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Controversial changes are going into effect for Title IX, a Federal law prohibiting sexual misconduct in higher education. The changes strengthen the rights of the accused, and make it harder on victims.

Normally it's tough to get a conviction off your record. But the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has established an expedited review program for non-violent crime.

Ordinarily, Pennsylvania law views pets merely as property, so that your legal rights are limited to property rights. But you can get additional rights at home, at work, in places of business, and when traveling if you designate your pet a therapy or disability service animal, which usually only requires a note from a therapist or doctor, and sometimes training.

Most homeowners facing foreclosure do not hire an attorney. In this post I will argue that this is a mistake for three reasons.

Would you believe that, in Pennsylvania, store employees may, without risking criminal or civil liability, reasonably detain customers if they have probable cause to suspect that the customer has committed or will commit retail theft?

Only hours after President Obama proposed legislative and executive gun control expansions, some lawyers have been advocating that their clients use gun trusts, which are legal entities set up in connection with gun ownership.