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Just one more reason the undead should not be permitted to drive. A car accident involving a group of zombies caused confusion and consternation Friday, July 19, near the city of Portland, Oregon. Portland locals, although living in a city known for weird and wonderful residents, were openly freaked out by the survivors of the accident sporting bloody wounds and torn clothes. One would think they would be used to strange sights in the home of such local favorites as Voodoo Doughnuts, but the crash caused concern, nonetheless....

Some married couples just need a vacation from one another’s annoying foibles. But for those seeking a more permanent split, the “Divorce Hotel” offers a weekend getaway you’ll never forget. Yes, the Divorce Hotel – where heartbreak goes hand-in-hand with a continental breakfast. Actually, the breakfast part depends on which hotel you’re staying at. The “Divorce Hotel” program takes place at a number of high-end boutique hotels across the Netherlands, Fox News reports....

The new year has brought in a great selection of new FindLaw Practice Guides. Last week, we looked at some of the practice guides that would help solo practitioners, and today, we look at practice guides that new attorneys at BigLaw could benefit from reviewing. Here are our top five FindLaw practice guides you should take a look at: 1. 10 Do’s and Don’ts for New Attorneys Starting your career as a new attorney can be as daunting as it is exciting....

Oklahoma State University has been in the news quite a bit lately, though not for the reasons their chancellor would like. A total of six student athletes have been arrested for crimes including larceny and DUI in the past week. Wide receiver Justin Blackmon of the football team was arrested for DUI and has been suspended. In addition, five members of the wrestling team are in trouble after a party and subsequent events near campus that ended in a fight....

The “entire market value rule” (EMVR) is a way of limiting damages on patent infringement. It requires the prevailing party in a patent infringement case to base its damages only on the value of the infringing component in a device, not the value of the entire device itself. Ericsson sued big-name makers of network technology like D-Link and Netgear, and computer manufacturers like Toshiba and Dell, claiming they made devices with 802....

preLaw magazine will be releasing its 2010 rankings of top 20 best value law schools in its Fall publication due out in October, reports the National Jurist. The publication identified 60 institutions as providing the best law school value for the law school buck. The 2010 report marks a few firsts for the preLaw rankings. It is the first time indebtedness has been taken into account. And, it is the first time the study has been done in consecutive years....

In re Marriage of Ruth & Paul Zimmerman, No. B211381, concerned a petition to set aside prior child support orders against petitioner’s former husband based on the husband’s alleged fraud. The court of appeal affirmed the denial of the petition on the ground that petitioner simply challenged false evidence allegedly adduced by the husband and thus did not set forth a situation involving extrinsic fraud, and hence the statute of limitations was not equitably tolled....

The explosion of craft beer over the past decade has expanded beer-drinkers’ palates and ignited several high-profile legal cases in the process. How carefully do you have to label your beer? What constitutes a craft beer? And is there a secret war between macro and micro brews? Here’s a look at three recent lager lawsuits and where beer law may be headed: Beck’s Drinkers v. Anheuser-Busch A class action in a federal court in Florida accused the massive brewer of misleading its customers as to the nationality of one of their beers....

A converted ambulance is creating some controversy in Texas. Local EMTs are upset over the “Slambulance,” a retired emergency vehicle transformed into a party van complete with stripper pole. Paramedics at MedStar, a Fort Worth ambulance service, are saying the vehicle is misleading and dangerous. The owners of the Slambulance plan to use it for parties and events, NBCDFW.com reports. But is it legal? There aren’t any specific Texas laws that prohibit owning an ambulance....

Deseado Int’l., Ltd. v. US, No. 09-1355, involved a challenge to the Court of International Trade’s affirmance of Department of Commerce’s refusal to consider a Hong Kong based company’s contention that a 1986 antidumping duty order covering petroleum wax candles from China does not cover the candles it exported to the U.S. However, in affirming the dismissal of plaintiff’s claim that the order does not cover its candles containing less that fifty percent petroleum wax, the court held that plaintiff’s failure to participate and litigate in the anticircumvention proceeding its contention precluded it from litigating the issue in Commerce’s eighth annual review or before the Court of International Trade....

