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Proven Path to Restoring Your Lost Firearms Rights

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by Steven F. Fairlie @ August 17, 2026

DOJ has opened a new pathway for people who lost firearms rights. Millions of people have lost their right to bear arms due to criminal convictions, restraining orders, drug usage, and more. DOJ announced today that those people can apply for restoration of their right to bear arms. The process will review the particulars of […]

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Why you should care what a geofence warrant is

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by Steven F. Fairlie @ June 29, 2026

Today the United States Supreme Court held that a geofence warrant is not a search that implicate an expectation of privacy. To understand why this matters to you we need look no further than the facts of the case. Mr Chatrie robbed a bank in Richmond, Virginia. Law enforcement did not know who committed the […]

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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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Fairlie & Lippy sweeps Criminal Law awards for Top Lawyers of Montgomery County as seen in The Reporter, Times Herald, and The Mercury

Filed under: Fairlie & Lippy News by Steven F. Fairlie @ May 13, 2025

Fairlie & Lippy was voted the top lawyers for three different categories – Montgomery County Criminal Defense, DUI and Juvenile. The entire firm was recognized forMontgomery County Criminal Defense. Christine Cregar was singled out for her outstanding work in DUI. Although I believe we’ve won some if not all of these awards in past years, […]

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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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