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| | How Do I Know If I Am Charged With A "Civil Infraction" Or A Crime? | | | Typical "civil infractions" include "moving violations", such as "speeding" and "failure to yield." Sometimes people get confused, when they are charged with a traffic misdemeanor, such as having invalid license plates or driving an uninsured automobile, and think that they are being charged with "civil infractions." Traffic misdemeanors are criminal offenses, and will result in a criminal record. Many traffic misdemeanors also carry "points" which will be added to the defendant's driving record, and some require the suspension or revocation of a driver's license. If you are ticketed for a "misdemeanor," the ticket will likely reflect the nature of the charge, and you will be required to appear in court. If the charge is a "civil infraction," you typically will not have to go to court if you pay a fine by mail. Read the ticket carefully.
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While welcomed by the Haitian-American community, the temporary protected status granted by the Obama administration to Haitians living in the United States is turning out to have its pitfalls, say attorneys and paralegals. Among the problems: The status is good for only 18 months. After that, they say, what are the thousands of Haitians to do? Experts say there is no way the devastated country will be rebuilt by then.
The Federal Circuit has offered more guidance on willful patent infringement in a revised ruling in i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft Corp. The ruling upheld a lower court's $290 million patent judgment against Microsoft and found that Microsoft must stop selling an infringing version of Microsoft Word 2007. The holding is important because it said that, even if Microsoft had preserved its right to appeal the jury's willfulness verdict, there was sufficient evidence to sustain that verdict, said a lawyer for i4i.
The D.C. Circuit on Thursday declined to rehear a major case on the rights of street demonstrators, sparking a worried dissent from one judge that the decision could have a chilling effect on political expression. The circuit let stand a ruling from November, in which a three-judge panel found that police had the right to arrest an entire group of marchers once some members of the crowd began to riot, even if officers never ordered the crowd to disperse.
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