Wednesday, April 14, 2010

iPhone Google Maps glitch

Tried to plan my trip to a nearby office this morning using Google Maps. This was the result. Google Maps on the computer came up with a much better option:Hmm ... 25 miles in 26 minutes, or 6 miles in 13 minutes ... :-)I love my iPhone and the Google Maps app, but you can't trust technology too much.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Loza Delivers Start-Up Advice for New Law Firms

Emile Loza presents today at The George Washington University Law School on "Starting Your Own Law Firm."

Topics include:

What it's like to run a successful law practice

The pros & cons of entrepreneurship

Things to consider before getting started

Professional responsibility & sustainability

Start-up resources

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Driving Record and Car Rentals

Most of our speeding ticket clients are concerned about insurance rates. But we also get calls from people who don't own cars. They rarely drive and when they do it's a rental.So a common question is: Can my driving record affect my ability to rent a car?The answer is yes, it can. As an example, see this FAQ answer from Thrifty.Certain things they look for:1. Suspended or revoked license2. Eight

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Traffic Court - New Records

Google Analytics defaults to the last 31 days. We just hit new records for town-court.com - over 190,000 visits and over 400,000 pageviews in 31 days. To put it another way, we are now on a pace to help over 2 million people a year.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Confrontation Clause in New York

In January the US Supreme Court reaffirmed its recent decision about the Confrontation Clause. The new case is Briscoe v. Virginia. I wrote about this in the context of DWI in NY - Melendez-Diaz.New York's highest Court addressed Melendez-Diaz. Here are some quotes from People v. Brown (11/2009 - 13 NY3d 332):The main issue raised on appeal is whether defendant's Sixth Amendment right to