Last week, the Illinois House approved a bill decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Instead of criminal misdemeanor charges, the bill proposes a civil fine ranging from $100 to $200 for possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana. Currently, possession … Continue reading
We recently discovered an article published on reason.com that gives good insight into University Bias Response Teams. The University of Oregon has gone on the defense for these groups after they’ve recently come under criticism. Bias Response Teams have been known to … Continue reading
Lauralaw thought this was a really interesting case…for all of you who think the law is dry and boring this case combines craft beer, Hunter Thompson, Free Speech, and the little guy taking on the government’s beer label censorship and … Continue reading
Last week, Laura Law wrote a blog post about a constitutional challenge to new DUI laws in North Dakota and Minnesota. There are two cases, Birchfield v. North Dakota and Bernard v. Minnesota, which present the questions posed by … Continue reading
The other day, while looking through the Illinois Criminal and Motor Vehicle Law book, I stumbled upon something interesting: a list of all the available specialty license plates in Illinois. Everyone’s seen a car around with specialty plates before; they’re … Continue reading
If you’ve been following our blog, we recently wrote a post regarding the removal of the lockers used for cell phones at the Leighton Criminal Courts building. On April 1st, all the cell phone lockers were removed from Leighton due … Continue reading
ELECTION DAY Tomorrow is arguably one of the most important days of the year – Election Day. Voting is a privilege and here at LauraLaw, we encourage everyone to go out and exercise that privilege! You really cannot complain … Continue reading
Here at LauraLaw, we like to keep up with new developments in criminal defense, especially changes that may help current or former clients. Illinois legislators from both sides of the aisle have joined forces in the name of criminal justice … Continue reading
Last year, Illinois passed a law that went into effect January 1st requiring all police officers to fill out detailed reports called investigatory stop reports, or ISRs, for normal investigatory stops. The officer must fill out the report any time … Continue reading
While we here at Lauralaw handle legal cases from all over the Chicagoland and suburban areas, we are a personalized and highly accessible local business in Park Ridge. As we hit our fourth year in business one of the greatest … Continue reading
