Hey…hey, hey So when they said you’ve got pay to play Did they mean by going to law school night and day And forking over more than $90k Even when you want to go the public service way? And start questioning what pro bono is all about There’s something you really ought to know And luckily this rhyme is about to tell you so LRAP, oooh, LRAP L is the Loan you’re gonna need...
Brian Christopher Grauman, a recent graduate of UC Hastings College of Law, committed suicide after learning that he failed the bar exam. His death stunned those who knew him best. He was a high-achiever, having graduated from UC Merced with honors. He had served as editor of the school paper and chief justice of the student government judicial branch. In delivering a commencement speech, he spoke about the future of the graduating class....
So much for avoiding prison time! An Alaska man successfully committed pseudocide but chose a loving, yet lousy co-conspirator. Now he’s headed back to prison for the sentence he was trying to dodge, plus an extra 15 months from a federal judge for fraudulent related activity. Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that Ryan Meganack, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an incapacitated women and sentenced to 15 years in state prison, would want to fake his own death to avoid the slammer....
When we see a good idea, we sometimes ask ourselves, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Then there are those times we say, “What were they thinking?” This is one of those times because this app is not a good idea. Feeld, a dating app that can piggyback on many office communication networks, is designed to facilitate hook-ups at work. It is not an innovation as much as it is an invitation to sexual harassment....
A $51,000 photo of a naked woman is not unheard of. A $51,000 naked photo that hung on the wall of Rogue Ales’ Newport Ale House for nearly 25 years? That’s a bit of a stretch. But Oregon Brewing Company, parent company of Rogue Ales, is suing Frame Central for just that. The framing company lost its racy photo, and the beer brewers want it back, or its rent will go up by a lot....
The Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley School of Law’s lawsuit against the ABA is not going so well for the school. It recently lost a request for a preliminary injunction against the ABA, demanding that the ABA remove this letter from the internet and public domain. That letter is at the very heart of the lawsuit. Cooley Law School alleges that the publishing of that letter violates the Higher Education Act as well as due process....
There’s an all-out feud brewing between former Florida State teammates Chris Rix and Darnell Dockett. Darnell Dockett is a monstrous defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals who makes almost as many headlines for his tweets as he does for his play on the field. In fact, he helped make Katherine Webb a household name by tweeting the former Miss Alabama (and Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron’s current girlfriend) his phone number after she was shown repeatedly during the BCS Championship game....
We love Hulu. We only watch TV online. It’s been six years since we last paid for cable. We’ll never go back. So we had a mild panic attack when we saw that our beloved Hulu was the named defendant in patent infringement litigation. Good news, fellow Hulu fans: Hulu, while named, was dismissed from the suit. Whew. The remaining parties, Ultramercial and WildTangent, were in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to determine whether Ultramercial’s content delivery method was subject matter that could, itself, be copyrighted....
A UC Berkeley law grad who killed an exotic bird in Las Vegas is getting off with probation for the bird’s death. Justin Alexander Teixeira, 25, was sentenced to up to four years of probation and 16 hours of animal shelter work per month for beheading a helmeted guineafowl in 2012, reports The Associated Press. Did Teixeira get off easy for bird murder? First Boot Camp, Now Probation To be fair to Teixeira, he didn’t just receive probation for beheading the exotic bird named Turk....
Don’t mess with Johnny Football. Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel recently received a speeding ticket in Ennis, Texas, near Dallas. But the local judge may be in more trouble than Manziel. Judge W. Lee Johnson apparently felt that Manziel’s speeding ticket was notable enough to comment about it on his Facebook page, reports the Associated Press. It’s not clear why a municipal judge has a Facebook page in the first place, but the judge now finds himself in hot water....
