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Individuals who have been arrested and charged with federal crimes – as well as those who are under investigation but have not yet been formally charged with wrongdoing – need to be extremely careful when posting on social media. Even the most seemingly innocuous...
Marijuana laws are somewhat complicated in Texas. As a general rule, marijuana cannot be used recreationally. It is true that Delta 9 is legal in some situations (when it contains a very small amount of THC). But this is not the same as laws in other states, like...
Visual recording devices are everywhere in Texas. Homeowners and retailers use them to deter theft. Traffic light cameras can capture vehicle violations. Worse, nearly everyone carries a phone with a camera, and most love nothing more than recording the events around...
With interest rates and home prices on the rise, it has become a very difficult time to buy a house. Lenders are also very skeptical of those trying to purchase a home without enough of a down payment, high-enough income or a solid credit background. Banks may worry...
These days, people will often assume that someone is talking about sex trafficking if they ever mention the trafficking of individual people. This has been very prominently covered in the media, so a lot of people are aware that it is happening. They assume that...
When facing federal criminal charges, the federal bail hearing is one of the first steps in the legal process. This is an opportunity for the accused to request release from custody, pending trial, in exchange for a financial guarantee or conditions to ensure their...
If you are charged and convicted of a crime, you do not have to give up. You can still potentially overturn your conviction on appeal. However, you cannot appeal a conviction simply because you are not happy with the outcome. You must have a basis for appealing your...
Fraud is a term, generally speaking, used when someone intentionally lies or withholds information for personal gain. Another way to look at fraud is that someone uses information that a potential victim doesn’t have, which would allow the perpetrator to steal from...
White-collar crimes often involve the misappropriation of resources through fraud and other forms of trickery. People tend to think of white-collar crime as a type of theft. However, there are also white-collar crimes that focus more on technical rules of transfer...
Federal agents and investigators often approach their questioning differently than state and local police. If someone’s under investigation for a federal offense, they may frame their questioning as a casual, friendly conversation to get the person to open up and...