Social media has become an integral part of our life, so no wonder that even the criminal justice system has to adjust and enact new laws and rules governing how social media can and cannot be used by adults and juveniles serving probation and those investigated for a crime. As you may know, it has […]
Modern-day #MeToo movement has really pushed the American people to reconsider what it means to be harassed and genders treat each other. Some think the movement is a blessing as it is bringing to light the true harassment most women deal with on a daily basis. Some think that the movement has gone too far. […]
Everyone loves to party, especially around holidays. From New Years to Christmas, America has some major holidays worth celebrating. We even celebrate holidays that aren’t our own like Cinco de Mayo or Oktoberfest! This is pure speculation, but it is no surprise that the holidays we have adopted are those that revolved around liquor or […]
Getting divorced is incredibly stressful, financially exhausting, and completely life-altering. Whether you are the initiator or not, divorce, like an accident, isn’t really something that you plan for. We all know that the United States has an average of 40-50% of marriages ending in divorce. It is not an uncommon practice, which is what reaffirms […]
Did you know that you could actually go to jail or prison for failure to comply with the terms of your felony probation? If you were surprised to read this, then you are probably like Josh, a reader of our Okabe & Haushalter blog. A few days back, our Los Angeles criminal defense attorney received […]
Unfortunately, cases, where false accusations of domestic violence are being made out of revenge, anger, or jealousy are not unheard of. But being falsely accused of domestic violence is not as bad as being prosecuted for it. If you have found yourself in the former situation, calling a Los Angeles domestic violence defense attorney is […]
Although stun guns – also known as Tasers – are far from harmless, many people in California tend to believe that there are no legal requirements for the possession of stun guns in the state. But is that true? “Not exactly,” says our weapons charge defense attorney Los Angeles at Okabe & Haushalter. “In fact, […]
Since early October 2017, when first revelations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct made the national headlines, America finally realized that we are dealing with a sexual harassment epidemic of some sort. Something that had been veiled and normalized for decades has become an abomination. For those who have been a victim of sexual […]
As you may know, there are quite a few differences between the state and federal criminal processes. If you have been caught up in the federal criminal justice system, you are most likely wondering about what happens in a federal criminal case. Luckily for you, we have a Los Angeles federal crime attorney from Okabe […]
If you are a regular user of such social media platforms as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, you have most likely had first-hand experience with Internet trolls. Or, if you are reading this on the blog of our Los Angeles computer crimes defense attorney at Okabe &Haushalter, you may have even been branded a “troll” […]
In today’s world, parents introduce their children to the Internet and social media from a very young age. It may sound unthinkable, but children as young as four and five years old hanging out on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter is not something out of the extraordinary nowadays. There are literally hundreds of thousands of terabytes […]
The day thousands of street vendors across California have been waiting for for years will finally come on January 1, 2019. Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown has prepared a New Year’s Eve present for sidewalk vendors selling food and other goods in California: starting January 1, 2019, street vending will no longer be a crime […]