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DUI
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New Jersey Law Blog
DUI Can Prevent a Registered Rep from Associating with a Broker/Dealer
Driving under the influence or DUI can be a statutory disqualification event that prevents a registered representative from associating with a broker/dealer, and thereby preventing a registered represent from earning…
Criminal
New Texas laws may deter some drunk driving
By Ken Shigley
Two new Texas laws, backed by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) may deserve consideration in Georgia. One new Texas law requires that if a driver is convicted of drunk driving…
Other
3 killed & 7 injured by DUI trucker on I-285
By Ken Shigley
The driver of a tractor trailer has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI and reckless driving after a fatal crash on I-285 during Friday afternoon rush hour, that killed three…
British Columbia Insurance Blog
Insurance Corp. of British Columbia v. Schmidt [2004] B.C.J. No. 2892 British Columbia Supreme Court
An insured who is found to be in breach of the conditions of his automobile insurance is responsible to compensate his insurer for funds paid to a third party under…
CrimProf Blog
Drunk Pilot Convicted of Reckless Endangerment After Drunk Driving Charges Thrown Out: Legislators Move to Enact Drunk-Flying Law
According to MSNBC.com: "A drunken pilot who buzzed his single-engineplane near a nuclear power plant and crossed the flight paths of sixairliners was sentenced to six to 23 months in…
CrimProf Blog
DUI + Death = Murder
An Alabama man was convicted of murder for killing three people while driving drunk; he received 25 years; another Alabama man was sentenced to life. A California woman is also…
CrimProf Blog
Can the Atkins Diet Get You Arrested?
The DuiBlog reports that breathalyzers don't actually measure alcohol content. They simply measure the amount of compounds in the breath that absorb energy--alcohol being a common one. But many other…
LawSites
DUI lawyer’s blog takes on ‘true believers’
Following a trackback to a recent post of mine, I discovered a blog I had not known about before, but wish I had -- True Believer. Subtitled, "A Santa Barbara…
The Trademark Blog
Good And MADD
(MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is protesting the use of DAMMADD (Dads and Moms Against Drug Delaers). Via Newsday.