized, electronic database for registered sex offenders and kidnappers. The on-line registry is accessible not only by law enforcement agencies, but also by the public. The system allows members of the public to search the database for sex offenders living in their neighborhoods by county, city, […]

The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, and Americans are well aware that you don’t give up your rights just because you get in your car. As the Supreme Court noted in Coolidge v. New Hampshire, “[t]he word ‘automobile’ is not a talisman in whose presence the Fourth Amendment fades away.”
Generally, this […]