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Hunter Moore, otherwise known as the king of revenge porn (and therefore otherwise known as the king of sleaze), was arrested by special agents with the FBI. Moore, the 27-year-old who operated isanyoneup.com, and Charles Evens, 25, were arrested for allegedly trying to steal naked pics of victims to drum up more business for the website. Apparently, business has been slow in the revenge porn industry. For those of you who are blissfully ignorant of the scourge that is revenge porn, here’s a quick explanation: angry exes (typically men) submit nude or sexually explicit photos of former flames (typically women) to websites like isanyoneup....

The New Jersey town of Toms River is home to a new kind of horror, and it lives at 100 Terrace Ave. Or so Josue Chinchilla and his fiance Michele Callan claim. The couple has filed a haunted house lawsuit against the home’s owner, alleging that the rental property houses at least one paranormal entity. Between the moving doors, flickering lights and strange voices whispering “let it burn,” they believe they had no choice but to flee the property....

The Care Bears used to say “It’s never too late if you care enough.” This week, Justice Donald Alexander of Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court offered a similar sentiment regarding F. Lee Bailey’s chances of getting his law license back, the ABA Journal reports. All Bailey needs is a good ol’ fashioned Care Bear stare … and $2 million dollars. Bailey was once one of the most high-profile defense lawyers of the century, representing Dr....

Welcome to the club, Mr. Garcia. A long-winding case finally came to its expected conclusion when the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sergio Garcia, an undocumented immigrant who, as a 17-month-old, was brought into the country, and has been waiting for a visa since 1995. Garcia passed the California bar exam, but there was a question over whether a person, not legally allowed to be in the United States, could be licensed to practice law by one of the states, especially since a federal statute seemed to prohibit licensing such individuals....

Trial court judgment in favor of plaintiff for damages, interest, and costs related to defendant’s theft of property is affirmed where a criminal restitution order under Penal Code sec. 1202.4 in favor of a victim of a crime does not preclude the victim or the victim’s assignee from pursuing a separate civil action for restitution based on the same facts from which the criminal conviction arose. Read Vigilant Ins. Co. v....

Looking at Uber’s legal organization is a little like looking at an incomplete schematic for a car. If you are not an electrician or really good at sorting out a tangle, you may have trouble figuring out how the company’s legal team even works. There are definitely some missing connections. Last week, the San Francisco-based company moved its general counsel to chief legal officer. Days later, the company’s top attorney for basically the rest of the world quit....

Amateur Australian model Rebecca Leigh Crimmins, a woman who threw a tampon at a McDonald’s worker as a prank, says her life is ruined. That’s right, the woman who threw the tampon throwing claims she is the victim here. Crimmins, 27, threw the offending object early as some kind of joke. But now, the Australian says that people are overreacting to the incident. She was even fired from the Noosa Surf Life Saving Club after her tampon-throwing escape....

A Colorado man is suing after he allegedly got high, and sick, from chocolate he ate at the Denver County Fair’s “Pot Pavilion” – which, despite its name, was supposed to be pot-free. Jordan Coombs filed a lawsuit in state court on Thursday claiming that he was essentially drugged by free chocolates offered at the Fair by a company called LivWell. The Associated Press reports that after ingesting the chocolate, Coombs started vomiting and emergency room doctors informed him he had “overdosed on the drug....

Petition for Review of FDA Order In Actavis Elizabeth LLC v. FDA, No. 10-5066, a petition for review of the FDA’s order that Vyvanse, a name-brand drug for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), was entitled to five years of marketing exclusivity, the court affirmed summary judgment for defendants where 1) since lisdexamfetamine contained an amide bond, the FDA properly treated it as an “active moiety” of its own; and 2) given the complexity of the statutory regime, the court deferred to the agency’s interpretation....

A California Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s award of $1 million in damages to Los Angeles ex-firefighter Jubari Jumanne who sued the City of Angels under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act for discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. In reversing the lower court’s ruling, the court ruled that Jumanne’s claims were brought outside a critical one year statute-of-limitations and that the “continuing violation” doctrine did not apply. Jumanne’s case is reminiscent of situations in which real estate attorneys will (unethically) counsel their clients to disclaim any actual notice of hostile invasion of property....

