Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Spring 2018, Volume 24, Issue 2
Content
- A Federal Court Upholds the Legality of California Workers' Compensation Anti-Fraud Legislation With Additional Procedural Due Process Warranties
- Coach's Corner: Get Off the Hamster Wheel Now, Before it is Too Late!
- Executive Committee of the Solo and Small Firm Law Section 2017-2018
- Five Things You Need to Know About Today's Rapidly Changing Immigration Laws
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter From the Editor
- MCLE Article: Judgment Liens: the First and Last Step
- Proposed New Ethics Rules, and Their Impact on Solo Practitioners
- Table of Contents
- Who Owns the Client?
- Cannabis Country
Cannabis Country
By Louis J. Shapiro Esq.
Lou Shapiro, a former LA County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney out of Century City and a certified criminal law specialist by the State Bar of California. He is also a TV/Radio Legal Analyst, NBC Trial & Error Legal Consultant and advises on the board member of the California Innocence Project.
Even though it’s only been a few months since cannabis became lawful to use recreationally, we are already seeing its immediate impact to the DUI sector.
Cannabis DUIs are becoming an increasing conundrum for everyone involved. Starting with law enforcement, police are making cannabis DUI arrests when they smell its odor and the driver admits to any recent usage. Because no current scientifically validated roadside testing exists for cannabis impairment—as for alcohol impairment—police are resorting to simply arresting the driver, and passing the issue onto the prosecutors.