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The words ‘Floyd Mayweather’ and ‘jewelry shopping spree’ often find themselves colliding in headlines. But according to one Las Vegas jeweler, the man they call “Money” doesn’t always pay his debts. The Jewelers Inc. claim Mayweather still owes them $1.4 million for a necklace the boxer bought last year, and are suing him in Clark County Court to get paid. KO’s Karats The lawsuit alleges Mayweather picked up a $3 million diamond-covered necklace last September, dropping $1 million at the time and agreeing to pay the remaining balance in $100,000 monthly installments....

Judge Judy took to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” last Thursday to discuss her role as one of America’s most famous jurists. (Remember, “Judge Judy” is not a real court, but the cases are real and the proceedings are technically binding arbitration.) It was a fun, fast-paced interview and, true to form, Judge Judy had plenty to say, including some advice for the Supreme Court. Let’s take a look.....

A New York man is facing criminal charges after bulldozing the home owned by his wife in which the couple lived. Tearing down your own house, though questionable, is not typically a crime. In this instance, however, police say that the man, 48-year-old James Rhein, never told his wife about his plans for destroying her home and everything in it, reports New York’s WNBC-TV. Now Rhein is facing both the legal and marital consequences for his rash decision....

The sound of running water caused the officer to turn around and discover that Thompson was peeing on a box of 301 Breathalyzer tubes. Honest mistake. Really. Though we’re admittedly are unfamiliar with the intricacies of New Zealand DUI law, here in the States, implied consent laws allow the suspect to choose his or her method of blood alcohol testing. The most common options are blood, breath, and urine. Thompson was probably just exercising his right to choose the urine test....

Mike McQueary is suing Penn State University for defamation and whistle-blowing. The former graduate assistant and key witness in the Jerry Sandusky trial is seeking $4 million in damages. In 2001, McQueary said that he saw Sandusky performing sexual acts on a boy in the Penn State showers. McQueary made national headlines and outraged many because people wondered why the former college quarterback didn’t just maul Sandusky and save the boy....

With the bearded hipster so ubiquitous, few would have expected this, but facial hair is under attack. More precisely, a mustachioed valedictorian was barred from attending his high school graduation in Amite, Louisiana this past weekend due to his facial hair. Jones has a 4.0 grade point average and will be attending college next year on academic and sports scholarships, reports the Huffington Post. But he did not walk in his graduation and was asked to turn over his cap and gown....

Ozzie Guillen is suspended immediately “without pay” for five games, the Miami Marlins announced Tuesday, after the manager’s remarks about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro unleashed fury from Cuban American fans. Guillen, 48, in his first season as the Marlins’ manager, apologized for a second time Tuesday for the controversy that he blamed on his own translation issues, Reuters reports. In an interview with Time magazine’s online edition, Guillen was quoted as saying, “I love Fidel Castro....

A sentence for sexual offenses involving four young children is reversed and remanded for resentencing where the trial court erred in imposing a full, consecutive term on one count because defendant’s crimes did not involve the same victim on the same occasion as required by subdivision (c) of Penal Code section 667.6. Read People v. Goodliffe, No. C058588 Appellate Information Filed September 14, 2009 Judges Opinion by Judge Blease Counsel...

Football players kneel during the national anthem; you criticize the NFL for mishandling it; and people don’t buy pizza. That’s the reality that led the founder of Papa John’s Pizza to step down as chief executive officer. John Schnatter blamed slowing sales on the outcry surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. If the head cook thinks like that, maybe it is time to get out of the kitchen. And if you are the general counsel, you might want to say something about it....

Safeway, a major grocery store chain that every Californian knows, is being bought up by competitor Albertsons. Also operating under the name Vons or Pavilions in the Golden State, Safeway is merging with Albertsons in a deal estimated at over $9 million, reports CNNMoney. But the deal won’t be finalized until the end of the year, and Safeway has some settlement deals to wrap up first. Perhaps not coincidentally, on the same day in which the deal was inked to merge Safeway with Albertsons, Safeway paid out $2....

