GetLegal opens the doors to its new Downtown Fort Worth headquarters this week. GetLegal’s new location is just north of I-30 in the Frost Bank Building of The Summit Office Park. Here is our new street and mailing address: 1300 Summit ... [Read more...]
Why You Should Contact a Lawyer After an Accident
When you or someone you know has been involved in an accident, or suffered serious injuries or other personal losses, it is crucial to contact an attorney as soon as possible. A personal-injury attorney will look at the facts and circumstances of ... [Read more...]
The Story of Independence Day
Independence Day commemorates the legal separation of the original thirteen colonies from Great Britain. The actual separation occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve The Resolution for Independency (aka the ... [Read more...]
Supreme Court Allows Limited Version of Trump’s Travel Ban to Take Effect
The Supreme Court issued a decision today lifting parts of the injunction against Trump’s executive order seeking to ban foreign nationals of six countries from entering the United States for 90 days. The ruling effectively allows foreigners with ... [Read more...]
What Is Obstruction of Justice?
The news this week is dominated by discussion of whether President Trump is or is not being investigated for obstruction of justice. At issue is whether Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to drop the FBI’s investigation into former National ... [Read more...]
Supreme Court Strikes Citizenship Law Favoring Children of Unwed Mothers over Fathers
The U.S. Supreme Court this week struck down part of the Immigration and Nationality Act that favored mothers over fathers in conferring U.S. citizenship to children born abroad to an unwed American parent. The opinion in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, ... [Read more...]
50 Years Ago, the Supreme Court Struck Down Laws Banning Interracial Marriage
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia. The Court’s opinion, issued June 12, 1967, struck down the anti-miscegenation laws remaining in 16 U.S. states. Anti-miscegenation laws prohibited ... [Read more...]
Discrimination Complaints Filed Over Women-Only ‘Wonder Woman’ Screenings
The theater chain Alamo Drafthouse is under fire for its all-female screenings of the blockbuster hit movie Wonder Woman. At those screenings, held in several cities the first week of the movie’s release, not only was the audience women-only, but ... [Read more...]
Kathy Griffin and the Question of When Symbolic Speech Crosses the Legal Line
Last week, comedian Kathy Griffin sparked outrage when she posed for a photo with a fake, bloody head resembling President Trump. Griffin later apologized and stated that the image “crossed the line.” But many on social media are arguing that an ... [Read more...]
What to Do if CPS Contacts You
To start with ask the investigator why they are investigating you. The investigators job is to investigate and find instances of child abuse. In a court of law you are innocent until proven guilty. With CPS you are guilty until proven innocent! Case ... [Read more...]