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Arab Bank in New York thought it couldn’t be held liable for customers overseas – even those who were known terrorists. After all, the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that liability presumptively does not reach corporations in America for human rights violations committed in other countries. Moreover, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals had thrown out the cases against Arab Bank based on that ruling. But that was then, and this is now....

Oh say did you see … that video of a teacher chopping a student’s hair while belting out the Star Spangled Banner? Fellow students posted videos to social media showing a student at University Preparatory High School in Visalia, California, sitting in a chair in the front of the classroom as the chemistry teacher, Margaret Gieszinger, chops off sections of his hair. Gieszinger then tries to grab the long ponytail of another female student....

While most real attorneys aren’t bad people, the same can’t be said about those in movies and television. But which fictional lawyers are the most evil? It’s a question that’s bound to elicit endless debates. Narrowing the list down to the top three may very well seem impossible to legal fiction buffs. But we here at FindLaw have done the impossible. So who gets the dubious number one spot? Click onward to find out....

In an ode to morality (and perhaps absurdity), there have been a lot of dumb laws that have graced the pages of this country’s statutory compilations. And though they span dozens of topics, nothing–nothing–beats those that fall into the category of dumb marriage laws. An odd mixture of superstitious, intrusive, practical, and downright bizarre, these laws regulate everything from prank marriages to evil mother-in-laws. For a peek into this wonderful world, here are our top 5 dumb marriage laws....

Want to start a New Wave cover band, performing the greatest hits from Boy George and Flock of Seagulls? Have you always wanted to stick a neckerchief and sleeveless denim jacket and do your best “Born to Run,” maybe backed by the F Street Band? Go for it. Even when you’re a millionaire, that cover-band cash could keep rolling in. That was one of the revelations in the White House financial disclosures released last week, which noted that White House counsel Don McGahn made $2....

Over the years, there have been a handful of famous former government attorneys. Chief Justice John Roberts worked as an attorney both in the White House and the Department of Justice. Justice Samuel Alito also served in the Justice Department during the Reagan years. Then, there are government attorneys – like Torture Memo author John Yoo – who might have preferred a life in the shadows. When Yoo was revealed to be the author of the Bush Administration “Torture Memo” in 2008, all hell broke loose....

Way back in 2006, during his first stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James carried the team to its first playoff appearance in almost a decade. A few short months later, eight enterprising individuals registered “BELIEVELAND” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Since then, the Ohio company (doing business out of Marietta, Georgia) has been making clothing, drink ware, and signage bearing the “Believeland” name. Then this year comes the Believeland Beer Fest, a Cleveland festival (run by a Chicago entity), selling tickets and merchandise “including t-shirts, beer glasses, bottle openers, stickers, foam fingers, and beer doozies marked with BELIEVELAND BEER FEST....

Many lawyers were initially drawn to the practice of law because of the sex appeal and image of it all. Think back to all those shiny law school brochures beckoning you to be part of the lawyer club. No doubt the brochures were jam packed with stock photos of lawyers exuding black-suited power. Stock photos capture all the stereotypes of the lawyer. Here’s how to be a lawyer as portrayed by stock photography:...

Back in our college days, when we spent our summers making court runs for a local law firm, we occasionally got pulled from court run duty to organize files for the firm’s busier attorneys. We’ve never met a sticky label we didn’t like, so we could usually turn two years’ worth of filing into a perfectly-organized system in 10 days. If cloud computing services had been available in our college days, we would have endured fewer paper cuts....

In an action alleging violations of the Labor Code, labor regulations, and an Industrial Welfare Commission wage order, Court of Appeals judgment is affirmed where: 1) employee who sues an employer under the unfair competition law for Labor Code violations must satisfy class action requirements, and Proposition 64’s amendment of law does not require otherwise; and 2) class action requirements do not need to be satisfied when an aggrieved employee seeks civil penalties for himself and other employees under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 for an employer’s alleged Labor Code violations....

