When it comes to dealing with the consequenses a DUI arrest, experience counts, especially when choosing a DUI lawyer. Although the penalties for a first time DUI conviction are serious, they can be life altering for the person who faces the court with a prior DUI conviction. Choosing the right DUI lawyer can have a significant effect on the outcome of your case. Unfortunately, many people lack the experience necessary to find the most qualified and skillful DUI representation...

Introduced in the market in 1992, Paxil became one of the most widely distributed anti-depressant drugs in the United States. Paxil is prescribed for serious and continuing depression that interferes with your ability to function. It can also be prescribed to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Paxil is known as a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. It works by balancing the serotonin levels in ones body. However, Paxil is no miracle pill. There are serious side effects...

Most drunk driving cases start out with a contact between the driver of a motor vehicle and a police officer. While the police have the right to approach and speak with any citizen, they do not have the right to detain and investigate a citizen unless they have "probable cause".

Probable cause is the legal reason an officer needs to detain and investigate. If the dui attorney can show to the judge the officer did not have probable cause, the case can be...

Dollars & Sense

by Denice Gierach

January 22, 2008 - As published in the Naperville Sun

As the baby boomers retire, they are the first generation that will retire with large IRA accounts. When the boomers do their estate planning, one of the considerations in such planning is who to name the beneficiary of the large IRA account. One consideration for such a choice is certainly to try to minimize the tax burden on their estates.

Most boomers do not realize...

As long as there are human police officers, injustices always will occur. A
great many police officers feel they have done their job when they arrest a
person for "mere suspicion" of DUI. In some instances, the arrest may be
warranted, but sometimes it isn't.

Although you may think that just because your Blood Alcohol Level is below
the state limit, usually 0.08%, that you'll not be arrested for DUI. Wrong!
Actually, you can be arrested for...

It’s hard to believe that operations on the wrong body part or on the wrong patient still happen.  Yet, according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (“JCAHO”), surgeons have operated on the wrong leg, eye, kidney or other body part 150 times since 1996.  Most of the time these cases are quietly settled, but sometimes they become headline news.

A few notorious examples are illustrative of this point.  A patient...

Assisted living facilities are rapidly becoming the nursing homes of the future. According to the National Center for Assisted Living, there are over 36,000 licensed assisted living facilities nationwide with an estimated 1 million residents.[1] However, because there is no common definition for assisted living facilities, this number may not adequately reflect the prevalence of these facilities. In fact, in 2002 the National Conference of State Legislatures hailed the assisted living...

One of the fastest growing types of crime in this century is identity theft. It is for this reason that many writers (with me included) have began writing identity theft articles so as to help people not be victims of this type of crime.

I don't know whether there is any particular way of dealing with people who are involved in this trade as identity theft is something that happens almost every day. Thieves would like to get hold of your credit card information so that they...

Identity theft reporting requires one to contact the fraud department to make a fraud alert. The alert is placed on your personal data therefore the moment they notice a stolen identity you will be informed immediately.

It is recommended that the moment your recognize theft that you should make a report to the nearest local police or sheriff department. Avoid wasting time, if 24 hours pass and you have not made a report the thief gets more chances to cause further damage to...

The US Bureau of Statistics tells us that identity theft is one of the top 5 crimes in the US today. This is because it happens almost anywhere. In the simplest terms possible, this type of crime can be described as someone who falsely uses another's information fraudulently. In most cases, someone will use someone else's identity information and use their money. It mostly revolves around taking one's finances.

A good way to know more about this is by getting an identity...