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Alexander Hamilton was famous for many things, but not for singing. As a Founding Father and first Secretary of the Treasury, he organized the nation’s financial system. Today, however, Hamilton is also famous for a Broadway musical in his name. But his legacy does not end there. A personal injury lawyer added his two cents to the man on the $10 bill. A Hamilton Principle Joshua P. Davis, a Texas attorney, sued to get a refund on his “Hamilton” tickets....

Commit a bank robbery, and you’ll probably go to jail. Commit a bank robbery with an AK-47, and you’ll probably go to jail for the rest of your natural life. But is that fair if you didn’t know it was an automatic weapon? The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals took on the issue of the mandatory minimum sentence for using an automatic weapon by agreeing to a rare full-court hearing of the case of bank robber Bryan Burwell....

National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. v. Fed’l Serv. Impasses Panel, No. 08-5479, involved an action by an air traffic controllers’ union against the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Federal Labor Relations Authority, seeking both a declaratory judgment that the FSIP had jurisdiction over an impasse involving the FAA and an injunction requiring the FSIP to assert jurisdiction over all such pending and future impasses....

It’s Friday, which means you’ve just about made it to the weekend. Congrats! Now, why don’t you see if you can make it to a better job? And better jobs are out there – and some of them are even pretty cool. As part of our affiliate partnership with Indeed, we’re bringing you the three coolest legal jobs we can find this week. For the sports-inclined attorneys, these jobs will bring you out on the court with top basketball stars....

The holidays are a time of giving. This week, California’s Fourth Appellate District Court was truly in the giving spirit as it handed out tips to attorneys for ways to avoid attorney sanctions for sloppy lawyering. In fact, the appellate court had so many words of wisdom for attorneys and judges alike in this case of three cautionary tales, that we’ve decided divvy up the fun for you over the next few days....

In an action against a judgment creditor to enforce an alleged settlement, alleging that the parties reached an agreement to fully satisfy the $40,000 judgment by paying the defendant $15,000, trial court’s finding that no settlement agreement was ever reached is affirmed as, regardless of whether an agreement was reached, section 664.6 does not apply after a judgment has become final in an ordinary civil action because at that point, litigation is no longer pending as expressly contemplated by the statute....

While A&E Television Networks is no stranger to lawsuits, its current lawsuit may be the most strange. A&E is currently being sued by Marlorita Battle for falsely portraying her as smuggling drugs in her private parts, according to Courthouse News. Marlorita Battle claims that she never gave the television permission to use her image or likeness at all, but they filmed her during their “Conspiracy” episode on its show called The Squad: Prison Police....

Gaming widows everywhere are quietly applauding Alyse Baddley, a 21-year-old Utah woman who tried to sell her husband on Craigslist. Fed up with the traditional head nod and deaf ears, she and her mother-in-law conspired to auction him off to the highest bidder. Or in exchange for “an acceptable replacement.” Baddley decided that it would be better if her husband Kyle went to a “good home” where his obsession would be tolerated....

Shirell Powell has filed a lawsuit against St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx for removing life support from Frederick Williams. Any first year law student would immediately start thinking medical malpractice or wrongful death. But no, this is a case regarding negligent infliction of emotion distress. And it is distressful on so many levels, but read on to find out which level you think pushes most on your stress points....

If you’re about 7 feet tall, you tend to tower over most people. Kevin Nash’s mugshot after his recent arrest illustrates this - he was taller than the measuring chart at the police station. A former WWE wrestler, Kevin Nash’s battery arrest stemmed from an incident last month involving his wife, reports TMZ. Nash (aka “Diesel” and “Big Sexy”) and his wife were walking on the street when a man attempted to hit on Nash’s wife, walking close to her and eventually getting aggressive....

There’s an old saying about your life being over once you have kids. It’s a joke most already-parents like to bestow on soon-to-be-parents; a joke with just a hint of truth. Many parents long for their pre-children social lives, and try to combine the two, dragging the kids along to restaurants, bars, and even beer gardens. Of course the majority of parents do this responsibly and without incident. But it’s always the irresponsible few that ruin it for the many....

Without even perusing Above the Law’s 2013 Top 50 Law School Rankings, we were certain of one thing: they beat the heck out of Thomas M. Cooley’s Judging the Law Schools Rankings (which emphasize the number of chairs in the library — Thomas M. Cooley is #2, right behind Harvard!). Other significant factors include school costs and alumni satisfaction. Insignificant factors include LSAT scores, GPA, scholarships, and other things that have no impact whatsoever on post-law school life....

A prominent atheist group is suing to remove the 17-foot “Miracle Cross” from New York City’s 9/11 memorial, claiming it stands in violation of the separation of church and state. The “Miracle Cross,” a cross-shaped beam discovered in the wreckage of Ground Zero, is “a symbol of comfort and hope,” according to Fox News. But a group called American Atheists wants the cross removed from the taxpayer-funded monument at the site of the former World Trade Center....

Four college athletes are suing the NCAA and its five biggest conferences, claiming that the organization is an “unlawful cartel.” The lawsuit seeks damages for college football and basketball players who claim they suffered economic harm from the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It asks for a declaratory judgment that the NCAA is in violation of antitrust law, reports The Associated Press. How is the NCAA an “unlawful cartel,” according to the lawsuit?...

Traditionally executioners wore hoods as it has always been understood that the business of death is grizzly. This is all the more true when the executioner is an authority, and that perhaps explains why the state of Missouri is reportedly paying its death penalty bills with, well, unmarked bills, envelopes stuffed with cash. According to an investigation by BuzzFeed News – a review of receipts, confidential communications, and cash withdrawals – state officials spent nearly a quarter million in cash on executions since November 2013 alone....

The adjudication of intellectual property issues is increasingly complex, thanks to globalization. So it’s high time that the judicial minds came together to discuss the issues. That’s what led to a three-day conference in Beijing from May 28 to 30. The United States-China Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference was held at Renmin University in Beijing and had over 1,200 attendees, including business leaders, government officials and jurists. According to the announcement on the Federal Circuit’s website, this is the first time that leading Chinese and American jurists have come together in a public forum to discuss IP issues....

When a reporter calls, it’s a good idea to answer rather than be identified as the “no-comment” lawyer. That’s like pleading the Fifth, and it doesn’t go well in the court of public opinion. When you do talk to the media, however, be careful about what you say. M. Adriana Koeck learned that lesson the hard way. She has been suspended from law practice for 60 days because she disclosed confidential company information....

According to recently published research by an executive search firm, general counsels are better “forecasters,” “harmonizers,” and “producers,” than their counterparts on a company’s executive team. As explained by the ABA journal, two of these three attributes can be explained by the legal profession’s natural tendency for cautiousness. However, excepting the forecaster score where GCs only trailed non-lawyer CEOs by a couple points, GCs scored higher than other executive positions in these three important categories....

In a personal injury action, denial of an insurer’s motion to intervene is affirmed where the insurer, having denied coverage and having refused to defend the action on behalf of its insured, did not have a direct and immediate interest to warrant intervention in the litigation. Read Hinton v. Beck, No. C056911 Appellate Information Filed August 25, 2009 Judges Opinion by Judge Blease Counsel For Appellants: Lois A. Lindstrom, Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day & Lindstrom, Walnut Creek, CA...

Decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, denying petitioner’s registration application for the mark “One Nation Under God” for charity bracelets, is vacated and remanded as a picture is not a mandatory requirement for a website-based specimen of use, and the test for an acceptable website-based specimen, just as any other specimen, is simply that it must in some way evince that the mark is “associated” with the goods and services as an indicator of source....