What do the KKK and Westboro Baptist Church have in common? For one, they both are rabidly intolerant of certain groups of people. The KKK doesn’t like minorities. Westboro doesn’t like the LGBT community. And, secondly, both groups turned up on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Westboro was there to protest the proceedings, while the KKK showed up to protest… Westboro. “Imperial Wizard” and founder of the KKK group the Knights of the Southern Cross Dennis LaBonte was upset that Westboro was choosing to protest military funerals....
Nothing reignites a romance like a near death experience during an extended stay in a Nevada brothel. After Lamar Odom was found unconscious at the Love Ranch, it came out that the NBA and reality television star had never divorced his ex, Khloe Kardashian. Now, Lamar is recovering and so is their relationship – celebrity news sources announced yesterday that the couple was calling off the divorce. Who shepherded them through their prostitute and herbal Viagra-aided reconciliation?...
A former USC quarterback preparing for the NFL draft has been arrested for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Mitch Mustain, 22, who was a former backup quarterback, who finished in 2010, has been accused of selling prescription drugs, a felony. He was arrested and booked on $30,000 bail, according to Officer Bruce Borihanh, the LA Times reports. Mustain posted bail and has been released. Mustain was in the process of preparing for the upcoming NFL combine/draft....
Maybe it was worth it to Richard Peterson. His 15 minutes of fame on the Jerry Springer show cost him three days in jail. The 30-year-old man was sentenced for violating his probation after he and his girlfriend got all-expenses-paid trip to appear on the show. According to the Gaston Gazette his probation officer spotted him on the television program. He was sentenced for leaving the state to travel to Connecticut where the show is taped....
Defendant’s conviction for arson and sentence of 16 years in state prison is affirmed where: 1) defendant’s claim that the trial court failed to advise him of the direct consequences of admitting his prior arson conviction is rejected was waived; 2) there is nothing to indicate that mitigating factors were presented to the court at the time of sentencing in the form of a sentencing memorandum filed by defendant’s counsel or during oral argument; 3) defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims are rejected; 4) trial court did not violate the prohibition against the dual use of facts in Pen....
In failing to keep his hoofs under control, a Wisconsin horse is the center of a personal injury lawsuit. Melva Lee Yates claims that she was driving her Pontiac Grand Am in 2008 when a horse owned by Connie and George Cummings charged into her vehicle. The stallion not only caused damage to the body of the car, but also to the body of the driver. In her personal injury complaint, Yates alleges that the Cummings’ failure to properly control their four-legged friend caused her to sustain back, right hip, and knee injuries....
Yes, yes, we’ve all heard the slogan before – What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. And much of what happens in Vegas, i.e., the gambling, can only happen in Vegas. And other places in Nevada. And Atlantic City. And at horse tracks. And off track betting sites. And in fantasy leagues. And pretty much everywhere, to the tune of $95 billion estimated to be gambled just on the NFL and college football this season....
Ready or not, we are Facebook nation. Or nearly. In light of a new survey from the old school emergency service provider the Red Cross, it appears many of us now turn to social media like Facebook, Twitter or to a website in an emergency. Yes, in a real life, call-911-type of emergency, 1 in 5 people surveyed said if they couldn’t get 911, they would Facebook the police, fire, or their high school boyfriend, whoever was actually looking at the status update when it came in....
Peter was a successful patent lawyer and also a drug addict. But no one, except perhaps his junkies, knew about his drug problem – until the day he died. His ex-wife found crystal meth, cocaine, Xanax, Adderall, Vicodin, and a potpourri of other pills in his house. Like most drug-addicted lawyers, Peter wouldn’t get help for his problem. But there is help, if they stop running from it. Admitting the Problem Bree Buchanan, chair of the ABA Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs, recently talked about the problem in the profession....
Summer’s here and for many families that means the kids are gone, on their way to one of the multitude of summer sports camps. But as President Obama highlighted in a recent speech, the rough-and-tumble world of kids’ sports can be a potential source of serious injuries which can have long-lasting physical and emotional effects. What should you be aware of before you drop off the kids at a sports camp?...