Chad Johnson and Evelyn Lozada are now officially divorced. A Florida judge signed off on the divorce papers ending the three-month marriage, reports the Examiner. The couple was married on July 4 and the marital bliss ended abruptly in August when Lozada discovered a receipt for a box of condoms in their car. The claimed infidelity led to a physical encounter and Johnson allegedly head-butting Lozada. The former NFL wide receiver did not want to let go of his marriage so easily, however....

Villacres v. ABM Indus. Inc., B219584, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s grant of defendant employer’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff’s claims were barred under the doctrine of res judicata, in a former class member’s suit against his employer, seeking civil penalties under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 for alleged violations of the Labor Code. People v. Sanders, B206569, concerned a challenge to the trial court’s imposition of a sentence of 64 years to life in prison, in a conviction of defendant for two counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault with a firearm, plus firearms discharge and great bodily enhancements....

In an action seeking an injunction requiring the Office of Foreign Assets Control to issue Plaintiff a license to export goods to Iran, the dismissal of the complaint is reversed, where Plaintiff’s claims fell within the “capable of repetition but evading review” exception to the mootness doctrine. Read Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. v. US, No. 08-5398 Appellate Information Argued April 9, 2009 Decided June 26, 2009 Judges Opinion by Judge Rogers...

Answering a question in a federal case, the California Supreme Court said employers must pay hourly workers for time spent “off-the-clock” doing company work. In Troester v. Starbucks Corporation, a manager sued for time spent closing his store, locking up and making sure employees found rides home. It took him about 10 minutes a day after clocking out. The California Supreme Court said that is enough to be paid, setting the stage for a major shift in wages for California....

Even Frank Abagnale, Jr. of “Catch Me If You Can” had the good sense not to impersonate a police officer. But apparently a passenger detained on Wednesday lacked Abagnale’s sensibilities, and was caught falsely identifying himself as a federal air marshal. The passenger was on Delta flight 1922, going from Detroit to Boston. An actual air marshal overheard the man and detained him, Transportation Security Administration officials said. The man was handcuffed and help in the jump seat at the back of the plane....

Some people never learn, and Michelle Astumian happens to be one of them. In a California court to be sentenced for forgery, she presented a doctor’s note to the prosecutor requesting that the hearing be postponed. The note was a fake. In January, Michelle Astumian pled no contest to two counts of forging drug prescriptions and one count of using a fraudulent check. Out on bail, she returned to court on Tuesday to officially be sentenced to a 4 years and 8 months in jail....

Oh happy day! We never thought we’d see George Clooney settle down, but we learned earlier this week that he got engaged – to a lawyer! But she’s not just any lawyer, she’s pretty fancy one (and a barrister to boot). And, when we say fancy, we don’t just mean fancy looking – Amal Alamuddin has one hell of a resume. Here are some of her impressive lawyerly accomplishments. 1. Education Amal Alamuddin received her BA and LLB (law degree in the U....

Some in the legal staffing industry remain refreshingly optimistic, like Robert Half Legal, which finds that “only” 10% of the firms it surveyed even anticipate workforce reductions this year.Adam Smith, Esq., suggests that associates’ pain might be minimized in forward-thinking firms willing to seek other ways besides layoffs to cut costs. Legally Drawn advises the enterprising associate not to shy away from new revenue-generation models.FindLaw offers 10 tips for anyone who’s lost a job on how to control the financial damage....

There’s a case to be made that a graffiti artist may own copyrights to the scribbles on your property. For now, however, that case will not be made. A clothing company had sued a street artist who claimed copyright for wavy lines he etched on a wall, but now the company has withdrawn the complaint. H&M, a multi-national clothing company, voluntary dismissed its case against the popular artist. Basically, the company said, “my bad....

Sometimes you just have to laugh about life’s twists and turns. Especially since Donald Trump became president and started rolling back Barack Obama’s initiatives, like the proposed rule on overtime wages. The proposed overtime increases are long overdue and now appear to be overdone. That’s because the changes were to take effect in December 2016, but a judge granted a preliminary injunction to stop them in November, and then Trump put a freeze on the regulations in January....