You may be among many people in North Carolina and elsewhere who get nervous when they see a police officer in uniform. Even if a cop pulls you over and you are fairly confident you were not breaking the law in any way while driving, the sight of an officer...
Month: August 2018
Protecting the privacy of data on your devices at the border
Thanks to a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, law enforcement officers don't have the right to search the contents of your smartphone without a warrant even if you're under arrest. The same right to privacy, however, doesn't apply if you're entering or exiting the U.S....
How you can protect a child with a spendthrift trust
You're finally taking the step of putting an estate plan in place. You hope you'll be around for decades to come, but you never know. You've worked hard your entire adult life and have considerable assets to show for all of that hard work. You want your children to...
Wake Forest coach arrested for fatal altercation
A Wake Forest University basketball coach is facing criminal charges and has been suspended from his job after a tragic incident that left a man dead.Coach Jamill Jones was in New York City earlier this month. He was in his SUV outside of a hotel in Queens when he...
What is ‘undue influence?’
One of the most common reasons that people challenge a will or other estate plan documents after a person's death is "undue influence." This is when someone coerces (mentally, physically and/or morally) a testator to the point where that person isn't designating the...
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