COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A state law that shifted the burden of proof to prosecutors when criminal defendants claim self-defense began applying to all trials when the statute went into effect in March 2019 - ...

In November, The Center for HIV Law and Policy released the first comprehensive analysis of HIV-specific criminal laws and prosecutions in the U.S. The publication, Ending and Defending Against HIV ...

Several years ago I was in trial defending a client in a lawsuit. The other party was on the stand. He had tremulously raised his hand and sworn to tell the truth. Then he began … to unconscionably ...

The statutory presumption is that all property acquired during the marriage, unless clearly separate, is deemed marital property; it is "the titled spouse's burden to rebut that presumption." 1 Two ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...