There’s a new perfume on the block and it’s supposed to conjure up images of blood. Blood Concept, also known as blood type perfume, will hit the market in September, with each of the four metallic, earthy scents representing a unique blood type. The reason I tell you this is not because the scents contain actual human blood (that’s illegal), but because it points to a larger legal question: Are vampires the new pirates and ninjas?...
Besides having the hardest bar exam of the states, California also has the greatest concentration of unaccredited law schools in the nation. And in the rank-obsessed world of law, this is not a good reputation to have. Well, one of those schools has announced that it will be enrolling its last first year class and no more: California Southern Law School is shutting down. Closing Down Operations The privately-run, part-time and evening law school was founded in 1971 by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Elwood Rich, and the institution has been running ever since....
The California Fourth Appellate District ruled this week that a surviving parent cannot use spite as a “Big Bertha” in a grandparent visitation rights dispute. While the landmark 2000 case Troxel v. Granville commands a presumption that a surviving parent’s objection to grandparent visitation rights is in the best interest of the children, the appellate court this week refused to permit a parent to use the Troxel presumption in his personal war with the grandparent....
Recent acts of cannibalism in the news are not signs of a zombie apocalypse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention even officially said so last week, in response to reporters’ questions. “CDC does not know of a virus or condition that would reanimate the dead (or one that would present zombie-like symptoms),” a CDC spokesman said in an email to The Huffington Post. All of the recent cannibal attacks have been inflicted by living human beings on other living humans....
You’d think that a safe haven from discrimination and harassment would be a law school of all places – but we’ve seen throughout history that’s simply not the case. The latest in law school hall of shame stories comes out of Case Western Reserve Law and its flirtatious (and to some creepy) former Dean Lawrence Mitchell. Mitchell’s alleged actions led to a situation in which the school, and another professor tried to do the right thing, and ended up in litigation....
People v. Torres, G042010, concerned a challenge to a defendant’s convictions for various drug-related offenses and other crimes. In reversing, the court remanded the case in holding tht defendant is entitled to separate review of the denials of his motion to set aside and his motion to suppress. The court held that the inventory search was unlawful because the prosecution did not show the police reasonably impounded defendant’s truck pursuant to their community caretaking function, but rather, the record shows that this was a pretextual inventory search conducted as a ruse for a criminal investigation....
The law might finally be catching up to some of the Internet’s least favorite lawyers. An attorney from the infamous Prenda Law firm is currently facing disciplinary action in Illinois. That lawyer, John Steele, and his partner Paul Hansmeier, are thought to be the “masterminds” behind Prenda Law’s long running copyright trolling shakedown scheme, according to Arstechnica. After being hit with sanction, upon sanction, upon sanction, at least one Prenda Law lawyer might finally end up disbarred....
A judge in New York City found himself on the other side of the bench this week, facing assault charges after he allegedly cold-cocked a Legal Aid attorney at a law firm party in October. The judge, Robert Beltrani, was visibly drunk when he got into a verbal spat with Sam Roberts, a public defender, the New York Daily News reports. As Beltrani turned to walk away, the judge allegedly sucker punched him – but not before yelling “Yeah, I’m the judge....
Duke Law School really is No. 1. Of all 8,071 applicants who took the California bar exam last July, Duke had a perfect score. That’s 25 out of 25 students – 100 percent – who passed. It was a breathtaking achievement because the California bar is notoriously dangerous to your ego. Not to mention, the summer of 2018 had the worst overall pass rate in nearly 70 years. Rare Air Achievement Duke out-scored all other law schools....
An attempted bottle-rocket launch from a drunken frat boy’s anus backfired and caused a fellow frat boy to fall off a deck, a lawsuit claims. Louis Helmburg III, a sophomore at Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va., is suing his fraternity and fellow frat brother Travis Hughes for injuries from his fall at a house party in 2011, Courthouse News Service reports. Helmburg’s lawsuit makes Hughes sound like, well, an ass. Hughes “decided in his drunken stupor that it would be a good idea to shoot bottle rockets out of his anus,” Helmburg’s lawsuit states....
