• First Amendment
  • Law Update

How Free Is Student Speech?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1cOzwLWQI0 Attorney Rebecca Berfanger is a part-time journalist, part-time professor, and full-time First Amendment enthusiast. She and Attorney Marc Lopez…

  • General

Special Rules for Explosive Patriotism!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGbmZRcF-3w Independence Day is just around the corner, and plenty of Hoosiers want to know when they’re allowed to set…

  • Battery
  • Criminal Charges
  • Domestic Battery
  • General

Domestic Battery at Its Most Basic

  • Bail
  • Criminal Charges

How to Understand Bail in Indiana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aelBmGY7KpE When someone’s arrested for a crime, their most immediate concern is naturally: When can I get out of jail?…

  • Criminal Charges
  • Defenses to Criminal Charges
  • THC

Is Delta-8 THC Legal in Indiana?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPwHjIs0sL0 In order to determine if delta-8 is legal, we first need to establish what it is. Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol is very…

  • Defenses to Criminal Charges
  • DUI
  • OVWI
  • Safe Driving

What Is the Ambien Defense and How Does It Work?

https://youtu.be/iSRSF22j7Ro The Ambien defense—or, as medical doctors call it, the zolpidem defense—is a claim that you were not conscious and…

  • Domestic Violence
  • General
  • Handgun
  • Second Amendment

How to Be a Proper Person

The Second Amendment isn’t the final word on gun rights, but it’s a good place to start. While the U.S.…

  • Criminal Charges
  • Defenses to Criminal Charges

Sudden Heat vs. Self-Defense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1DLT34Q3P0 Self-defense and sudden heat are similar explanations for the killing of another person. The Indiana Supreme Court has held…

  • Battery
  • Criminal Charges

Donuts, Disagreements, and Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sUX4lwrUVM In one of those Florida stories that tend to make national news, an argument over a donut order escalated…

  • Criminal Charges
  • Fifth Amendment

We All Have the Right to Remain Silent

A lot of clients at the Marc Lopez Law Firm want to know if we can get their criminal charges…