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President Donald Trump’s appointment of William Barr as the United States Attorney General has now been confirmed by Congress. Barr passed with a 54 to 45 vote, mostly along partisan lines. The big questions that seemed to be centered around Barr’s position on the Mueller probe, and whether the end-report will be released publicly or kept confidential. Additionally, it does not appear that Barr will be recusing himself as AG Sessions did, though he did promise to not fire Mueller without cause....

Texas has safari parks. A lot of them, actually. But that’s beside the point – the zebra-bites-girl incident is the way more interesting part of the story. A rogue zebra attacked Meagan Sweatman this past June while she trolled through one of the aforementioned parks. The striped suspect poked its head through an open car window and chomped down on her shoulder. It left a nasty hickey on her chest, too....

Guest post by Jennifer K. Halford, Esq. Many college students question if they should go to law school. They are filled with noble aspirations of changing the world. And they think a law degree will enable them to do so. Sound familiar? But there are things that law schools don’t tell you. Things that I wish someone had told me before I went to law school. Here are 5 things law schools don’t want you to know:...

Don’t you just hate it when you’re mid-burglary and you pocket-dial a high school acquaintance, your most heinous ex, or even 911? An alleged pocket-dialing burglar from McAlester, Oklahoma, knows exactly how you might feel. He and his cohort were overheard chatting about the details of their heist via a misbehaving phone that pocket-dialed 911, reports the McAlester News-Capital. Just how will this phone gaffe affect the suspects’ chances to beat their burglary charges?...

BigLaw is going green. At least according to the Washington Post. A number of D.C.’s largest law firms are moving into LEED-certified buildings, hoping to demonstrate a “commitment to the environment.” And to save a little bit of money, of course. Hopefully those savings will amp up their commitment to jobs. For the uninitiated, LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It’s a green building certification system that rates overall construction, interior design and maintenance....

A New Mexico fire inspector investigating reports of illegal fireworks being launched on the Fourth of July discovered some unexpected culprits behind the blasts: a group of Buddhist monks. The monks at the Hoi Phuoc Buddhist Temple had a pretty solid excuse for their explosive transgressions, Albuquerque’s KRQE-TV reports: Since they don’t watch TV, read the paper, or listen to the radio, they had no idea that fireworks weren’t allowed in Albuquerque....

At Greedy Associates, we love it when lawyers behave badly, whether it’s a history of torture porn or dressing up like Thomas Jefferson to defend themselves from ineffective assistance claims. But an attorney “conspiring with his (attorney) wife to frame a school volunteer by planting drugs in her car,” as the Orange County Register described it, is a new experience for us. Kent and Jill Easter were both lawyers in Irvine, California, located in one of the state’s Republican strongholds, Orange County....

The year is almost over, but you still have time for more continuing legal education (CLE). If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to complete CLE credit from the comfort of your home or office, today is your lucky day. Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery will host “Collection, Review, and Production of Your Client’s Electronic Information,” a free electronic discovery webinar, on December 14, at 9:00 am PST/12:00 pm EST....

Covenant Transport, a trucking company in Tennessee, simply wanted to make sure that it maintained a drug-free workplace. So, like many other companies, it required new hires to pass a drug screening test. But its screening procedures required urine samples. When a medical condition kept one applicant from providing such a sample, the company simply turned him away, resulting in an EEOC lawsuit accusing Covenant of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act....

A California court ruled this week that parental rights can be legally terminated when a parent poses a danger to his child, even if the danger results from a treatable mental disability. The parents in this case married and adopted their minor child. Prior to the marriage, the father suffered from mental illness, but had taken medication that allowed him to function normally. Shortly after they adopted the child, the father stopped taking his medication....

File this one to “lawyers behaving really, really badly.” A recently disbarred San Francisco lawyer and Harvard Law grad has been arrested for robbing a Bay Area home and kidnapping one of its residents. Matthew Muller, the alleged crimson kidnapper then attempted to ransom the woman for $15,000. That is, if the kidnapping took place at all. Before arresting Muller, police had been convinced that the entire robbery-abduction was a hoax....

Bizarre and bold. That’s how some officials describe the case involving a 51-year-old Detroit man arrested for posing as a cop. According to the Detroit Free Press, the man impersonating a Detroit police officer apparently interrupted a prostitution sting conducted by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. As a female decoy officer was talking to a potential customer, the 51-year-old suspect flashed a badge and yelled at the undercover detective to “get off the street,” the Detroit paper reports....

The United States Department of Justice is giving its opinion on the pending California Supreme Court case of Sergio Garcia. Unfortunately for Garcia’s case, the DOJ isn’t in favor of illegal immigrants practicing law in the United States, reports The Wall Street Journal. We’ve discussed the case on our blog before. Sergio Garcia came to the United States from Mexico illegally as a child. Since then, he put himself through law school and even passed the California bar exam....

Tiffany Hurd was caught during a break in but ended up where she was trying to go - jail. Hurd was seen climbing a barbed wire fence outside Butler County Jail in Ohio and deputies asked her to leave. She refused and told staff that she wanted to be arrested. At first the police were reluctant to give in to her demands. But Hurd made it difficult, shouting and ignoring deputies requests that she leave....

Our long statewide nightmare is finally over. Foie gras for everyone! Back in 2012, legislation went into effect prohibiting “force feed[ing] a bird for the purpose of enlarging the bird’s liver beyond normal size.” Also prohibited were any products made that way. Given that’s exactly how foie gras is made, and to date, no one (except some random farmer in Spain whose foie gras is astonishingly expensive) can figure out how to make it any other way, foie gras was effectively banned in California....

Welcome to First Week at the Firm, a FindLaw feature for beginning associates, focused on helping you navigate the transition into firm life. We hope you’ll enjoy this new series and come back regularly for more insider tips. Sure, in law school you studied the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, probably criminal procedure, too. You might have even seen some state rules on ethics or jurisdiction. But nothing beats local rules....

In sports, the oft-compared common denominator of life lessons, an underrated player is one who is better than his or her general reputation. They often are not the superstars of the game, and instead may spend their seasons on the bench. But their overall contributions, in the grand scheme of things, may be significant. In the National Basketball Association, for example, perhaps the most underrated player last year made only one basket a game....

Believe it or not, many states have laws that prohibit warming up a car the way most cold weather state residents do it. One Michigan man learned a hard lesson this past week. Nick Taylor of Roseville, Michigan was hoping to avoid freezing his butt off while driving when he decided to warm up his car before leaving his house. Like countless other Americans living in cold weather states, Nick started his car, then went back inside his home to finish getting ready....

New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has filed a lawsuit against ESPN and NFL correspondent Adam Schefter for violating his medical privacy. Last July, Schefter tweeted a photo of Pierre-Paul’s medical chart, indicating the player had his right index finger amputated. Pierre-Paul is claiming Schefter violated Florida medical privacy statutes and invaded his privacy by publishing his medical information without permission, and is looking to hold ESPN responsible as Schefter’s employer....

For the most part, courts aren’t concerned with telling people who they can and can’t sleep with. Sodomy laws are unconstitutional, and even the states that still have them rarely enforce their adultery statutes. But there’s one legal claim jilted lovers can use to extract some financial penance from those with whom their spouses cheated, and one state that appears all too happy to order millions in relationship restitution. Keith King says his wife’s affair with Francisco Huizar ruined their marriage....