This week I wrote a blog about the importance of having an attorney handle your professional disciplinary license case. On July 9 & 10, 2015 two more Commonwealth Court cases were handed down affirming my opinion. Each case magnifies the importance of my...
Year: 2015
Legal Counsel is Important in Every Licensing Case
I write several times a year about the importance of having legal counsel represent licensed professionals before any Pennsylvania professional board during a disciplinary process. From time to time I also write about individual cases that highlight unique issues,...
Why Legalization of Pot Will Not and Should Not Work
Trending successes in the quest for the legalization of medical marijuana screeched to a halt today, stopped by our nation's citizens' right to be safe in hospitals, highways, and other professional endeavors. The Colorado Supreme Court, in Coats v. Dish Network,...
Practice and Non-Practice Related Unethical Conduct
Practice and Non-Practice Related Unethical Conduct.
Practice and Non-Practice Related Unethical Conduct
A fertile area of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania professional license prosecutions are those stemming from licensees convicted of unethical criminal conduct. Disciplinary action originates from several types of criminal conduct. The first realm is crimes of moral...
Criminal Convictions and a New Collegiate Application Review Process
Youthful indiscretions that result in criminal convictions substantially impair access to a university/college and post-high school profession licensing educations. New York University (NYU) has changed its evaluation process of undergraduate applicants with criminal...
Illegally Extended Traffic Stops — Pennsylvania State Trooper Style
The Pennsylvania State Police train its officers to illegally extend traffic stops under any circumstances so as to search cars with or without consent. On April 27, 2015, in Commonwealth v. Nguyen, 2015 Pa. Super. LEXIS 223, 1, 2015 PA Super 98 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015),...
Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility
What is a pharmacist's "corresponding responsibility"? Corresponding responsibility requires pharmacists to refuse dispensing prescriptions to people they know or have reason to know that the presented prescription 1) is a fake or illegal, 2) is written not based upon...
State Trooper Highway Automobile Dog Searches After the End of Traffic Investigation
This week the United States Supreme Court decided Rodriguez v.United States, 575 U.S. ___ (2015). The decision affirms a significant portion of Pennsylvania law in the area of extension of traffic stops beyond the initial motor vehicle code investigation. I have...
Good Moral Character? Moral Turpitude?
What is moral turpitude? What is good moral character? These questions arise in cases contesting a disciplinary action based upon a conviction of a misdemeanor or felony and in applications for reinstatement of a professional license after revocation. How does one...