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The Legalization of Marijuana Brings Dramatic Changes to Professional Sports – We’ve all heard it before … Philly is a sports town. Despite a lack of play on the field and the dire daily updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, news from the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and other professional sports organizations continue to make headlines.

Patients approved for medical marijuana use under the state’s program are protected by the Law Against Discrimination.

The pre-trial diversionary program allowing first time, non-violent offenders to earn a dismissal and expungement of certain criminal charges. For those unfamiliar with Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.), the pre-trial intervention program provides…

New Jersey law extends sexual abuse victims’ ability to seek legal action until they turn 55 years old or within seven (7) years of recognizing the harm such abuse caused them.

PA ruling will make it illegal for felons to purchase 80% receiver frames and then build weapons, as well as attaching penalties if caught possessing them.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules forced disclosure of one’s computer password violates the 5th Amendment. In an issue never before decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Justices have held that…

The two-part act lowers the bar and increases the penalties associated with failures to report. In an act meant to protect sexual assault survivors, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has overhauled its child…

The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act expands earlier laws and makes such acts a federal felony.  While Democratic and Republican House Representatives don’t always agree, in this case they’ve come…

Lawmakers look to add home cultivation, BYOC and criminal conviction expungement. It’s not only the leaves changing in the Commonwealth. Newly introduced bills and enacted legislation involving the legal use of marijuana…

This new legislation looks to further curtail gun violence through intervention and prevention. September 1st marked day one for the State of New Jersey’s Red-Flag law. The legislation, in part, provides families…