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If you’ve pled not guilty to vehicular manslaughter, googling “How do fugitives escape?” while out on bail sure doesn’t make you look innocent. But millionaire Sean Ludwick probably has bigger things to worry about right now than how he looks. Namely, whether he’ll ever get out of prison again after a judge was alerted to his actions and denied him bail. And if Ludwick is adding to his Things-Not-to-Do-When-Charged-With-a-Crime list, perhaps he should add, “Try and buy a boat from an off-duty FBI agent in Puerto Rico....

At FindLaw, we know how important having a mentor is to one’s professional development, so much so, that we often recommend it’s one of the first things you do when you start a new job. But in all of our writings, we’ve never actually explained how to get a mentor. It’s very easy to say “get a mentor.” But, how do you get the ball rolling? Who should you ask? What should you do?...

Also Rulings re Adult Cabaret vs. Church, Plus Criminal & Family Law Matters People v. Garcia, No. E048416, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s restitution order following defendant’s no contest plea to a single count of felony false imprisonment by force in exchange for dismissing a rape charge and another separate case. In affirming, the court held that the trial court appropriately allowed only a limited inquiry into the confidences of the psychotherapist-patient relationship, compelling disclosure of only those matters directly relevant to the issue of restitution for the victim’s therapy costs....

There’s no doubt about it. Our world is as political as it has ever been. And with all that politics, there’s bound to be antics, but rarely do judge’s play an active role. However, in one Massachusetts courtroom, one judge is alleged to have responded in an unusual way when she learned that ICE agents were waiting to arrest a defendant when he left her courtroom. According to reports, she allowed the defendant to be released from custody and then let out the back door of the courthouse....

Venice Beach is a destination vacation for millions of people, but it became a bitter, final destination for traveler Alice Gruppioni. She died there five years ago when a man drove onto the boardwalk and plowed her down. The City of Los Angeles decided this week to pay her survivors about $12 million to settle their claims. Ending three lawsuits with the settlement, the city will pay up to $2 million more for others injured in the tragedy....

Did you know that you can get cited for jaywalking even while you’re in a coma? While she was in a coma, a police officer arrived to issue her a ticket for jaywalking. And while it appears that Davis likely was jaywalking, her family is wondering whether it is moral or wise to issue infraction tickets to people after they experience such a serious trauma. “If she was jaywalking, then she was jaywalking....

A man accused of using a McDonald’s McChicken sandwich to hit his pregnant wife is facing a domestic violence charge. Moody foody Marvin Tramaine Hill II, 21, told police in Des Moines, Iowa, that he threw the breaded chicken sandwich at his wife “because he doesn’t like them.” According to The Des Moines Register, Hill claims that his wife was actually the one who assaulted him. Is the McChicken now the official sandwich of domestic squabbles?...

In a move that could have only been inspired by watching The Little Mermaid one too many times, a man has confessed to robbing a bank while dressed in swimming goggles and a bright pink scarf. He was also toting a tuna can designed to look like a bomb. After being convicted of assault, Sean Collins of Glasgow, Scotland was ordered to pay $3,200 in restitution, reports STV. Having lost his job due to the conviction, he had no money to pay both the fine and his mortgage....

According to Anastasia, a woman in Germany, her ex-boyfriend, is seeking to re-possess her implants after she failed to completely reimburse him. The former couple allegedly had a deal: as long as the woman stayed with the man for a year, she wouldn’t have to pay him back. The woman apparently admits that she signed an agreement that said she would stay with the man, named only as “Carsten,” for at least a year if he paid for the implants....

Have you seen the viral video of a car hitting about nine other vehicles in a Wisconsin parking lot? Thankfully, no one was injured, and bystanders were able to get the driver to stop. It turns out the driver, Russell Kerr, was a 92-year-old man whose foot became stuck on the gas pedal, Milwaukee’s WISN-TV reports. The man panicked and lost control of the car. Police said Kerr wouldn’t be charged with a crime, as they considered his actions accidental....

