While news stories play an obviously important role in our culture, they tend to gloss over many of the important details, to make things seem crystal clear when they are anything but. One important example is loss amount, restitution, and forfeiture calculations in...
There’s a changing perspective in society. It was less than a decade ago that Colorado and Washington were the first states to legalize marijuana. Before that, possession of marijuana was a crime throughout the country. Since many states are legalizing marijuana in...
When we think of public corruption, most of us think of governors, senators and other high-level government officials engaging in multi-million-dollar fraudulent schemes with tax-payer money. In Chicago, you might think of local Aldermen. Although these common...
One of the primary draws of cryptocurrency is that is supposedly shielded from government intervention and oversight. However, this myth is beginning to come unraveled. In fact, one of the benefits of blockchain technology is its transparency. In a recent post, we...
