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In a dispute involving misclassifications within customs entry documents, Court of International Trade judgment is affirmed in part and vacated in part where: 1) the court properly held that defendant misclassified certain merchandise under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and 2) the court erred in upholding the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection’s determination that UPS did not exercise responsible supervision and control in violation of 19 U....

Laura Cicco claims that the gray dust in a test tube vial she possesses is actually moon dust given to her by astronaut, Neil Armstrong, when she was ten years old. Cicco has filed a lawsuit in Kansas seeking declaratory relief to pre-emptively keep NASA from seizing her moon dust. Scientific experts think Cicco is mistaken – there’s no way Armstrong gave her moon dust from his time on the moon....

“If the murder is supposed to set me free,” the old saying goes, “I certainly don’t want to spend any time in jail.” Actually, that’s not an old saying. It was Nancy Crampton Brophy in an essay entitled “How to Murder Your Husband.” That was seven years ago. More recently, Brophy has been charged with actually killing her husband Daniel, who was found gunned down in a kitchen at the Oregon Culinary Institute this summer....

It’s embarrassing enough for a teacher to get beat up by a first grader. What could be even more embarrassing? To have the news picked up and broadcast nationally. John Webster is a hulk of a man in any profession. He’s 220 pounds and a former college running back. So at a New York elementary school, you’d probably bet that he’d be the one to dish out beatings. But after a dust-up with a 50-pound fist grade student, Webster came out on the losing end and even suffered permanent injury which caused him to miss work, reports WCBS....

Happy Friday! Today’s #DearFindLaw is all about the first few days of law school. Gunners are gunnin’, answering questions (often incorrectly) like they think they’re teaching the class, outlining their whole casebook before class even begins, and memorizing 57 study supplements. What’s a “normal” student to do? This is one of those things where everyone has a different opinion. Some will say to avoid supplements completely for your first few weeks – no crutches means you’ll learn how to “think like a lawyer” sooner....

Two of the biggest worries about California’s recent Three Strikes reform, passed via an initiative last year, were the strain on the already-strapped court system budget and the possibility of rampant recidivism by releasing lifers into the community after years, or decades, in prison. But 10 months after voters approved Proposition 36, one of those fears has, so far, not been realized, as our cities still stand, riots have not erupted, and the recidivism rate has been extremely low, according to the Stanford Three Strikes Project....

It’s football season and that means it’s fantasy football season. For, while it’s fun to watch athletes give each other concussions for your amusement, it’s even more fun when you can pretend that you’re in charge. And while the American workplace might not be as tight as it once was (almost no one has close friends at work, The New York Times reported last week), fantasy football remains one of the few social activities that regularly spills into the office place – including law firms....

It’s no secret that networking is a key part of career advancement. But if you feel awkward and uncomfortable, you’re less likely to take advantage of it. The problem is that besides job performance, networking is probably the most important factor in finding a new job or getting a promotion. In some cases it’s even more important than performance, since being able to work well with someone isn’t something you can learn....

When it comes to handing out free legal advice to friends, most lawyers have strong feelings against this, or will eventually develop them. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still talk to your non-lawyer friends about legal current events, or even Supreme Court cases. However, it’s pretty easy to recognize when your non-lawyer friends get that look on their faces that they have no idea what you’ve just said and are eyeing their way around the room looking for a way out of the conversation....

Foster-Gardner’s rule does not apply to quasi-judicial proceedings employed to resolve government demands against insured parties Ameron Int’l Corp. v. Ins. Co. of the State of Pennsylvania, S153852, concerned a plaintiff’s suit against defendant-insurers, alleging causes of action for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, declaratory relief, waiver and estoppel, and contribution, claiming that the United States Department of Interior Board of Contract Appeals (IBCA) proceedings are “civil proceedings” and that the insurers had the duty to defend or settle the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation’s (Bureau) claims against the plaintiff before the IBCA....

He talks about his manhood. He loves to go ad hominem. He’s wildly inconsistent. When it comes to Donald Trump’s debate performance, as the Donald might say, it’s pathetic. If there’s a lesson to be taken from Donald Trump’s debate style, it’s that when it comes to lawyering, don’t do what Donald does. “But isn’t Trump winning?” you ask. It’s true. To the dismay many, and the jubilation of some, Donald Trump remains solidly ahead in the Republican primaries and could likely win the nomination....

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on favor of the National Labor Relations Board, finding that Chevron Mining Inc. violated the National Labor Relations Act when it amended a bonus plan to penalize employees for work stoppages. Chevron Mining’s collective bargaining agreement had provisions for “memorial periods,” which were essentially unpaid work stoppages. Under the collective bargaining agreement, strikes were prohibited. As a result, the union called six “memorial period” work stoppages at one mine in 2004 in an effort to pressure the employer....

The Philadelphia Eagles’ Jason Peters plans to sue the makers of a device called the Roll-A-Bout, after a serious injury that will sideline the tackle “indefinitely” and may threaten his career, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Peters, 30, ruptured his Achilles tendon for a second time this offseason, after the Roll-A-Bout he was using allegedly broke, a source told Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. Peters fell on his face and required surgery for his re-ruptured Achilles....

In re C.B., E050209, concerned a challenge to the juvenile court’s order authorizing a father to leave California with his children to Alabama, in dependency proceedings. In affirming the judgment, the court held that it need not be decided whether the juvenile court erred in setting aside an allegation against the father, as California cases have consistently held that the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) does not apply to an out-of-state placement with a parent, and as such, the (ICPC) simply did not apply in this case, regardless of whether the father was an offending or a non-offending parent....

Los Angeles Clippers player J.J. Redick allegedly signed an “abortion contract” with his former girlfriend, although it is doubtful that such a contract would be legally enforceable. In a document leaked by website MediaTakeOut, there appears to be an agreement between Redick and Vanessa Lopez, in which Redick would agree to remain with his then-pregnant girlfriend for a year in exchange for her providing proof that she’d terminated her pregnancy, reports The Huffington Post....

The sentencing of Larry Nassar, the former doctor for Team USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University who pleaded guilty to child pornography and six counts of child molestation, has been making waves throughout social media. However, the 40 to 175 year sentence and 150 plus victim testimonials that made up the week-long sentencing hearing seem to have taken a back seat to Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s rise as a social media hero....

When your law school has to post a bond, you might as well think about visiting hours because it’s starting to sound like jail or worse. Arizona Summit Law School is not in criminal trouble, but it is in pretty big trouble. A few months ago, the American Bar Association put the school on probation for poor performance. Now the state’s licensing board has ordered the school to post a $1....

Attorney Hilarie Bass took a page from Detective Joe Friday when she became president of the American Bar Association. “Just the facts, ma’am,” Friday reportedly said in the television series, Dragnet. Bass said as much in announcing a new program, ABA Legal Fact Check. “With all the various sources of information out there, what we know is there’s a lot of false information about what the law is,” Bass said as she assumed the presidency....

Last time, the question was whether a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling of non-infringement, shifted the burden of proof to the party pursuing the ruling (the alleged patent infringer). This time, the issue again involves a shifting burden of proof, though the issue is complicated by questions of prior art and obviousness. Last December, the Federal Circuit held that, once an alleged infringer discloses prior art, the burden of proof shifts to the patent holder to demonstrate that the patent should not be deemed obvious on that basis....

Juvenile court judgment sustaining defendant’s count of robbery in the second degree and holding the maximum jurisdiction would be six years is affirmed where the plain meaning of Welfare and Institutions Code sec. 726 directs the juvenile court to impose the upper term of imprisonment, and thus the juvenile court did not err in selecting the upper term of five years for the robbery and adding one year for the arming enhancement....