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A checking account does not have the same “buy now, pay later” mentality as credit cards. While failing to pay your credit cards can have severe consequences, writing a check drawn from an account with insufficient funds is a crime. Writing a check in an amount that is not backed...

Dangerous Weapons Offenses in Florida Florida has one of the toughest gun control laws in the country. The controversial “10-20-Life” model assigns a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years for when an offender possesses or pulls a gun during the commission of certain crimes. Mere possession of a firearm...

Recently we talked about the “pot holiday,” 4/20, and some of the legal concerns that surround smoking marijuana in Florida. This week, we explore a seemingly lesser crime, possession, use or sale or drug paraphernalia. Under Florida law, drug paraphernalia is broadly defined as “all equipment, products, and materials of...

Restraining order. No contact order. Protective order. Regardless of what it is called, it is designed to have the same effect. These are court orders that prohibit a certain individual from having contact or physically being within a certain distance from the individual named on the order. These orders are issued frequently in...

And no, we are not talking about Easter. April 20, more colloquially known as “4/20” is the (unofficial) national marijuana smoking holiday. People from all over, especially now in states such as Washington and Colorado that have legalized marijuana usage at the state level, await this holiday all year and...