Guess where British firm Allen & Overy will be moving next? DC! That’s right, the British will once again be invading our nation’s capitol, this time staffing their new office with some top-tier hires from O’Melveny & Myers. Part of the “Magic Circle,” Allen & Overy will be facing some other UK-style competition in DC as rival firms Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are already in DC. Allen & Overy’s only office right now is in New York....

Lack of jurisdiction in orthotist’s appeal of termination of his employment with the DVA Carrow v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 10-3061, concerned a challenge to the the Merit Systems Protection Board’s dismissal of the appeal, on remand, for lack of jurisdiction, in petitioner’s challenge to the termination of his employment as an orthotist-prosthetist with the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA). In affirming, the court held that, by statute, petitioner’s position with the DVA did not carry Board appeal rights, as he does not qualify as an “employee” under 5 U....

A Chicago defense attorney has found himself on trial last week, facing allegations that he illegally coached witnesses to lie on the stand. Defense attorney Beau Brindley is accused of a host of violations, from scripting witness answers to making illegal fee arraignments and interfering with grand jury investigations. Brindley was considered an “up-and-coming” criminal defense attorney, according to the Chicago Tribune. But he doesn’t seem to have been very good at his own criminality....

When it comes to charges of drug possession, there is possession and then there is possession. Your garden-variety case of possession can be illustrated in the current (as opposed to the two previous) Paris Hilton drug possession charges. Recently pulled over in Vegas and charged with felony possession of cocaine, Paris tried the old, “it’s not my Chanel bag” defense. Too bad she Tweeted a picture of the exact bag when she purchased it in July....

Homebuilders Ass’n of Tulare/Kings Counties, Inc. v. City of Lemoore, No. F057671, concerned a challenge to a city’s development impact fees as being invalid under the Mitigation Fee Act. The court affirmed the trial court’s judgment for the most part, but vacated in part where the fire protection impact fee for the east side of the city is invalid in that it is not reasonably related to the burden created by the development project....

In Cloer v. Sec’y of Health & Human Serv., No. 09-5052, the Federal Circuit faced a challenge to a decision affirming a Chief Special Masters’ report denying petitioner’s request for compensation under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. As stated in the decision: “Markovich confirms that, under section 300aa-16(a)(2), in general, a symptom must be recognizable by the medical community at large as constituting a vaccine-related injury. As this court expressly held, the limitations period begins at the first event objectively recognizable as a sign of a vaccine injury by the medical profession at large....

Rutgers law clinic on trial. The “where does your funding come from” question directed towards law school clinics. Kagan ‘81 rumored to be top candidate for Supreme Court. Princeton law grads hoping to bat 3/3 in recent SOTUS confirmations. Kaplan Survey: Pre-Law Students Confident About Law School Decision. 1L to classmate: “good luck in the job market, you’ll need it.” Yale Law Student Wins Poker Tour. A poker face made perfect....

Dr. James Andrews is probably the most recognized name when it comes to world class athletes and injuries. The orthopedic surgeon has performed Tommy John surgery on just about every pitcher you know, along with surgeries on Bo Jackson’s hip, the shoulders of Cowboys trio Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin, and Emmitt Smith, and knee operations on golfer Jack Nicklaus and wrestler CM Punk. Needless to say, if you’re an elite athlete that needs major surgery, you go to Dr....

Judge Jack Robison apparently had second thoughts about denying the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. As the jurors deliberated in the criminal case, the judge interrupted them. He said that God told him the defendant was not guilty. “When God tells me I gotta do something, I gotta do it,” Robison explained. But for the defendant and the judge, it was too late. “Went With His Conscience” The jury convicted Gloria Romero Perez anyway, finding her guilty of child trafficking for bringing a relative from Honduras to Texas....

Increasingly, there is talk that law school is not just for those who only want to practice law. It can also be for those who already have established careers and are looking for a shot in the arm. A number of law schools today offer one year programs for those individuals who seek a thorough introduction to the law without having to give up the expense and time of a full three-year degree....