Stay tuned for more information about Criminal Defense Attorney Neil Rockind leading and moderating a star studded panel of attorneys discussing representing high school and college age students in criminal cases. Joining Rockind will be attorneys Raymond Cassar and Joseph Simon. Rockind is frequently called on to lecture on areas in criminal defense and/or comment …
Tax Court Rules On Dispensary Issue
Important case for dispensary tax issues decided 8/2/12: Olive v. Commissioner of IRS http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/OliveDiv.TC.WPD.pdf
Medical Marijuana Act Not Preempted By Federal Law; Local Ordinances Are Preempted By MMMA
In 2011, Neil Rockind, P.C., by Neil Rockind and Colin Daniels, filed a lawsuit against Bloomfield Township challenging Bloomfield Township’s ordinances prohibiting and limiting medical marijuana use within the township. The ordinance, under the guise of zoning ordinances, prohibited medical marijuana cultivation and required patients to register with the township police department. Rockind, Daniels and …
Always Ready: One Of Michigan’s Top Lawyers Goes The Distanxe
They call hourly and often more frequently. Potential clients interested hiring Neil Rockind and Neil Rockind, PC the criminal defense firm in Southfield bearing his name. Some call his mobile phone while others ring the office so much that a receptionist repeats the phrase, “Neil Rockind’s Office” scores of times a day, it seems. Neil …
Rockind Firm Takes On K2/Spice Cases
Neil Rockind, Colin Daniels and Neil Rockind, P.C., the criminal defense trial firm in Southfield, Michigan are never afraid to weigh in on the biggest and most controversial, cutting edge cases in the criminal justice system. Two (2) store owners in Pontiac, Michigan were trapped in a sting operation this week involving alleged sales of …
Neil Rockind Comments On Bad Canine Case Out Of The Sixth Circuit
Criminal Defense Attorney Neil Rockind, of Neil Rockind, P.C., the criminal defense trial firm in Southfield, Michigan pays attention to recent court opinions. While the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has protected citizens from some pretty unfavorable and wrongly decided Michigan Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases in the past, it issued an opinion …
Attorney Neil Rockind Following Story About Falsified Breath Test
Lansing jail employee accused of falsifying breath test LANSING — An employee of the Lansing Police Department’s jail has been charged with falsifying a breath test for a man she knows, officials said. Detention Officer Beth Rios, 51, was arraigned today in 54A District Court on a felony conspiracy charge. A preliminary hearing, which determines …
New Jersey Rewrites Rules Regarding Eyewitness Identification
New Jersey’s Supreme Court is putting tighter strictures on admission of eyewitness identifications in criminal cases and offering better guidance for jurors weighing such evidence. The court on Thursday announced rule changes and new jury charges, effective Sept. 4, that address IDs occurring out-of-court, in-court and in both places. Each charge tells jurors “Human memory …
Mitch Albom Discusses Prescription Pill Use In The US
We are a pill popping nation. We end of up taking pills to solve our problems and then more pills to counter the side effects of the pills that we were taking in the first place. It has now become the most significant and prominently abused drug or type of drug in American society. More …
Senate Meeting To Discuss Marijuana Bills
Well … it is that time of year again. Michigan legislators who cannot leave well enough alone are tinkering with the Medical Marijuana Act. As President Ronald Reagan once said, “there you go again.” Here is the agenda: 7/18 Senate Judiciary Agenda: HB 4834 Require photograph on medical marihuana card; HB 4851 Clarify definition of …
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