The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that common-law civil forfeiture does not exist in Pennsylvania, but stopped short of saying the same for common-law criminal forfeiture, instead leaving that ...

As the world becomes increasingly connected, many attorneys chose to leave their home countries to become licensed attorneys and practice law in other jurisdictions. In addition to the procedural ...

THERE are two main legal systems in the world, the Civil Law and Common Law systems, both of which are of Western origin. Most other systems are derived directly from these two. The Civil law has its ...

This article is part of a series addressing popular topics and questions clients and the public may have about the legal profession. Outside of Quebec, law originates from two sources: the common law ...