Crime doesn’t pay, especially when you forget to log out of Facebook. A pair of alleged armed robbers learned that the hard way, after police arrested them for holding up an Internet cafe, MSNBC reports. The blundering criminals at first appeared to be regular patrons, signing in and renting two computers. But when they got up to settle the bill, they flashed their handguns, cleaned out the register, and sped away on a motorcycle....
I don’t even know where to start. Maybe at the end? On January 16, Louisiana lawyer Jennifer Gaubert was convicted of misdemeanor criminal mischief for filing a false police report. Gaubert is scheduled to be sentenced on February 13 and faces up to six months in jail – quite a difference from the felony she could have been convicted of. Let’s all take a trip down memory lane and remember how we got here…...
Elon Musk, the futurist and founder of SpaceX, has a job opening: in-house counsel at The Boring Company. If the name sounds like a joke, maybe it is. The “boring” company is supposed to build transportation tunnels – not exactly reaching for the stars. But maybe Musk is offering a real job. After all, tunnels have serviced commuters for ages and the Tesla founder already has the cars. Help Wanted Among 11 job openings for engineers and technicians on its website, The Boring Company says it needs: “In-House Counsel with Transactional Experience (Transportation Law Experience Preferred)....
Christopher Toole is violating his lease, or so says his landlord in a lawsuit filed against the New York City tenant. Not only is Toole running a business out of his apartment, he’s stinking up the hallways and the apartment below him. The catch? He’s running an apartment fish farm. He also heads a nonprofit known as the Society of Aquaponic Values and Education, which encourages people to breed tilapia in urban dwellings....
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has busted three alleged fraudsters in a fake Giants tickets scam. A stack of about 100 counterfeit New York Giants tickets were confiscated in the bust, the New York Daily News reports. Police learned about this scam after a man who purchased bad tickets off Craigslist contacted them. A sting then ensued. What happened, and how can you protect yourself from becoming a victim of fraud?...
According to recent reports, only 3 percent of managing partners at the nation’s top 100 law firms are from Generation X. This is consistent with the public’s image of law firm partners as being white, balding, 3-piece-suit-wearing law firm fixtures. But even we were surprised by these numbers. On the other hand, this information might just be the push young associates need to question whether making junior partner is worth the trouble....
The holiday season is now in full swing, and while it is, arguably, the best time of year, for non-retail businesses, working professionals, and law students, it is also one of the most challenging. This is due to the fact that along with all the celebrations and festiveness, and individuals taking vacations, productivity (for some easily explainable reason) seems to go right out the window. This seasonal phenomenon is often referred to as ‘holiday-it is....
Juvenile court judgment ordering children removed from their mother’s custody and placing them in separate foster homes is reversed where the evidence was insufficient to show that the child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness as a result of the failure or inability of mother to adequately supervise or protect the child. Read In re R.M., No. B210077 in PDF...
It’s a swing and a miss for the Phillies fan that unleashed a “vomit assault” on a local police officer and his 11 year-old daughter in the stands of a Phillies baseball game this past April. The judge in the case sentenced 21-year old Matthew Clemmens to 30 to 90 days of jail, 50 hours of community service, and 2 years probation. Clemmens was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and harassment for intentionally making himself vomit on Michael Vangelo and his daughter....
The federal district court in Washington D.C. issued a lengthy opinion which may end up being in favor of the NAACP and public interest groups’ that filed a lawsuit against President Trump over the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The court relied heavily on the other three federal court opinions on the issue, and deferred reaching their own conclusions, particularly as the other federal cases are presently being appealed, and SCOTUS has already ruled that it will not take the matters up before the appellate courts rule....
After years of wrangling, a federal court in California has dismissed a privacy lawsuit against Google. Plaintiffs had alleged a variety of privacy breaches by Google, claiming that the tech Goliath had indiscriminately shared their private information with third parties, in violation of the company’s own policies. The crux of the lawsuit was Google’s alleged sharing of names, email addresses and account locations with third parties without users’ permission. Plaintiffs are unable to show any injury stemming from that sharing, federal Judge Paul Grewal ruled last Wednesday, dismissing the suit for the fourth, and most likely last, time....
