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No Right to Privacy in PA Browser Searches

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by Steven F. Fairlie @ December 22, 2025

You’ve got to be kidding? The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania just determined that there is no right to privacy in your browser searches? Wait, what? Lawyers learn in law school that bad facts make bad laws. In Commonwealth v. Kurtz, decided on December 16, 2025, the facts are bad. Mr. Kurtz was convicted of kidnapping […]

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PA to outlaw holding phone while driving

Filed under: Criminal Law by Steven F. Fairlie @ May 14, 2025

A new Pennsylvania law known as “Paul Miller’s Law” will outlaw holding your phone while driving effective June 5, 2025. The good news for those who plan to flout the law is that police may only issue a warning for the first year. Those more concerned about the safety of drivers will be happy when […]

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Abington man shoots robber in defense of others

Filed under: Criminal Law by Steven F. Fairlie @ September 25, 2024

Many people are familiar with the concept of self defense, but Pennsylvania defense law also permits the use of deadly force in defense of others. In this case, just this past Monday, an Abington man woke up to his mother’s screams for help. She had just returned home from a trip to a casino and […]

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Steve Fairlie on Nationally Syndicated Marijuana DUI Show

Filed under: Criminal Law, DUI, Fairlie & Lippy News by David Keightly @ August 19, 2024

Steven Fairlie was a guest on this morning’s nationally syndicated Price of Business Show. He and host Kevin Price spoke about the hidden pitfall of using medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The “dirty little secret” is that if you drive with any amount of marijuana or metabolite in your system, Pennsylvania considers that a Marijuana DUI. […]

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Scam alert: Bitcoins don’t clear up bench warrants!

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by David Keightly @ August 13, 2024

PSA: If you have any bench warrants for your arrest, there are a few ways to clean it up, like: One method that will definitely not work is falling for the latest scam that asks you to put down a “bond” by paying thousands of dollars into a Bitcoin terminal. Bitcoin was established over 15 […]

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