Crime is serious. But criminals, sometimes not so much. Whether you are studying law or practicing it, you might be able to use a break from the gravity of the law to appreciate, well, its occasional unintended humor. Putting your foot in your mouth is one thing…but shooting it is quite another. Law associates and students: keep the biting figurative, please. DUI…gone horse and buggy. “Steven Alan Locasio called a number left on a ransom note to negotiate a deal to get his marijuana back....

Several years ago, Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was criminally indicted on corruption charges but managed to slip by a conviction on what many consider a technicality. The case against him produced much debate about whether or not government lawyers were being properly trained in their ethical duties of disclosure. It also produced “the Blue Book.” Not that Blue Book, but the Federal Criminal Discovery Blue Book. And it, unlike its more famous cousin, is probably more important than you know....

District court judgment dismissing plaintiff’s action is reversed where the act of filing an application for a patent at the USPTO was sufficient to subject defendant to personal jurisdiction in a malpractice claim based upon that filing and brought in federal court, as defendant’s contacts with the United States were sufficient to meet the minimum contacts standard and the exercise of personal jurisdiction over defendants does not offend traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice....

As you’re waiting in line at the airport to get your full body scan, or have your stuff rifled through, you might peer over at the stack of bins, into which you’re hastily stuffing your laptop and shoes, and notice that there are ads in them. Since 2007, the TSA has offset the cost of security checkpoints by selling ad space in the bottom of its X-ray bins. And it’s these bins and their ads that are the basis of a lawsuit decided by the D....

If you’re looking for a new movie to check out and you want to see Leonardo DiCaprio get mauled by a grizzly bear, might we suggest The Revenant? The new movie tells the tale of legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass, played by DiCaprio, who literally rises from his grave after his hunting team leaves him for dead. From that point on, the Revenant is focused on one thing: revenge. It’s a harsh, beautiful film about the American West and the consuming desire for revenge....

Getting into law school was scary. Between the LSAT, waiting for results, and surviving the application process, the whole law school process tested your nerves. And now that you’re in, you can look forward to more gray-hair inducing events in school. The standard practice in law school classes is to base your entire grade on a single final exam at the end of the course. This isn’t really as scary as it sounds and is actually quickly becoming the standard fair for undergrad courses as well....

1Ls, 2Ls, and 3Ls: finals are nearly here (or gone) for all of you. What should you be doing over winter break? Besides having a few drinks and unwinding, you’ll probably want to accelerate your job-hunting efforts. Most 3Ls probably know what they are doing by now, and 2Ls might have some idea, so this is mainly for 1Ls who ignored career services in favor of studying for finals. But the tips apply universally regardless....

If someone said you were a born lawyer, it probably was not a compliment. The general perception of lawyers is not that great. We’re arrogant, aggressive jerks. At least that’s what he said. Attorney Stephen Williams said it’s something that every in-house counsel has to strive to avoid. After all, lawyers affect culture. Chicken-or-the-Egg? Williams, writing for Above the Law, said he sometimes calls out other lawyers for how they interact with non-legal peers....

This one is kind of hard to believe, even by Legally Weird standards. Not only for the actual facts, but for what is left undone. Police in Atlanta, Georgia, were called to the scene of a car accident on Monday morning, July 5. That is not unusual. It may be a bit more unusual that the accident occurred when 75 year-old Constance Chapman drove her Mazda Miata through the front window of an Atlanta liquor store, causing as many as 1,500 bottles of alcohol to shatter....

Hundreds of Teamsters and BMW employees spent some time outside the varying offices of labor law firm Jackson Lewis this week, protesting the firm’s involvement in the car manufacturer’s Southern California labor dispute. Peeved that BMW is replacing union jobs with contract positions, union members chose to protest Jackson Lewis for helping the company “destroy American jobs.” Who thinks the law firm cares? At the end of August, the Los Angeles Times reports that BMW plans to replace 68 union employees at its Ontario, California plant with contractors, allowing them to skip out on higher wages and benefit packages....