Charter schools are a burgeoning business. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, public charter schools comprised 5.8% of all public schools in 2011-12, and 2.1 million students were enrolled in them. In 2000, California voters passed Proposition 39, which requires public schools to share some proportion of their facilities to charter schools so that charter students have access to a “reasonably equivalent” education. How the share is calculated is the subject of a California Supreme Court opinion from earlier this month, finding that the Los Angeles Unified School District’s formula didn’t make the cut....

Anyone who has enjoyed drinking a beer has probably left a little bit of DNA (from their saliva) on the can. But as seen in two separate incidents this week, DNA and beer cans can get caught up in an incriminating – or even potentially exonerating – tango. In one case, a defendant is using a DNA-laden beer can as a last-ditch defense to rape. Accused rapist Marcelles Peter has asserted an interesting defense tactic after going on trial Monday for an alleged 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old girl....

Two-thirds of parents want their kids to grow up to be lawyers. The other third have probably read the stats about lawyer depression, alcoholism, and student debt. But forget lawyer kids, what about lawyer parents? There are plenty of perks that come from being an attorney, including pleasing your parents, but how does the legal profession stand up when it comes to actually being parents? First, parenting is an individual skill, not an industry-wide one....

New York Giants rookie Chad Jones is in critical condition after a car crash injury in New Orleans The SUV Chad Jones was driving hit a pole and the 21-year-old player was taken to the hospital for surgery after the car crash injury, the Associated Press reports. Jones, a safety, was drafted in the third round. He was part of the LSU Tigers’ 2007 national championship team and a pitcher for the 2009 LSU baseball....

We have a suite of Apple products at home. We use iTunes every day. We learned to program BASIC on an Apple IIE. So, next to Henry Ford, Steve Jobs has been the most notable American innovator in our life. FindLaw even named our office mascot - a life-sized plastic goose - Jobs after the Great Steve. (Jobs the Goose is currently wearing a black neck tie in mourning.) As we mull Jobs’ impact on technology innovation over the last 35 years, we also began to consider his impact on the legal world....

Tattoos and piercings aren’t just reserved for sailors and punk rockers anymore. According to a Harris Interactive survey, 22 percent of adults between 18 to 24 and 30 percent of adults 25 to 29 have tattoos – as well as whopping 38 percent of adults between 30 and 39. Most women have their ears pierced, but more and more men have a least one ear piercing, and a growing number of people have other facial piercings....

Penn State’s legendary former head football coach Joe Paterno died Sunday after a battle with lung cancer. But JoePa may not get to rest in peace, if members of the Westboro Baptist Church get their way. Westboro’s members, who have picketed at funerals for dead servicemembers, plan to protest the late Joe Paterno’s funeral as well. The group announced its intentions in a Twitter message: “‘Penn State Penn Rape’ rings in Joe Paterno’s ears in hell,” the tweet begins, according to New York’s WNBC-TV....

Morris v. Office of Compliance, No. 09-6001, concerned an appeal by an officer of the United States Capitol Police under the Congressional Accountability Act arising from his termination, challenging the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance’s decision denying exceptions to an arbitrator’s decision rejecting the officer’s request for arbitration. In dismissing the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, the court held that the statutes defining the right to judicial review of Board decisions make clear that only the Board’s General Counsel and the respondent to an unfair labor practice complaint are authorized to obtain review in federal courts of an adverse Board decision....

Like most baseball fans, John Coomer thought he’d probably catch a foul ball at the game. But instead, he caught a wiener in the eye. The Kansas City man is now suing the Kansas City Royals for damages after a flying hot dog almost put his eye out last year, the Associated Press reports. He has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $25,000 for the eye injury he sustained after the team’s mascot, Sluggerrr the Lion, began shooting hotdogs into the stands from an air gun....

Erick Williamson was recently convicted of breaking Virginia’s indecent exposure law. Why has this case made news? He was busted for being in the buff in his own home. Williamson testified that he never intended to expose himself and was simply exercising “personal freedom” as he spent several hours naked in his Springfield home packing up belongings. Police, prosecutors and two witnesses, though, said Williamson’s actions were designed to draw attention to himself....