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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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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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Cell Phone Ban while Driving will Become PA Law

Filed under: Criminal Law, News by David Keightly @ May 23, 2024

Texting while driving has been illegal in Pennsylvania since 2012, but soon you won’t even be able to hold a phone while driving! On May 8th, 2024, the state legislature sent a bill to Governor Shapiro’s desk, and he’s going to sign it. This new cell phone ban won’t take effect for a year after […]

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