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Ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft have become so engrained in our culture in recent years. It’s sometimes easy to forget that they are still relatively new services. So perhaps it is no surprise that navigating some...

In a story that reads like part nightmare, part Super Troopers outtake, NOLA.com reports on a couple who had over $10,000 of casino winnings confiscated in a routine traffic stop in West Virginia. Dimitrias Patlias and Tonya

A recent story from The Advocate covered the struggles of a mother seeking legal ramifications after her son was stuck andkilled by a car last year in New Orleans. Jason Ruscigno was attempting to cross the street near the...

Having your license suspended can be a huge hinderance on your day-to-day life. How will you get to work? How will you take the kids to school? How will you do the grocery shopping? The situation can add substantial stress to

Mayor Cantrell took to Twitter last week to tweet a photo of her posing with rap superstar Drake. Drake was in New Orleans to film the music video for his song “In My Feelings” when the photo was taken. “In My...

Two arrests have been made in the wake of a brutal bar fight that left one man hospitalized on Tuesday July 24th. The men in custody are two former New Orleans police department officers, who were off-duty at the time of the

In a city like New Orleans, where the party never seems to stop,  public intoxication is a charge we see all too often. The city has a reputation for being a place where visitors can cut loose and party hard without...

Let’s be honest: traffic tickets suck. They take up your time, money, and patience. Unfortunately, it seems like almost everyone gets saddled with a traffic ticket sooner or later. Death, taxes, and traffic tickets, am I...

New Orleans is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. People come from all over to join in the culture and revelry offered by the Crescent City. Sometimes, though, partying goes wrong, and vacationers...

Remember that old TV ad? Two pints of beer move slowly towards one another from either side of the screen. They meet in the middle, but instead of a celebratory toast, there’s a great collision, an explosion of glass and...

If you were traveling I-10 West anywhere near New Orleans East on Monday, you likely found yourself sitting in traffic. A cement truck crash led to a total shutdown of the westbound interstate. Traffic was diverted near...

The Louisiana legislature recently expanded and revised the state’s medical marijuana laws. State law previously permitted doctors to issue physicians’ recommendation for cannabis to treat certain conditions, but made

Having your license suspended can be a huge hindrance on your day-to-day life, from getting to work to going grocery shopping. If you find yourself in this position there are a few things you’ll want to know, as well as...

You’re driving along minding your own business when you see those red and blue flashing lights pop up in your rearview. For almost anyone, getting pulled over by the police can be an anxiety-inducing situation. It’s...

Seniors living in nursing homes may have lost some of the mobility or abilities they had when they were younger. But they don’t lose their rights. Nursing home residents in Louisiana have the right to be treated with...

If you’ve been convicted of a crime in New Orleans and received probation in lieu of jail time, you may consider yourself lucky that you avoided time behind bars. But that doesn’t mean that probation is a picnic. Your...

If you’ve entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors and pled guilty to a crime in New Orleans, you can ask the court to take your plea back, but there is no guarantee that your request will be granted. That is why it so

If you have been arrested and charged with a crime in New Orleans, you have many choices to make as you face aggressive prosecutors and the possibility of time behind bars and other severe consequences. But there is one...