I’m not going to lie, yesterday, I succumbed to the temptation of Peeps. That is, I introduced my daughter to what has been a spring tradition since I was a child – the ingesting of neon colored, sugar-covered marshmallows. Was it gross? Yes. Was it fun? You bet. Well, it seems that the ABA Journal has its own Peeps tradition – the Peeps in Law Diorama Contest. Six years strong, this may be the best yet because at their sixth “anniversary,” wedding etiquette dictates that the traditional anniversary gift would be candy (or iron – meh)....
If you ask a man to get a vasectomy, you’re likely to spend the night on the couch. But if you ask a man to get a vasectomy and promise him a weekend on the couch, you might just get somewhere. Now, now, we’re not talking about ultimatums here. We here at Legally Weird don’t condone forced sterilization. It’s kind of illegal. But what we do condone is the March Madness Vasectomy....
Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito was suspended Sunday after allegations surfaced that he was bullying offensive tackle Jonathan Martin. According to the Miami Herald, Incognito allegedly sent teammate Martin “racially charged texts” and was suspended while both the Dolphins and the NFL look into the matter. Bullying is no joke to the NFL, which may mean this could be it for Incognito’s career with the Dolphins. The Herald reports that the Dolphins announced the suspension on Sunday night, citing “conduct detrimental to the team” and contrary to the “culture of respect” that the team maintains....
According to NJ.com, a prominent law firm’s manager exchanged sex from both male and female clients for the firm’s services. A complaint filed in Camden County Superior Court last December against the Law Offices of Conrad J. Benedetto alleges the firm manager John Groff (also a convicted felon) manipulated clients and exchanged legal services for sex. An exchange of service for service, one could say. The Law Offices of Conrad J....
Few would argue that Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements are important for judges and attorneys alike. And even if they’re not, if those of us who are members of the bar (but not on the bench) have to do them, well, everyone should suffer the misery. Except, not all CLEs are miserable. Conferences can be fun. Really, really fun if the descriptions of these extravagant CLE trips that New Orleans judges frequent are any indication: a Panama City (Panama, not Florida) resort, trips to the Big Apple, a Montana resort, and more....
Many Northwestern University football players are scheduled to vote Friday on whether they should be represented by a union. The result may change how the players are treated by the private university. This vote comes after a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that players with athletic scholarships are actually university employees who can unionize, reports the Chicago Tribune. With the college football unionization vote looming, here are five key legal facts to keep in mind:...
“If you ooze masculinity, like some of us do, you have no reason to fear pink.” - Jude Law, Alfie (2004) I’m guessing the coach Chris Peterson of Mendenhall High School’s football team doesn’t subscribe to that maxim. The Mississippi coach allegedly kicked kicker Coy Sheppard off the team for wearing pink cleats during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Sheppard, 17, decided to take things up a notch, hiring former state Supreme Court justice Oliver Diaz and filing suit in Simpson County Chancery Court....
A Tennessee man made an unfortunate butt-dial while talking about getting high: He called 911. The Maury County 911 Center received a call Friday night, which police allege was from 25-year-old Grant O’Connor. Nashville’s WKRN-TV reports that dispatchers could hear the pocket-dialer talking about “getting high and going to a drug dealer’s house.” The police traced the call and later arrested O’Connor on marijuana charges. How did O’Connor butt-dial his way into an arrest?...
Business cards are still important. But some attorneys might be trying a little too hard to be fun, creative, and attention-seeking. There is a difference between setting trends and going too far. Sure, the below business cards are getting some attention from the web, but regardless of the positive light most of these are shared in, lawyers shouldn’t run the risk of potential clients gasping rather than calling. Below, you can see five of the most questionable lawyer business cards we found shared across the web....
