Wire fraud is one of the most common crimes federal authorities prosecute on a day-to-day basis. It involves a carefully woven scheme to defraud an unsuspecting victim of money or property. A criminal will typically employ some means of deceit or deception to lure the victim through concealment, misrepresentation, or a series of false statements. It is a serious crime …
Who Is at Fault in a Pedestrian Accident?
According to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the number of fatal road crashes in 2019 involving pedestrians was 6,205, down from the previous year’s 6,374 fatalities. While this may appear to be a slight improvement, the truth is, those numbers are still quite high, pointing to the very real possibility of being involved in a pedestrian accident. …
Facebook Lawsuit – A New Precedent in Privacy Laws
On February 26, 2021, Facebook was ordered to pay $650 million for violating Illinois State privacy laws. More than 1.6 million state residents are expected to receive at least $345 each in a ruling made at a California federal court in the settlement. The cumulative settlement amount was $100 million more than what Facebook had initially proposed in 2020. According …
Can You Sue an Airline for a Plane Crash
A plane crash can be gruesome and devastating. In most cases, it results in fatalities. If there are survivors, they’re left with life-altering injuries that, more often than not, result in permanent disability. Not to mention the extensive damage to property an airplane accident causes. Then, there’s the aftermath. Determining what caused the crash and who is to blame. It …
Who Is Liable if a Person Is Hit by a Train
If a pedestrian gets hit by train, it is unlikely that they would survive such an accident. If they do live through it, it won’t be without severe and permanently disabling injuries. According to statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration, there have been more than 8,000 train accidents or incidents in the last year alone. Close to 800 of these …
Is Secession Legal?
Every few months, the Texas secession issue always seems to crop up. With renewed “Texit” calls, some of the questions on people’s minds are – Is secession legal? Can Texas secede from the United States? Why would a state want to secede anyway? Many political analysts and legal scholars believe that secession threats should not be taken literally. According to …
What Is the Role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Have you ever wondered what a world without the stock market would look like? Let’s just say things would be very different from what they are now. For one thing, getting business funding would be virtually impossible. Business growth would progress at an unbelievably slow pace, if at all, and the economy would stagnate. Now, picture a world where the …
What Is a Government Shutdown and What Happens?
2018 witnessed the longest-ever government shutdown when President Trump demanded more than $5 billion to fund the construction of a US-Mexico border wall. In the standoff, Democrats refused to play ball, stating that they wouldn’t allocate any additional funds for it. Recently, Trump threatened yet another government shutdown after expressing his displeasure with the pandemic relief bill and the $2.3 …
What Happens if a President Refuses to Leave Office
In the time since Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, the words and actions of President Donald Trump have raised fears that he might refuse to relinquish power. While no individual in US history has ever attempted to cling on to the presidency after losing an election, the possibility of Trump being the first has …
What Is the Punishment for Cyber Crime?
According to the FBI Internet Crime Report, the country loses more than $3.5 billion every year in internet crimes. The bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) receives an average of 1,300 reports a day from individuals and businesses that have fallen victim to cyber crime. Criminals are getting smarter by the day and are employing a host of highly sophisticated …