In this sluggish economy, it can be hard to land a job, even if you graduate in the top 10 percent of your class. So what legal job-search tips can possibly help someone who’s ranked at or near the bottom? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that it can be much harder for “unranked” graduates to get a job. But you should know that it is not impossible. With a little hard work, you can even get that dream job you were after when you started law school....
Avocados might be the perfect food. They’re fatty, but with the good fat, sweet but also nutty, creamy but not mushy – simply one of the best things to ever grow from a tree. It’s no wonder Americans ate 4.25 billion avocados last year (yes, that’s billion with a b), making it the most consumed fruit in America. So if you’ve ever dipped a chip in to guacamole, grabbed a handful of Hass in the supermarket, or slathered a sun-ripened avocado over your morning toast, you’ve got one man to thank....
In divorce proceedings, trial court’s grant of wife’s motion to enforce two orders of a British domestic relations court requiring the husband to pay a total of 50,000 pounds for wife’s attorney fees based on the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (Act), is reversed as the Act specifically excludes from its scope the enforcement of support in matrimonial or family matters, and the award of attorney’s fees was in the nature of support....
A recent labor strike has come and gone and you were likely none the wiser. Even if you use the app Instacart, you may not have even known that on November 19 and 20, there was a worker strike. Using a closed Facebook group, Instacart shoppers organized a strike of sorts. Basically, their idea was to sign on, get offered pickups, and just continually deny them. Like blocking the roadways, the strike was intended to cause a slight service disruption to the individuals just trying to utilize a convenient service....
If you’re looking to have some alcohol-fueled fun while learning how to drive, look no further. Driver’s ed teacher Frederick Bindner was arrested after he allegedly offered some booze to his students then let them loose on the roadways Bindner, 62, was arrested in Coralville, Iowa. He gave wine to two teenage students at an Olive Garden restaurant before letting them get behind the wheel to begin class. A third student was present at the time but refused the wine....
Would you shoot a sexual partner who claimed to have given you AIDS? Lloyd Wilkins did, and now he’s facing at least five years in prison. After a night of drinking, Wilkins and his female victim returned to his home where they engaged in sexual intercourse. She then told him that she was infected with the AIDS virus. In response, Wilkins grabbed a shotgun from his closet and shot her in the head....
In plaintiff-developer’s breach of contract and negligence case against a consultant hired by a county to prepare an environmental impact report (EIR), district court’s sustaining of defendant’s demurrer to plaintiff’s complaint is affirmed as the balance of the factors militates against a conclusion that a consultant owes a duty of care to a project applicant in the timely completion of a draft EIR. Read Lake Almanor Assoc., LLP. v. Huffman-Broadway Group, Inc....
A man attempting to dine and dash in New Hampshire got a rude awakening when he was impaled on a fence during his getaway. He was dining at the Hilton Garden Inn when he decided to hop the fence instead of paying his bill. Rather than a quick up-and-over, our man landed on the fence and sent a fence pole through his leg. He underwent minor surgery but recovered according to statements by firefighters who cut through the fence to help the injured man....
Was Judge Kimberly Small of Michigan stepping beyond her judicial powers when she handed down Jalen Rose’s DUI sentence? The judge recently sentenced the former NBA star and current ESPN analyst to 20 days behind bars. It was Rose’s first DUI. Rose does not plan to appeal his sentence, which is 93 days in jail, with 73 days held in abeyance if he completes his 12 months of probation. Rose wanted to accept his punishment....
A Montana restaurant has sued a publishing company after it was erroneously listed in the yellow pages under “Animal Carcass Removal.” The restaurant, Bar 3 Bar-B-Q, says its business has slowed down after the unfortunate misprint. In fact, the restaurant was even made the butt of a joke during a Jay Leno segment, reports the AP. Leno joked about the listing during his regular “Headlines” segment on the Tonight Show on NBC....