A Canadian man who was caught at the US border with 51 turtles taped to his legs last year, yesterday pled guilty to six smuggling crimes. In a Michigan federal court, Kai Xu, 27, admitted to smuggling or attempting to smuggle 1,000 reptiles in all, according to the Associated Press. Xu has reportedly been smuggling turtles to China for a while now, and it is a relatively profitable business. Turtles Worth Twice as Much in China Assistant U....

In a case brought by residents of a mobile home park against the park owners for failing to properly maintain common areas and facilities and for being subjected to substandard living conditions, trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to compel judicial reference is affirmed as a trial court has the discretion to refuse to enforce a reference agreement under the circumstances in the case, or related considerations of judicial economy, and the court did not abuse that discretion....

If you are like William Voge, it’s time to clean up your email and text messages. (Wait a second. My name is William Vogeler. Excuse me a moment while I clean up my email and text messages.) Voge, chairman at Latham & Watkins, got caught in a sexting scandal. It’s a lesson of biblical proportions about how a phone and bad decisions can destroy you. The Lawyer’s Bathsheba While on a business trip, Voge contacted a woman on behalf of a Christian group to help resolve an issue she had with the New Canaan Society....

Morse v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd., 10-3030, involved a plaintiff’s action claiming that the Transportation Security Administration violated his veterans’ preference rights when it declined to waive its maximum entry age requirement in connection with his application for employment as a Federal Air Marshal. In affirming the Merit Systems Protection Board’s dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, the court held that the TSA is exempt from section 3330(a) of Title 5, which provides Board appeal rights for preference eligible veterans....

You know the feeling: after a hearty “business lunch,” you return to the office only to realize that you’re staring out the window, having trouble concentrating, and slumping a little in your chair. I’ll just rest my eyes for a few quick … And then you’re out. The post-lunch blahs are awful – until they’re remedied by the post-blah Starbucks. What is one to do? A no-brainer. Salad, because it doesn’t contain a lot of carbohydrates (lettuce is mostly water) or beefy beefiness, won’t put you to sleep....

A Boston woman who tried to outsmart police by giving them a fake name ended up being arrested on a very real warrant out for a person with the name she had provided. Tina Lunn was approached by a Boston transit police officer after being observed smoking a cigarette despite several posted “no smoking” signs, reports WXFT-TV. Lunn, who was wanted for warrants in two different Massachusetts counties, allegedly provided a fake name and fake date of birth to the officer....

Like many young people, I’ve been too busy to pay attention to Obamacare. Democrats passed a healthcare law, the Supreme Court upheld the insurance mandate as a tax, and since then, congressional Republicans have threatened to hold their breath and stomp their feet until they turn blue and pass out. Or until the law is defunded. None of that means a thing to me. Until recently, I lacked a job with benefits, and the only concern I had was this: how does this affect my insurance premiums?...

A vanity “NOT SEE” license plate – with the separate image of a swastika above it – caused a San Diego Unified School District bus driver to be suspended and the license plates to be yanked by the DMV. The California Department of Motor Vehicles canceled the “NOT SEE” license plates – which, when pronounced, sounds like the word “Nazi” – and asked the owner, Shawn Calpito, to return them....

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault in a plea deal with prosecutors in his Texas child abuse case. The deal allows Peterson to avoid serving any jail time, reports USA Today. Instead, Peterson will serve 80 hours of community service and pay a $4,000 fine along with court costs. The plea deal also may open the door to Peterson’s return to the NFL....

The Augusta National Golf Club is set to admit two women as members. After an 80-year history of all-male membership, the home of the Masters is finally entering the modern age and is opening its doors to females. The two women invited to join are former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore, reports The Associated Press. It’s interesting to note that the most recent woman to have sparked the Augusta sexism debate, IBM CEO Virginia Rometty, was not invited....